We're just back from a lovely day out in Derby, which is an hour on the train from here. We visiter the Museum of Making and the Derby Art Gallery and Museum. The former had an interesting exhibition on wool from being on the sheep to finished knitted garment and the later an exhibition of Joseph Wright of Derby's paintings. Son and I spent quite a lot of time looking analysing An Experiment on a Bird in a Air Pump which was on loan as part of the exhibition. We also had a rather filling lunch at the first museum and some excellent coffee as well.
Apart from being a good day out it meant we missed some very heavy thundery showers. So glad to have the rain and very glad we weren't out walking in them.
Glad the therapy wasn't too bad @Firenze and I hope the burgers are tasty. Are you have beer or wine with them?
Rejoice with me, for
1)I have reconnected my printer.
2) the garage roof did not leak in all the rain today.
This is indeed most excellent news.
I didn't appreciate all the drilling and hammering on our roof yesterday to install the new solar panels - our nice, new, watertight roof. Mr Nen told me that the installer had said that of the 180 installations he'd done he had only had problems with water ingress on one of them. I told Mr Nen that was like telling me that statistically flying is the safest way to travel.
I had some good chats with people at coffee this morning and this afternoon we sallied forth to buy a new kettle, our old one having finally given up the ghost. We ended up seeing and buying two armchairs for our small extra room downstairs (which we're calling the "Snug") and await their arrival in early September, so it turned out to be a rather more expensive outing than we'd planned. We did also buy a kettle.
Glad it went ok for you @Firenze and I too hope you have something alcoholic to go with your burgers. Has Mr F regained some appetite?
We've had a few good rain showers today, I'm looking forward to seeing the greening-up of the lawn, even though it will mean that mowing will have to recommence.
We have chick frick for tea - wrong night, I know, but it's the way the menus have gone this week. Thursdays are always odd evenings for me. Where we lived before I had a long-standing commitment on a Thursday evening, and even now I always find myself thinking, "It's Thursday; I'm out... oh wait..."
The "Experiment with an Air Pump" is both fascinating and horrible. Am I right in thinking that Wright's paintings, by the use of light, are intended to show how the rational science illuminates the human mind rather than religious superstition?
I went to the Museum over 50 years ago and loved the model railway, sadly motionless.
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1)I have reconnected my printer.
2) the garage roof did not leak in all the rain today.
Apart from being a good day out it meant we missed some very heavy thundery showers. So glad to have the rain and very glad we weren't out walking in them.
Glad the therapy wasn't too bad @Firenze and I hope the burgers are tasty. Are you have beer or wine with them?
This is indeed most excellent news.
I didn't appreciate all the drilling and hammering on our roof yesterday to install the new solar panels - our nice, new, watertight roof. Mr Nen told me that the installer had said that of the 180 installations he'd done he had only had problems with water ingress on one of them. I told Mr Nen that was like telling me that statistically flying is the safest way to travel.
I had some good chats with people at coffee this morning and this afternoon we sallied forth to buy a new kettle, our old one having finally given up the ghost. We ended up seeing and buying two armchairs for our small extra room downstairs (which we're calling the "Snug") and await their arrival in early September, so it turned out to be a rather more expensive outing than we'd planned. We did also buy a kettle.
Glad it went ok for you @Firenze and I too hope you have something alcoholic to go with your burgers. Has Mr F regained some appetite?
We've had a few good rain showers today, I'm looking forward to seeing the greening-up of the lawn, even though it will mean that mowing will have to recommence.
We have chick frick for tea - wrong night, I know, but it's the way the menus have gone this week. Thursdays are always odd evenings for me. Where we lived before I had a long-standing commitment on a Thursday evening, and even now I always find myself thinking, "It's Thursday; I'm out... oh wait..."
I went to the Museum over 50 years ago and loved the model railway, sadly motionless.