the new room is getting walls

[kareina]

 Having gone to bed early, I woke for the early stages of the dawn light, and decided to get up for a quick pilates session, as my hips were aching a little. Then I returned to bed and curled up with Keldor, who decided that today is a day where sleeping in is more important than getting to work on time, so I got a 35 minute nap before waking again.

 

While I worked, the contractor was busy in the attic, putting in insulation, and starting the walls. Getting this far before lunch:
 

And this far after lunch:

This evening I was busy. Keldor has a gift in progress that needs runes, so I spent a little time browsing the Rune Database to see how certain words are used on rune stones, using the search function for a single letter in the relevant word, then using shift-F7 to check the results for the words I wanted. Because those results are shown in several languages, including Old Norse, Swedish, and English, I could search for either English or Swedish spellings, and then see how the the word was spelled on the stone. Then, for some of them, we can cross-reference för the rune stone number on Runkartan, where they have transcribed the runes themselves, using the Futhark rune font. and see which runes were used. Once I did all that, I took a photo of the object into CorelDraw, added a curve where I wanted the runes to sit, then used the “fit text to curve” option to make the runes follow the path, and then sent him the photo of the result, to use as an example when he does the actual carving.

 

Since Charlotte wasn’t feeling well last weekend and didn’t get to come up for the bardic, she opted to come up this weekend instead, so we have company again, and so I should put down the computer and get ready for training tonight.