Counting the days till the Hummingbirds appear. Wilfred crosses off the days while Lancelot follows their progress on the map. Perhaps another month or so until the first birds appear. Time to start planning their annual "welcome back" garden party.
Lancelot and Agile at the start of Santa Con 2014
Early Saturday. Lancelot and Agile greet fellow Santas at the start of Santa Con 2014.
Getting Ready
Halloween is one of the highlights of Lancelot's year. A festival of feasting and costumes that brings out the creative genius of everyone in the Design Studio. The pumpkins are carved and lit in preparation.
Bird Watching
Thrilled to meet up in Maine recently. Lancelot was kind enough to share some great bird watching tips with me and I actually saw my first ever Loon. Yeah
Firefly watching
On warm summer evenings Lancelot and Agile loved to watch the fireflies.
Choosing a birthday cake at the Wayne Thiebaud Bakery.
July is an extremely busy month especially as there are so many family birthdays to celebrate. Sadly Agile is too busy to be able to bake a cake for Grandma this year so Lancelot very kindly offered to choose one from the all time best bakery in the world. The Wayne Thiebaud Cake shop. Whatever Lancelot chooses will be delicious.
Lancelot tries to help
Seeing me struggle with my calligraphy, Lancelot kindly offers a few helpful suggestions. Is there nothing that Hedgehog can not do?
Founder's Day Parade
Just about a week ago, right before the Socchi trip, the Design Studio was in San Francisco for the annual Founder's Day Parade. Lancelot was honored to be chosen as the parade's Grand Marshal. In keeping with Lancelot's new position as "Creative Lifestyle Ambassador" for the well known grocery chain "Kale and Hearty", Lancelot chooses the theme of tropical goodness for the 2014 carnival.
Agile and Lancelot at Sochi
As good will ambassador for the natural food chain "Kale and Hearty" Lancelot naturally carries their bags while enjoying the Sochi Winter games.
Lancelot is so smart
Like many of his peers, Lancelot is frequently frustrated by the short battery life of his iPhone. Lancelot also often finds himself rather thirsty during the long hot days of Summer. Suddenly the genius hedgehog has an inspiration - why not design a nano fridge that would clip onto the back of his phone? The coolant would serve to cool the phone and thus prolong its battery life and he would be able to keep a small water bottle chilled and ready to hand. Lancelot knows that nothing betrays one's identity as a tourist like carrying a water bottle. Now no one need ever know. Brilliant. Lancelot immediately contacts the patent office.
Lancelot at the beach
The weather last weekend was so gorgeous. We spent most of the time outside and I was so happy to catch a quick glimpse of Lancelot. The poor fellow has been working so hard recently, I almost never see him.
Preparations begin
With only a week to go before the annual Santa Fe Hedgecon, the entire Design Studio is working frantically hard on their presentation. I asked Lancelot why he felt the team needed an elephant this year and he informed me that elephants make the best baristas. I ca't wait to try ....
Old Indian Blanket
Wrapped in an old Indian blanket Lancelot muses on the late season snow in Santa Fe.
Fresh inspiration
Last night we went to hear a fascinating lecture by the caricaturist Philip Burke. Lancelot was most inspired and when I came into the studio this morning I found him hard at work
2013. The Year of the Snake
Lancelot the Snake Charmer welcomes the Néw Year. Lancelot gently charms the snake spirits of the NewYear by playing on his magic pipe.
Trial
Finished just in time, Lancelot and Agile test their creation.
Busy, Busy, Busy
Not having seen Lancelot and co since the great blackout I decided I ought to go over and check on them. The light was on and they were clearly working but no one answered the studio door even though I knocked several times. What can they be doing?
In the aftermath
Lancelot and co have kindly been keeping me company during the long dark evenings. Took this picture of us all last night playing cards. I persuaded Lancelot to pay for one tenth of a cent stakes but even so he claims I now owe him $5,000,668.00 Perhaps we should try dice this evening instead....
The First prototype
Lancelot tries out the first high speed prototype
A Team Building Exercise.
Lancelot decided to sponsor a team building exercise in honor of Easter. Working with the eminent artist, Sir Robin Redbreast-Goodfellow, MRA, the design team took a class in Self portraiture/Easter Egg decorating. The only problem, as Agile noted on the post class evaluation sheet, was that there was no chocolate involved.
