Firstly, the second large mirror arrived for the bathroom. After several hours of manoeuvring powerpoints, the mirror was put into place and gently pressed to secure it in the corner. However, it cracked right through and was ruined!. So, we have to start all over again. This was devasting for the "glass guys", who are usually pretty chirpy. They looked close to tears by the end of it all. Even though they must know, only too well, the vagaries of working with glass, it was devasting.
On a more positive note though, some of the curtains arrived and they look pretty good. I am quite relieved. They are both open weave fabrics and the photos do not truly replicate the colours.
The umbrella also arrived and it looks pretty snazzy out there on the roof.
Duting the week I finished hanging the family photos on the upper stair landing and the historical photos of the house on the lower stair landing.
Sally is still refusing to sleep in her new kennel, (she prefers inside where it is warm) but otherwise she has been pretty relaxed about her routines. She woofs at me and stands at the top of the stairs when she wants to go out and stretch her legs. So, we go up to Fletcher Park - to visit James! There is a big statue of James Fletcher up on the hill and we run around him a few times. He, James Fletcher, was an important founding father of Newcastle; a politician involved with coal - what else!
The other interesting discovery made this week involves some family history research. It turns out that Lester's grandmother x4 was a prostitute who had a criminal record, (it seems she ran a brothel but she had enough money to bail herself out a couple of times) and his grandfather x5 was an English convict who assumed another man's identity (this was why I could not trace him for the past 15 years in my searches of records.) He got 14 years for manslaughter and stealing jewellery. This isn't quite the family Lester thought he came from!
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The square umbrella is well-anchored |
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Upstaits curtain...t's not quite this colour |
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Downstairs curtain |
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Taken with flash - again...not quite the true colour |
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The family gallery |
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The historical gallery |
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The historical photos |
All good.
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