Wiring comes next. We still haven't decided how long we are staying. We'll see how it goes the next couple of days.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Too Cold to Work in the Unheated Garage
It was minus 10 degrees when we got up this morning. So we decided to wait a bit before heading to the garage to cut more insulation. Once it neared the high for the day -- all of 5 degrees -- we went out and finished cutting. So the insulation step is now complete. Wiring comes next. We still haven't decided how long we are staying. We'll see how it goes the next couple of days.
Wiring comes next. We still haven't decided how long we are staying. We'll see how it goes the next couple of days.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
At Camp
We drove to camp yesterday to do some more work on the basement. I put the bird feeder out and attracted lots of birds right away. It is cold with snow squalls, so I'm sure they appreciated the food.
We got about half of the insulation cut and installed. Stay tuned.
We got about half of the insulation cut and installed. Stay tuned.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
What's Wrong With This Picture?
It was taken in New Jersey, not the Adirondacks. BRRR...And AA&J are in Miami where there are freeze warnings. Sigh.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Basement
We finished the walls of the basement room today!!! Well, just the studs, but that is still quite an accomplishment.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
More Snow
We're getting a lot more snow. It is light and fluffy and there has been no wind, so it is like a fairyland with it stuck all over the trees.
We eventually got about 12 more inches, which is a lot better than Burlington, VT which got 36 inches!
We eventually got about 12 more inches, which is a lot better than Burlington, VT which got 36 inches!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Brrrr...
We drove to camp on Monday to begin work on the room in the basement. There is lots of snow on the ground, somewhere between 12 and 18 inches. And it has been COLD - check out the thermometer.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Interesting Exhibit on an Ancient Civilization
I read about this exhibit in the NY Times and am hoping this post will serve as a reminder to me that I'd like to go see it sometime. The exhibit is at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and is called “The Lost World of Old Europe: the Danube Valley, 5000-3500 B.C.”. It is on display through April 25th.
Here is an exerpt from the Times article. "For 1,500 years, starting earlier than 5000 B.C., they farmed and built sizable towns, a few with as many as 2,000 dwellings. They mastered large-scale copper smelting, the new technology of the age. Their graves held an impressive array of exquisite headdresses and necklaces and, in one cemetery, the earliest major assemblage of gold artifacts to be found anywhere in the world.
The striking designs of their pottery speak of the refinement of the culture’s visual language. Until recent discoveries, the most intriguing artifacts were the ubiquitous terracotta “goddess” figurines, originally interpreted as evidence of the spiritual and political power of women in society.
New research, archaeologists and historians say, has broadened understanding of this long overlooked culture, which seemed to have approached the threshold of “civilization” status. Writing had yet to be invented, and so no one knows what the people called themselves. To some scholars, the people and the region are simply Old Europe."
Here is an exerpt from the Times article. "For 1,500 years, starting earlier than 5000 B.C., they farmed and built sizable towns, a few with as many as 2,000 dwellings. They mastered large-scale copper smelting, the new technology of the age. Their graves held an impressive array of exquisite headdresses and necklaces and, in one cemetery, the earliest major assemblage of gold artifacts to be found anywhere in the world.
The striking designs of their pottery speak of the refinement of the culture’s visual language. Until recent discoveries, the most intriguing artifacts were the ubiquitous terracotta “goddess” figurines, originally interpreted as evidence of the spiritual and political power of women in society.
New research, archaeologists and historians say, has broadened understanding of this long overlooked culture, which seemed to have approached the threshold of “civilization” status. Writing had yet to be invented, and so no one knows what the people called themselves. To some scholars, the people and the region are simply Old Europe."
Sunday, December 20, 2009
SNOW!!
I think we've now had more snow in New Jersey this season than they have had at camp. And all of that in one storm yesterday. We woke to this.
There was so much blowing it is hard to measure, but we got at least 18 inches. And today was our Messiah concert. We braved the roads, which were still a mess this morning (and this evening too for that matter), and drove into Red Bank to help set up the stage of the Count Basie Theatre. Chorus members wandered in as they got themselves plowed out and we ended up with most of the choristers and all of the orchestra. The audience, however, was very sparse. Too bad. Those that didn't show up missed a fabulous concert.
There was so much blowing it is hard to measure, but we got at least 18 inches. And today was our Messiah concert. We braved the roads, which were still a mess this morning (and this evening too for that matter), and drove into Red Bank to help set up the stage of the Count Basie Theatre. Chorus members wandered in as they got themselves plowed out and we ended up with most of the choristers and all of the orchestra. The audience, however, was very sparse. Too bad. Those that didn't show up missed a fabulous concert.
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