We had a good week.
Flats as usual provided the miracle for me. I got the lease for the couple’s flat in Invergordon
in place the day before they arrived. We
found a flat for the three sisters for the 1st of March on Friday in
the area they need it in and where one agent told me we wouldn’t find one that
was HMO licensed in that part of the city.
We had a fun Friday night going to Wannaburger with the
Sisters for a hamburger, onion rings, and a root beer float. Then we came here
and played Canasta; with grocery shopping to end the night on. Saturday the
Sisters chose to stay home and get their flat cleaned and dinner mostly
prepared for Family Home Evening for the Senior Missionaries. It was their turn to host it at their flat as
we take turns every 1st Sunday of the month. By the way we just return and it was delicious
with Bill’s favorite, meat loaf.
So for Saturday we
caught the bus and explored some more of the city that we had not seen. We went up Carlton Mound to see the Nelson
Monument. The Nelson Monument was built in memory of Admiral Lord Nelson, who died
at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It
was this battle that started Great Britain on the path to world supremacy of
the seas. On top of this monument they installed
a giant ball that drops from the top of the monument at precisely one o’clock. This serves as a visual cue for the ships in
the harbor to set their clocks by. In
addition a cannon is fired from the castle at the same time as an auditory cue
of the time. Knowing the exact time was
important in navigation so sailors could figure out where they exact location. Of course things have changed over the years
with GPS units and digital clocks.
Up there also was a cemetery where we found a statue you
wouldn’t expect to find in Scotland and that was of President Lincoln holding
the Emancipation Proclamation in his hands and was dedicated to all the
Scottish Americans who had died in the Civil war.
We also explored the City Museum of Art. Bill did great with picking out the picture I
liked the best on at least two of the five floors. We actually liked the same picture at least
twice. He knows my tastes better than I
would have guessed and better than I knew his.
My excuse is that some of the time he picked the picture because he
liked the story that the picture told.
From there we visited the Museum on the Mound which
talked about banking. It showed their
money throughout the ages, showed us what a million pounds in 20 pound paper
money is, let us take a turn at trying to unlock a safe, and things like that.
We had lunch at a small tea shop or café with Bill choosing
roasted dove breast on a salad and I had mushroom, garlic, and dill soup with
bread. We both agreed that my soup was
the best with Bill liking it more than I did.
All of their soups here are pureed
into a smooth liquid.
Our last stop of the day was at the Writers museum
dedicated to Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Sir Walter Scott. I know you have heard of some of these
writers.
The weather was sunny and cool and it was a wonderful
day.
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