25th January 2009

25th January 2009.

Dear All,

‘Tis the season for Decorating – we have started in earnest on the Dining Room this week and as in most of the old rooms it means stripping wallpaper, then degluing the walls, followed by a great deal of filling and sanding. In this room we also have to sand and reseal the parquet wooden floor. So we might not be finished just yet. On a brighter note the ceiling is not too bad so I have already painted that.


Dining Room

I have had an Ice week – in “Geodyssey” we studied Ice Ages (3, 4 or 8?) and in “Antarctica in a Nutshell” the topic was Ice, including a lecture by the country’s leading ice core sampler and interpreter. There is air trapped in the ice cores and they can tell what air quality was like up to 700,000 years ago! And did you know that there is a 14,000 km² fresh water lake 4 km under Antarctica? And if all the ice on the Weddell Sea melted sea level would rise by 5m? – just say if I am boring you!
I took another Garden Club this week at Great Wilbraham; it was not a large group but very friendly.
On Monday I visited Adrian Hart in Addenbrookes, he was taken in the previous Thursday passing blood and proved to have an ulcerated colon. They kept him in for a week but he is out now and called round yesterday. Being a bachelor I think he enjoyed being fussed over by nurses for a few days.
Two church meetings this week, one a normal business meeting where the main controversy was whether the Play group can have wine at their fundraising event! Who says we don’t meet the real issues of the age! We also had the yearly events planning meeting.
Missing the Rambling as it clashes with the Antarctic so did a walk round the Fen Drayton pits with Carol on Thursday.
For those here at Christmas you will be pleased to know that Kate finished the jigsaw puzzle this week and has had a deal of trouble with a second hand gamma counter – a fresh update every day.


Spot the missing piece!

For those with green fingers have you tried a seed sprouter to provide fresh veg during this cold weather? I can recommend it.





Sprouter Fenugreek & Mung Beans


Love

Mike & Kate