Saturday, May 29, 2010
Miserable Saturday after splendid Horniman Museum.
How lucky we were with the weather yesterday for our day out.
Today it has looked quite miserable outdoors for most of the day.
We abandoned ideas of a trip to Ford - my web site which I use for weather forecasts was telling that the rain would arrive by 10 o'clock.
We went to the small one at Faygate, just a couple of miles along the road. It was even smaller than usual today - most sellers had believed the weather forecasts they had heard.
I bought an item to sell. It is a duffel jacket from Monsoon and therefore would have been expensive. It is one size too small for me. Monsoon stuff sells well on EBay.
We have pottered for the rest of the day - doing photographs, emails, blogs etc.
Bill is now transferring an Only Fools and Horses video to a DVD to take to Thailand. We have bought a few of the old TV comedies as requested. But video is no good to Jamie.
A roast dinner is cooking and we will settle down to watch Dr Who and then groan and laugh through the Eurovision Song Contest. It is an annual tradition.
But, back to yesterday.
The photos of Charlie appear in a separate posting after this one.
This posting is devoted to the Horniman Museum.
We didn't have much time for study - just a first visit to get a general impression.
It is a lovely museum, in a lovely setting.
And it is free of charge!
There are some special exhibitions that you have to pay a small charge for - perhaps in the summer Ecky would like to see the Myths and Monsters exhibition.
First we explored some of the natural history exhibits.
You could spend all day studying in there and still not see everything.
Then we went to look at the African gallery, which at the moment has a special feature on the Tuareg people.
There is also the Centenary Gallery, which was the basis for the first beginnings of the museum.
Frederick Horniman was a traveller and collector and had made his money in the tea trade.
We could only envy his means to be able to collect so much - we just haven't got the space!
This time we concentrated on masks and heads.
I thought the conservatory was beautiful.
St Paul's Cathedral on the left.
Today it has looked quite miserable outdoors for most of the day.
We abandoned ideas of a trip to Ford - my web site which I use for weather forecasts was telling that the rain would arrive by 10 o'clock.
We went to the small one at Faygate, just a couple of miles along the road. It was even smaller than usual today - most sellers had believed the weather forecasts they had heard.
I bought an item to sell. It is a duffel jacket from Monsoon and therefore would have been expensive. It is one size too small for me. Monsoon stuff sells well on EBay.
We have pottered for the rest of the day - doing photographs, emails, blogs etc.
Bill is now transferring an Only Fools and Horses video to a DVD to take to Thailand. We have bought a few of the old TV comedies as requested. But video is no good to Jamie.
A roast dinner is cooking and we will settle down to watch Dr Who and then groan and laugh through the Eurovision Song Contest. It is an annual tradition.
But, back to yesterday.
The photos of Charlie appear in a separate posting after this one.
This posting is devoted to the Horniman Museum.
We didn't have much time for study - just a first visit to get a general impression.
It is a lovely museum, in a lovely setting.
And it is free of charge!
There are some special exhibitions that you have to pay a small charge for - perhaps in the summer Ecky would like to see the Myths and Monsters exhibition.
First we explored some of the natural history exhibits.
You could spend all day studying in there and still not see everything.
Then we went to look at the African gallery, which at the moment has a special feature on the Tuareg people.
There is also the Centenary Gallery, which was the basis for the first beginnings of the museum.
Frederick Horniman was a traveller and collector and had made his money in the tea trade.
We could only envy his means to be able to collect so much - we just haven't got the space!
This time we concentrated on masks and heads.
But there is so much more.
Then we went to the aquarium - not on the scale of Sea Life Aquariums at resorts, but well done.
There were a variety of tanks and settings from a British pond to mangrove swamps.
Frederick Horniman had been a butterfly collector and we enjoyed his displays.
All the pictures you have seen have been through glass - I don't think we have done badly!
Then it was time for a cup of tea.
There had been tables and chairs out by the conservatory, but it was near closing time and they had been packed away in the cafe.
We chose to sit on the benches round the edge of the courtyard.
I thought the conservatory was beautiful.
The museum is set in fine gardens, some formal, with views over the City of London and beyond.
St Paul's Cathedral on the left.
Now scroll down a little to see the pictures I put on of Charlie.
He is the 31st great niece or nephew that we have.
And news came through today that we will soon be great, great aunt and uncle to the child of Clayton and Savannah, who live in America.
I guess it is unlikely that we will ever meet this next generation of the Frost family.
But I am sure there can be a sharing of photographs.
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