OneGuyFromBarlick

THE POPE If you are an art historian, it is essential to free yourself from the fetters of your profession. The Sistine Ceiling is not more the property of art historians than the Ninth Symphony is the property of musicologists. John Pope-Hennessy, “Storm Over the Sistine Ceiling,” New York Review o...

We have a strange forecast today Sue. The forecast says bright, sunny and dry but we have a yellow warning of rain. No doubt all will become clear later. https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30841/medium I finished the chopping board and oiled it and it is now in place on the work t...

I can imagine some questioning my choice of wood for my chopping board when there are so many modern alternatives..... Many years ago when I first got into the cheese making industry I noted that there was only one go-to material for the shelves in cheese stores and it's Sycamore. Chosen because it ...

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30840/medium This morning I cut my new chopping board down to size, planed the edges and then sanded them back with two grades of paper until the cut was smooth. Then I oiled the board with rape oil and put it in its place on the work top. Not u...

One of the most important manufacturing firms in Barlick.

They are not forgotten....

See THIS heads up for a meteor shower this weekend. The Geminid meteor shower - one of the most spectacular in the celestial calendar - is set to peak this weekend and astronomers say conditions could make for an especially striking show if weather permits. The meteors are visible all over the world...

See THIS welcome announcement.... The government says it has "no current plans" to force drivers who run over a cat to report the collision. Nearly 11,000 people have signed an e-petition, external submitted to Parliament calling for the government "to make it law that if you hit a ca...

Three hot main meals and a top-up of oatcakes if I feel the need. I suppose I ought to weigh myself.... these extra meals must be having an effect! But flu season is not the best time to duet and feel hungry.

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/7993/source A Stockport tram in about 1950 ascending Wellington Road and heading for Hazel Grove. This was my transport to school almost every day and looking at it makes me realise how old fashioned this must look today. Not surprising, it was ...

Yesterday afternoon we lost the rain and it brightened up, we actually had sun later! A clear colder night and first thing this morning it was cool broken overcast , dry and we had a breeze. The glass is up on 1019mb and the forecast is for a sunny day with overcast later. A bit confusing as we also...

Exactly right Ian! Well done. Now we need another object.....

Yesterday afternoon was very satisfactory, I got out there and painted my castings.... https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30838/medium But then things got even better. The postman turned up with two parcels that were overdue. This was good for one thing immediately, I could give h...

See THIS update on Charles' cancer treatment. King Charles has shared "good news" about his cancer, saying in a personal message that early diagnosis and "effective intervention" means his treatment can be reduced in the new year. In a recorded video message broadcast on Channel ...

SUN QUEEN It is the things supposed to be impossible that interest me. I like to do things they say cannot be done. Mária Telkes, quoted in the Christian Science Monitor, 1942. Two years ago, in 2023, PBS did a documentary, “The Marvelously Inventive Life of Mária Telkes.” And hers, which began in B...

Morning Sue! I am watching the weather, if it improves I might even do the painting!
Have a good day whatever it does!

No Gloria but that level of importance. Have you worked out where the building is?

We've just got daylight here Gloria and we have light cold rain with it. I had sausage for second breakfast!

We've got 7C at the moment and significant cold rain Cathy.....

We can't argue against that!

Bumped

I still think women are being exploited but in a different way.....

The fireplace in the front room at Hey farm in 1976. The result of 20 years of improvements.

One good consequence of my broken hours is that I am eating four small meals a day equally distanced. Yesterday I had three helpings of meat and veggies and one small meal of oatcakes with soft cheese topping.