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Apr. 9th, 2016 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotWe had eleven kids at the Second Saturday program today, which was amazing! I noticed in looking at our spreadsheet that the only times we've had a good turnout have been for the cider-making day, our Christmas stuff (sit on Santa's lap and also decorate gingerbread cookies), and today's one-room schoolhouse. All the other months, when we were doing a story, a short little talk, and a cheap craft, there've been five or six at most. I think we have to accept that we need to put more effort into providing a full experience rather than the easy picture book + useless craft project combo. And it's also like the issue I've noticed with the adult lunchtime lectures, people come for topics that relate to rural everyday life in the early 20th century.
It's something I really had to learn by doing, because I've read about needing to make this kind of connection many times, but it didn't sink in until I put the pieces together. It pushed me to an idea for a new exhibition that I'm raring to do - reconstructing the lives of all the people living on a block or two in one of the villages in the county, based on one of the censuses in the early 20th century. (Probably 1930 because it's pretty detailed, I like the "radio?" column.)
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I've been watching Jericho, the "British Western" (which is pretty cool) starring Jessica Raine and Hans Matheson. Did you know Jessica Raine'd been in an episode of Garrow's Law? I didn't realize until I saw promo shots from this because of her hair. Anyway, I really enjoy the story and the characters but their armscyes are SO HIGH and it makes all of the women's bodices look strange. It's okay for the rich woman and the madam who dress fashionably, but even the women who are clearly supposed to be wearing 5- or 10+-year-old clothes don't have dropped armscyes. It's amazing how such a little thing can just make a whole outfit read wrong.
It's something I really had to learn by doing, because I've read about needing to make this kind of connection many times, but it didn't sink in until I put the pieces together. It pushed me to an idea for a new exhibition that I'm raring to do - reconstructing the lives of all the people living on a block or two in one of the villages in the county, based on one of the censuses in the early 20th century. (Probably 1930 because it's pretty detailed, I like the "radio?" column.)
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I've been watching Jericho, the "British Western" (which is pretty cool) starring Jessica Raine and Hans Matheson. Did you know Jessica Raine'd been in an episode of Garrow's Law? I didn't realize until I saw promo shots from this because of her hair. Anyway, I really enjoy the story and the characters but their armscyes are SO HIGH and it makes all of the women's bodices look strange. It's okay for the rich woman and the madam who dress fashionably, but even the women who are clearly supposed to be wearing 5- or 10+-year-old clothes don't have dropped armscyes. It's amazing how such a little thing can just make a whole outfit read wrong.
