diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index d8f7a038..08cad3bd 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 	- turns blobs into strings on return with .get()
 
+		finish get_value
+
 	- add more constructors
 
 	- need more writers
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/type.c b/libvips/iofuncs/type.c
index b21a47b9..f89d6a00 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/type.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/type.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ vips_ref_string_get_type( void )
 
 /**
  * vips_blob_new: 
- * @free_fn: (scope async): (allow-none): @data will be freed with this function
+ * @free_fn: (scope async) (allow-none): @data will be freed with this function
  * @data: (array length=size) (element-type guint8) (transfer full): data to store
  * @size: number of bytes in @data
  *
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ vips_array_int_newv( int n, ... )
  *
  * Fetch an int array from a #VipsArrayInt. Useful for language bindings. 
  *
- * Returns: (array length=n): (transfer none): array of int
+ * Returns: (array length=n) (transfer none): array of int
  */
 int *
 vips_array_int_get( VipsArrayInt *array, int *n )
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ vips_array_double_newv( int n, ... )
  *
  * Fetch a double array from a #VipsArrayDouble. Useful for language bindings. 
  *
- * Returns: (array length=n): (transfer none): array of double
+ * Returns: (array length=n) (transfer none): array of double
  */
 double *
 vips_array_double_get( VipsArrayDouble *array, int *n )
diff --git a/python/vips8/vips.py b/python/vips8/vips.py
index 0b1c0dac..067b705b 100644
--- a/python/vips8/vips.py
+++ b/python/vips8/vips.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Vips.init(sys.argv[0])
 vips_type_array_int = GObject.GType.from_name("VipsArrayInt")
 vips_type_array_double = GObject.GType.from_name("VipsArrayDouble")
 vips_type_array_image = GObject.GType.from_name("VipsArrayImage")
+vips_type_blob = GObject.GType.from_name("VipsBlob")
 
 class Error(Exception):
 
@@ -65,10 +66,20 @@ class Argument:
         value = self.arrayize(vips_type_array_double, Vips.ArrayDouble.new, value)
         value = self.arrayize(vips_type_array_image, Vips.ArrayImage.new, value)
 
+        # blob-ize
+        if GObject.type_is_a(self.prop.value_type, vips_type_blob):
+            if not isinstance(gi.repository.Vips.Blob, value):
+                value = Vips.Blob.new(None, value)
+
         logging.debug('assigning %s' % self.prop.value_type)
 
         self.op.props.__setattr__(self.name, value)
 
+    def get_value(self):
+        x = self.op.props.__getattribute__(self.name)
+
+        return x
+
 def _call_base(name, required, optional, self = None, option_string = None):
     logging.debug('_call_base name=%s, required=%s optional=%s' % 
                   (name, required, optional))
@@ -256,14 +267,17 @@ def vips_div(self, other):
 def vips_rdiv(self, other):
     return (self ** -1) * other
 
+def vips_floor(self):
+    self.round(Vips.OperationRound.FLOOR)
+
 def vips_floordiv(self, other):
     if isinstance(other, Vips.Image):
-        return self.divide(other).round(Vips.OperationRound.FLOOR)
+        return self.divide(other).floor()
     else:
-        return self.linear(smap(lambda x: 1.0 / x, other), 0).round(Vips.OperationRound.FLOOR)
+        return self.linear(smap(lambda x: 1.0 / x, other), 0).floor()
 
 def vips_rfloordiv(self, other):
-    return ((self ** -1) * other).round(Vips.OperationRound.FLOOR)
+    return ((self ** -1) * other).floor()
 
 def vips_mod(self, other):
     if isinstance(other, Vips.Image):
@@ -331,6 +345,8 @@ setattr(Vips.Image, 'new_from_file', classmethod(vips_image_new_from_file))
 Vips.Image.write_to_file = vips_image_write_to_file
 Vips.Image.write_to_buffer = vips_image_write_to_buffer
 
+Vips.Image.floor = vips_floor
+
 Vips.Image.__getattr__ = vips_image_getattr
 Vips.Image.__add__ = vips_add
 Vips.Image.__radd__ = vips_add