Friday, December 14, 2012
A day out.
What a lot of rain today! Not the sort of day really for a day out - but one had been arranged.
Bill's sister, Pam, came with us to pick up cousins Ann and Betty for day out in Tunbridge Wells.
We had lunch at The Opera House. It is a Wetherspoon's pub.
Then I dragged them into the museum and art gallery.
The art gallery had works of art and craft by young artists that were for sale.
The prices were high.
But it was lovely to see some of the work.
This is part of a larger picture depicting The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells.
It has all been created with a sewing machine.
The museum has a wonderful and extensive display of Tunbridge Ware.
This box depicts The Pantiles. My camera has picked out how Tunbridge ware is made, with strips of different colour woods.
I have used this picture before in a blog posting.
It shows the Pantiles box as the human eye sees it.
Through the dolls' house window.
Then we old folk managed to have some silly fun...... we tried on hats in the children's dressing up box.
Replica hats.
That's Betty with Bill.
My eyes settled upon the net - didn't see just how tatty this hat had become.
Pam felt more at ease in the top hat.
Self portrait of mad bonnet woman!
Sadly, Ann missed out on the hats. She felt she couldn't manage the stairs up to the museum and gallery.
The rain had eased by the middle of the afternoon. We thought we might take a stroll along The Pantiles. But I realised we would need to find somewhere to park the car very close, for Ann.
We didn't find anywhere.
So we drove back - through roads and lanes, deeply puddled......almost at flood point.
We stopped in Edenbridge for a bit of shopping.
The cousins were taken to their homes.
And we got home exhausted.
I have a minor bug......it had better remain minor. I have a sinus infection of some sort - make me feel hazy and head achy.
Sleep beckons.
Bill's sister, Pam, came with us to pick up cousins Ann and Betty for day out in Tunbridge Wells.
We had lunch at The Opera House. It is a Wetherspoon's pub.
Then I dragged them into the museum and art gallery.
The art gallery had works of art and craft by young artists that were for sale.
The prices were high.
But it was lovely to see some of the work.
This is part of a larger picture depicting The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells.
It has all been created with a sewing machine.
The museum has a wonderful and extensive display of Tunbridge Ware.
This box depicts The Pantiles. My camera has picked out how Tunbridge ware is made, with strips of different colour woods.
I have used this picture before in a blog posting.
It shows the Pantiles box as the human eye sees it.
Through the dolls' house window.
Then we old folk managed to have some silly fun...... we tried on hats in the children's dressing up box.
Replica hats.
My eyes settled upon the net - didn't see just how tatty this hat had become.
Pam felt more at ease in the top hat.
Self portrait of mad bonnet woman!
Sadly, Ann missed out on the hats. She felt she couldn't manage the stairs up to the museum and gallery.
The rain had eased by the middle of the afternoon. We thought we might take a stroll along The Pantiles. But I realised we would need to find somewhere to park the car very close, for Ann.
We didn't find anywhere.
So we drove back - through roads and lanes, deeply puddled......almost at flood point.
We stopped in Edenbridge for a bit of shopping.
The cousins were taken to their homes.
And we got home exhausted.
I have a minor bug......it had better remain minor. I have a sinus infection of some sort - make me feel hazy and head achy.
Sleep beckons.
