Tuesday, May 21, 2013

          It was comfortable to be back in the temple today, although I am never completely at ease.  The obreras who were there this afternoon and evening were not those who spoke English.  In fact Glade is the only person I conversed with all day that I could understand.      

          We received an inventory list of furnishings that are supposed to be in our apartment.   One of the missing items was a recliner!  When Glade found out that we were supposed to have one, he started dropping hints to anyone who might be influential in getting ours to us.  Well, today, it arrived and he is a new man!!!  It really helps his back to spend some time reclining where he can read and study, etc., in that position!   He is a happy camper tonight.

          The Church was open this morning and I was able to practice for an hour or so.  Music—playing and/or listening—is such an emotional medium and it started the day off perfectly.  I discovered that the piano was tuned for stake conference on Sunday, and whoever worked on it also fixed the pedal!!!  Hooray!   Now I can really play.

          Included here are just a few more pictures that we took on our little excursion yesterday.   They are just pictures from the museum and may not be of interest.  Those exhibitions are best appreciated when you see them first hand, but I thought I’d post them anyway. 

          Take care, everyone.  You are always in our prayers and we send our love.  

Typical bedroom furniture in the 1600's 

Typical attire that was featured with the bedroom furniture.
It must have been so hot!  How did they survive in those heavy clothes!

These items are carried in the annual Easter Parade

This is part of one of the rugs that are laid out ahead of the parade.  The sheep body
is made of popcorn in this one.  For the parade, they are decorated with colored sawdust
shown below.  The rugs are laid out in the parade route, passed over by parade entries,
then picked up and moved ahead of the parade to be travelled over again.

I would love to have carved window valances like this!  They were beautiful.

More pictures at the farm of the house and property

 

The five guard dogs who keep danger away from the chickens!

Just a pretty flower and spot of color in the undergrowth at the farm