18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi resten af
aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser University Challenge i BBC2, ét af de
få tv-programmer, der ikke er egnede til dumme personer ha ha ha.
21:00 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant
dokumentarfilm, der handler om”renæssancen” i kunsthistorien (4. del af 4 –
renæssancens klimaks: vanvid og forvrængning. Du godeste! ). Programmets vært
er den ekscentriske kunsthistoriker, Waldemar Januszczak (jeg kan aldrig udtale
hans navn), der slæber sine rekvisitter med i en voldsramte gamle kuffert. Han
har en ironisk sans for humor, som jeg godt kan lide. Han er lidt overvægtig,
og vi ser ham stampe lynhurtigt men tungt og larmende rundt i Europa, hvilket jeg synes er en fornøjelse at se (og
høre). Og først og fremmest er han lidt skeptisk overfor den idé, at
renæssancen var en genfødsel i civilisationens historie.
programmet viser endnu ét billede af
Waldemars sko, mens han stamper lynhurtigt men tungt og larmende rundt i Europa
– du godeste!
Vi hører om Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516), den berømte hollandske maler, der holdt meget af at bruge elementer i sine mesterværker som død, Helvede og dommedag. Et af hans bedst kendte malerier er Lysternes have fra ca. 1504
Vi hører også om Giuseppe Arcimboldo, en italiensk maler, der for det
meste arbejdede i Prag, og blev kendt for fantasifulde portræthoveder skabt af objekter som frugt,
grøntsager, blomster, fisk og bøger.
Arcimboldo kunne godt lide at male
portræthoveder skabt, for eksempel, af frugt...
... eller af penishoveder – øv! -
....
.... eller af bøger – uha! Sikke et
vanvid !!!!
Du godeste – sikke et vanvid! Det var heldigt, at England altid har
været lidt af et ukultiveret land, som ikke havde lyst til at deltage ret meget
i renæssancen!!!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz !!!!!
04:30 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Vores ældste
datter, Alison, bor i København, sammen med sin lille familie og jeg ser at Alisons
naboer brokker sig lidt over hestepærer på fortovet (der er en rideskole og
rideklub midt i dette fornemme villakvarter – uha!). De siger, at de godt kan
lide lyden af hestehove ude på vejen og de synes, at hestepærer på kørebanen er
en lille pris at betale for oplevelsen. Men på det seneste er flere og flere
pærerne havnet på fortovet. Hundeejere samler
op efter sig og det bør hesteejere også, synes de. Du godeste, sikke et vanvid
!!!!
10:00 Min gamle ven, "Magyar" Mike kommer og vi studerer ungarsk i en time. Han ser lidt distraheret ud, og giver mig ikke noget opmærksomhed, når jeg taler - uha!!!! (så ingen ændring der ha ha ha!)
10:00 Min gamle ven, "Magyar" Mike kommer og vi studerer ungarsk i en time. Han ser lidt distraheret ud, og giver mig ikke noget opmærksomhed, når jeg taler - uha!!!! (så ingen ændring der ha ha ha!)
11:00 Mike skal af sted. Vi aftaler, at vi mødes ikke i næste uge på
grund af den kommende festival på den lokale væddeløbsbane, når der altid er en
masse trafikpropper. Vi mødes næste gang
om to uger.
11:30 Jeg smutter ind hos vores naboer, Stephen og Francis. De giver mig
kontaktoplysninger for en lokal taxa-chauffør, der er villig til at køre kunder
til Birmingham lufthavn.
13:00 Vi spiser frokost. Derefter gør jeg lidt forskning om
angelsaksiske dialekter, men jeg bliver
mere or mere forvirret. Jeg kan ikke finde artikler, der forklarer de vigtigste
forskelle mellem de 4 største dialekter: vestsaksisk, mercisk, nordhumbrisk og
kentisk. Pokkers!
I mellemtiden fortsætter Lois med at gøre lidt forskning om sit
familietræ. især familien Cox (sin mors familie). Hun håber, at hun kan være
færdig med denne gren af sin familie om de næste 2 uger.
Vores spisestue er blevet ligesom et kontor, og vi arbejder begge to ved
vores computere, uden at sige ret meget – du godeste!!!!! Jeg håber, vores
ægteskab kan overleve denne afgørende kriseperiode !!!!
16:00 Vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen. Hurra – vi er blevet ægtepar
igen ha ha ha!
English translation
Monday,
03.07.1630 at 1630 till Tuesday, 03/08/2016 at 1629
18:00 Lois and I eat supper and then we spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show University Challenge on BBC2, one of the few television programs that are not suitable for stupid people ha ha ha!
18:00 Lois and I eat supper and then we spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show University Challenge on BBC2, one of the few television programs that are not suitable for stupid people ha ha ha!
21:00 We continue to watch TV. They show an interesting documentary about the "renaissance" in art history (Part 4 of 4 - Renaissance climax: madness and distortion. My goodness!). The program's host is the eccentric art historian Waldemar Januszczak (I can never pronounce his name) who drags his props around in a battered old suitcase. He has an ironic sense of humor, which I like. He is slightly overweight, and we see him stamping fast but heavily and noisily around Europe, which I think is a pleasure to see (and hear). And above all, he is rather sceptical about the idea that the Renaissance was a rebirth in the history of civilization.
the program shows yet another picture of Waldemar's shoes while he
stomps fast but heavily and noisily around Europe - my goodness!
We hear about
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516), the famous Dutch painter who liked to use
elements in his masterpieces like death, hell and doom. One of his best known
paintings is The Garden of Earthly Delights from about 1504
We also hear about Giuseppe Arcimboldo, an Italian painter who mostly worked in
Prague, and became known for imaginative portrait-heads made of objects like
fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.
Arcimboldo liked to paint portrait heads made, for example, of fruit
...
... or of penis heads - ugh! - ....
.... or of books - oh dear! What madness !!!!
My goodness - what a madness! It was fortunate that England has always been a
bit of an uncultured country that did not want to participate much in the
Renaissance !!!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!
4:30 I get up
early and take a look on the internet. Our oldest daughter, Alison, lives in
Copenhagen, with her little family and I see that Alison's neighbors are
complaining a bit about horse droppings on the sidewalk (there is a riding
school and equestrian center in the middle of this upscale residential
neighborhood - oh dear!). They say that they like the sound of horses' hooves on the
road and they think that the horse droppings on the road is a small price to
pay for the experience. But lately, more and more droppings have ended up on
the sidewalk. Dog owners pick up after themselves and horse owners should also, they think. My god, what madness !!!!
10:00 My old friend, "Magyar" Mike comes and we study Hungarian for an hour. He looks a little distracted, and gives me no attention when I speak - oh dear!!!! (So no change there ha ha ha!).
11:00 Mike has to be off. We agree that we will not meet next week due to the upcoming festival at the local racecourse when there are always a lot of traffic jams. We next meet in two weeks.
11:30 I pop in at our neighbors, Stephen and Francis. They give me contact information for a local taxi-driver who is willing to drive customers to the Birmingham airport.
13:00 We eat lunch. Then I do a little research on Anglo-Saxon dialects, but I become more or more confused. I cannot find articles that explain the main differences between the four main dialects: West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian and Kentish. Damn!
Meanwhile, Lois continues to do a little research on her family tree. especially the Cox family (her mother's family). She hopes that she can be finished with this branch of his family in the next 2 weeks.
Our dining room has become like an office, and we both work at our computers, without saying much - my goodness !!!!! I hope that our marriage can survive this crucial period of crisis !!!!
16:00 We relax with a cup of tea on the sofa. Hooray - we have become a married couple again ha ha ha!
10:00 My old friend, "Magyar" Mike comes and we study Hungarian for an hour. He looks a little distracted, and gives me no attention when I speak - oh dear!!!! (So no change there ha ha ha!).
11:00 Mike has to be off. We agree that we will not meet next week due to the upcoming festival at the local racecourse when there are always a lot of traffic jams. We next meet in two weeks.
11:30 I pop in at our neighbors, Stephen and Francis. They give me contact information for a local taxi-driver who is willing to drive customers to the Birmingham airport.
13:00 We eat lunch. Then I do a little research on Anglo-Saxon dialects, but I become more or more confused. I cannot find articles that explain the main differences between the four main dialects: West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian and Kentish. Damn!
Meanwhile, Lois continues to do a little research on her family tree. especially the Cox family (her mother's family). She hopes that she can be finished with this branch of his family in the next 2 weeks.
Our dining room has become like an office, and we both work at our computers, without saying much - my goodness !!!!! I hope that our marriage can survive this crucial period of crisis !!!!
16:00 We relax with a cup of tea on the sofa. Hooray - we have become a married couple again ha ha ha!
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