This morning, after having talked to Chris last night, decided that I had to get my head around the whole solar energy issue. I absorbed myself in a wad of clean energy consumer guides and am now an expert (well almost!). I now know all about REC's, solar cedits, gross and nett feed-in tariffs, TOU tariffs, smart meters and the SRES. With my brain bursting with this new-found knowledge, I felt ready to embark on a conversation with the expert. I rang the man who has done the quote and felt that our investing in the system would be a waste of money because of shading from neighbouring buildings. (Yes, thwarted by the AMP Building again!) However, I explained that we were making a decision based on conscience not economics, that we just wanted to know we were contributing something towards our usage - enough to make me not feel guilty when I use the clothes dryer in the night because I have forgotten to hang the clothes out in the day. He was actually quite affirming and said that there should be more people like me about! We went through the figures and they are not that bad. So, I've agreed to go ahead. It is one of my failings; I just don't have a fiscal world-view.
Feeling well-satisfied, I then went to the hardware store and selected about twenty colour swatches and came home, spread them out and looked at them for the next three hours. After changing the combinations and squinting at them from different angles, I am pretty sure I have sorted a colour scheme for the whole place. I know that when Lester sees them he is going to say that they all look "grey", never appreciating the hours of anguish! So many hours, in fact, that I forgot to hang out the washing - again!
I found some terrific old photos of Hunter St on the net this afternoon from the Snowball Collection. They show what the surrounds used to look like and what was formerly at No. 59. Unfortunately, they are copyright so I can't put them on the blog. I will include, though, this picture of the view directly over the road. It is the coat of arms, picked out in bright colours on the old Police Station. It's a really nice design through the trees. I will feel very safe with the old lion and the old unicorn protecting me - not to mention the crown.
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