Conversation Kenge

@fenken

Archaeological geophysicist, heritage nerd, Running Punk, musician and ex-dancer.

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Conversation Kenge@fenken· 15d

Making jam in a heatwave because I am not uncomfortable enough.

A pan full of bramble jelly that is coming to the boil whilst being stirred.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 15d

Today's workplace #sketch is a Fairey Seafox, knocked out whilst some data were downloading.

Pencil drawing of a Fairey Seafox - a biplane fitted with floats. It is drawn in the corner of a piece of paper and angled to keep my work notes out of shot.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 16d

Post a perfect album from the 90s

Front cover of Repeater, by Fugazi. It is a white cover, with the words FUGAZI REPEATER in justified capitals, formed by a black and white photo of Guy Piccioto, lying face down on the stage with a mike stand entangled in his legs.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 16d

Possibly the least flattering selfie I have done for a while #SelfieSunday Anyway, taken because it is #RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub and I ran to show support for the #BrokenPunks and all in the #NoRunClub

Sweaty idiot in running kit. He has a very red face.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 17d

Brick with a handprint. Was this the apprentice and did they get into trouble for marking the brick? It could be a normal sized handprint, to be fair - I have quite big hands.

A brick with a small handprint. My hand is there to give it scale, but you'd need to know how big my hands are.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 19d

Industrial Zen (Their second album was rubbish etc.)

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 22d

Hey, it is not every Morris dance spot that is covered in 9 mm cartridge cases...

A hand holding two 9 mm (9x19, for the gun nuts) cartridge cases picked up in our dance spot. They were blank cartridges and have been fired.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 23d

Well, today was an odd day... #DeLorean #HawkerHurricane

A de Lorean car with a fusion drive in the rear compartment and various cables tied along the sides.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 24d

#RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub in solidarity with the #BrokenPunks and all in the #NoRunClub. Soundtrack was #HüskerDü. It is also #SelfieSunday. #HowManyHashtags

Idiot in running kit taking a selfie on a bridge over a river.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· 27d

I saw your face in a crowded bar. Excuse me please, at least I thought it was you... #RunningPunks #Mekons #Earworm

Idiot in shades and running kit on a bridge over a stream

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 12

#HomeEducation includes their cultural education, right? #AttackShipsOnFireOffTheShoulderOfOrion

Screen at the start of a film claiming it to be set in Los Angeles, November 2019

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 11

The bust of Nefertiti in the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung in Berlin. I saw it when I was twelve and it haunted me, leading eventually to me being an archaeologist.

The bust of Nefertiti in the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung.

Wikipedia describes it thus:

The bust is 48 centimetres (19 in) tall and weighs about 20 kilograms (44 lb). It is made of a limestone core covered with painted stucco layers. The face is completely symmetrical and almost intact, but the left eye lacks the inlay present in the right. The iris of the right eye is of inserted quartz with black paint and is fixed with beeswax. The background of the eye-socket is unadorned limestone. Nefertiti wears her characteristic blue crown known as the "Nefertiti cap crown" with a golden diadem band looped around like horizontal ribbons and joining at the back, and an Uraeus (cobra), which is now broken, over her brow. She also wears a broad collar with a floral pattern.

The work is believed to have been crafted in 1345 BC by Thutmose because it was found in his sculpture workshop in Tell-el Amarna.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 10

When I lived in #Bradford, the #1in12Club was a punk refuge from all the student crap and the town rubbish. Generally a peaceful place with an awesome music scene.

Idiot in running kit outside the 1 in 12 Club on Albion Street in Bradford. There is a red a d black sign saying The 1 in 12 Club. Liberty Equality Solidarity

Next to it is a poster saying Recycle yourself. Everything can have a new life. Also you

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 9

No, mission accomplished!

Leeds Morris dancing a stick dance outside the Three Hulets in Chapel Allerton

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 8

#FenLife

The Lode just to the west of Soham. It is a water filled dyke/drain with reeds on either side in a dry, flat landscape.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 7

Is that a doughnut or a meringue...? #HowScottishAreYou

A meringue and a medley of red berries in a beryl-coloured Woods Ware bowl

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 6

No run yesterday as I had a lot on. It involved no fewer than five renditions of Under The Sea...

A programme for the KD Academy adaptation of The Little Mermaid.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 5

As a Quaker, I can only say...

Vitalstatistix yelling at Asterix: 'What do you mean Alesia? I don't even know where Alesia is! Nobody knows where Alesia is!'

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 3

Just realised I am wearing a shirt from my previous employer today as well!

Hairy Scotsman wearing a Cultural Heritage Agency/Historic England shirt.

It was from a joint project between the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and Historic England (my former employer). It was studying the wreck of the Rooswijk - a Dutch East Indiaman that sank on the Goodwin Sands in 1740 #Rooswijk1740

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 3

I love a man in a uniform... Busy week on the corporate clothing front! Coton Morris kit is in the white wash and I washed my Running Punks top yesterday.

Three corporate shirts - one from MSDS Marine, one from the East of England Ambulance Service and one from KD Academy, all on a washing line.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 2

Happy Thursday! @cotonmorris.bsky.social #MorrisDancing #PipeAndTabor #TheCutter #Ely

A black tabor pipe on a light brown tabor, with a light brown drumstick. It sits on some granite setts next to a partially dry drunk pint of Scoundrel

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jul 2

Me with my BlueSky mutuals

19th century photograph of the crew of a merchant ship from Peterhead. It is probably a whaling ship, to be honest, which does a bit of a disservice to my BlueSky mutuals (and me), but a more honest photo wouldn't really catch the spirit of the joke.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 28

He seemed quite cross the time Scottish people pooed in the holes of his golf course...

The late Janey Godley high fiving a polis (Scottish police officer) on the beach at Turnberry. She is also holding a large sign that says TRUMP IS A CUNT

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 28

Not seen a heron for a while, so here are some grebes from this morning's #RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub. Sending love to all the #BrokenPunks and all in the #NoRunClub. Soundtrack: #TomWaits

Idiot in running kit on a bridge over a river

Female adult and unknown sex juvenile great crested grebe on a river.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 26

Yeah, go in the ice house, that'll be nice and cooOH MY GOD THERE'S A SWARM OF BEES IN THERE! #Icehouse

A black and white photo of a brick arch supported by two buttresses. It is the entrance to a mid-18th century ice house. Bees are not visible yet, but they suddenly get VERY loud if you enter!

Same ice house in colour this time, photographed from a safer distance.

Colour shot of the entrance to the icehouse from above, because bees aren't that bright and you can easily outflank them.

Anyway, it shows the barrel vault of the entrance passage and that the rectangular façade is just that - a façade.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 22

Inspired by @richardmortimer.bsky.social, we could play a game of find the benchmark? #BenchmarkMonday

Black and white photo of a Barnack limestone buttress on a carstone wall. There is a benchmark in the picture.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 22

#FenLife

A drain filled with water and flanked by reeds in Flag Fen. Black and white, obviously.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 21

For the avoidance of doubt #RunningPunks #VirtualRunClub did happen today, in honour, as ever of the #BrokenPunks and all in the #NoRunClub (soundtrack was #YoungGods). Just didn't manage to post about it.

Idiot taking a photo of the sky accidentally.

Idiot in running kit on a green river bank

Two great crested grebes - a female and a juvenile - on a river.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 20

The audience flocked to see us this afternoon...

A small flock of Soay sheep. They were the sum total of our audience for much of our first set this afternoon.

Conversation Kenge@fenken· Jun 19

What about paddle steamers? Are we allowed to make you miss paddle steamers?