Everybody waited in anticipation for the transit of Venus
across the sun, and then the clouds rolled in. Thousands of silver coated eye
glasses were sold for the viewing. The
viewing of overcast skies; it all seemed like a waist, until that final moment
before the sun went down below the horizon.
The clouds parted and we had a short view of the sun. We all climbed out
on to the bedroom porch to watch the event through funny, OSHA approved paper
glasses. The only problem being for those of us without 20/20 vision, it was
next to impossible to see because of the small size against the sun. The kids
with eagle eyed vision saw it quite clearly, but me…no way.
I worked some more on the boat painting here. With a bunch
of rigging, it was better to get the background done first. So today I
concentrated on the sky and buildings of Stockholm . Tomorrow I’ll work more on the two main
wooden boats and begin pulling all the mast work up into the sky.
Richard
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