COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Good mornooning, roommates! Wishing everyone a Terrific Tuesday from sunny(!) Denmark.

One thing I know I’m going to miss in North America are the old brick buildings of considerable age.

This is the Roskilde Cloister, currently a foundation providing housing to members of the Danish national church (i.e. Lutheran). A priory of Dominican friars stood here from the 13th century until the Reformation. Then it was torn down; the land became the Crown’s property. Later, a 1560 manor built here was converted into a monastery for unmarried Danish noblewomen, which became part of the building we can see today.

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Also, this weekend we had a small music festival (the big one, the Roskilde Festival, is the largest music event in Northern Europe and takes place in July). In addition to regular stages scattered around the city, we had these:

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Barrel organs are rarely seen these days! Lovely

 

[JoesMum]

Good mornooning all. We are sat in the sunshine with a cuppa while watching Alpacas (!) grazing in the next field and listening to a cuckoo.

Carol... one of your pied crows has turned up in Kent in my absence! It’s probably escaped from an aviary. (Photo courtesy of facebook)

 

[JoesMum]

Alpacas!

 

[Lyn W]

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Good mornooning, roommates! Wishing everyone a Terrific Tuesday from sunny(!) Denmark.

One thing I know I’m going to miss in North America are the old brick buildings of considerable age.

This is the Roskilde Cloister, currently a foundation providing housing to members of the Danish national church (i.e. Lutheran). A priory of Dominican friars stood here from the 13th century until the Reformation. Then it was torn down; the land became the Crown’s property. Later, a 1560 manor built here was converted into a monastery for unmarried Danish noblewomen, which became part of the building we can see today.

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Also, this weekend we had a small music festival (the big one, the Roskilde Festival, is the largest music event in Northern Europe and takes place in July). In addition to regular stages scattered around the city, we had these:

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No monkeys! So you have to talk to the organ grinders!
I bet they all sounded great together.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning all!
It's a chilly start but bright and sunny - a lovely spring morning.
My sister and I are hitting the shops soon to look for wedding outfits - not my favourite thing to do but it's a necessary weevil.
Lola is sulking after our little chat yesterday and it looks like he is staying in bed today.
I'm sure he'll come out when he wants something to eat.
I'll see you all later but TTFN
Happy Tuesday!

 

[Kristoff]

Alpacas!
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Lovely! I heard the Wool Spider (if she exists) whispering that she’d like some alpaca wool. Any chance to collect some? [emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

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No monkeys! So you have to talk to the organ grinders!

There’s a toy monkey in pic 2, and we saw others. What’s the deal with that?

I learned the English term for the instrument only two days ago. In Russian we call it “sharmanka” (French influence?); I recognized them only from stories! Was so exciting to see them for real.

I bet they all sounded great together.

No. They took turns. Thank goodness! [emoji23]

 

[Ray--Opo]

Good morning! I need to catch up with what's going on. Sounds like you all are busy.
Well when I woke up the first thing I did was try to see Opo on the webcam. Says the webcam is offline. I have someone caring for Opo but I want to see my little buddy
@Lyn W you and your sister looking for wedding outfits? Where ever you are is it legal to wed your sister?

 

[CarolM]

Good mornooning, roommates! Wishing everyone a Terrific Tuesday from sunny(!) Denmark.

One thing I know I’m going to miss in North America are the old brick buildings of considerable age.

This is the Roskilde Cloister, currently a foundation providing housing to members of the Danish national church (i.e. Lutheran). A priory of Dominican friars stood here from the 13th century until the Reformation. Then it was torn down; the land became the Crown’s property. Later, a 1560 manor built here was converted into a monastery for unmarried Danish noblewomen, which became part of the building we can see today.

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Also, this weekend we had a small music festival (the big one, the Roskilde Festival, is the largest music event in Northern Europe and takes place in July). In addition to regular stages scattered around the city, we had these:

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Love the history lesson on the first pic and the others are interesting. Now if only the sound could transmit through a photo, we would be able to enjoy the music as well.

 

[CarolM]

Good mornooning all. We are sat in the sunshine with a cuppa while watching Alpacas (!) grazing in the next field and listening to a cuckoo.

Carol... one of your pied crows has turned up in Kent in my absence! It’s probably escaped from an aviary. (Photo courtesy of facebook)
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Ha Ha ha, they travel far.

 

[CarolM]

Good morning all!
It's a chilly start but bright and sunny - a lovely spring morning.
My sister and I are hitting the shops soon to look for wedding outfits - not my favourite thing to do but it's a necessary weevil.
Lola is sulking after our little chat yesterday and it looks like he is staying in bed today.
I'm sure he'll come out when he wants something to eat.
I'll see you all later but TTFN
Happy Tuesday!

Good Luck on the shopping. Outfit shopping is so not my favorite thing to do either.

 

[CarolM]

Good morning! I need to catch up with what's going on. Sounds like you all are busy.
Well when I woke up the first thing I did was try to see Opo on the webcam. Says the webcam is offline. I have someone caring for Opo but I want to see my little buddy
@Lyn W you and your sister looking for wedding outfits? Where ever you are is it legal to wed your sister?

re the wedding. Not so nice when the cam is off line. It has happened to me too. Very frustrating.

 

[JoesMum]

Good afternooning all. JoesDad and I decided on a leisurely day today.

We started with a cruise on Windermere lake which was incredibly peaceful due to our early start and children being in school.

 

[JoesMum]

Next up Blackwell - a house built in 1900 in the “Arts and Crafts” style. I loved it, but it seemed to me that it needed rotating by 90 degrees as it faced a neighbouring property and had no views from the main rooms. Had it faced west rather than south there were great views of the lake and the hills

 

[JoesMum]

Finally, we went to Beatrix Potter’s cottage - Hill Top. All her book illustrations are inspired by her cottage, garden and the village

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I’m sure the most important thing is she gets to see you. How’s she doing?

Good
She wanted hot dogs for lunch

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hey there Ed, nice that you are visiting your Mom again. You could always play board games or cards with her. Although I cannot remember if she would be able to. But those kind of games are always good for spending time and having fun at the same with someone.

We've been eating and sitting outside on rocking chairs.
Its sunny and 72°

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You’re an awesome sweet son!!

Long distance son

 

[Maro2Bear]

Finally, we went to Beatrix Potter’s cottage - Hill Top. All her book illustrations are inspired by her cottage, garden and the village
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And once again, great pix. Fabulous wood, sturdy stone, gorgeous gardens. I see a nice artichoke popping up there in the garden. #LoveTheLakes !

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hey there Ed, nice that you are visiting your Mom again. You could always play board games or cards with her. Although I cannot remember if she would be able to. But those kind of games are always good for spending time and having fun at the same with someone.

She's at the beauty salon now