Fogey Night in Lisle

Well, that's how daisy_knotwise described it as she looked at the assembled multitude on the hillside, where we may well have been the youngest people there who weren't kids-in-tow of one age or another. Of course, that might have something to do with the three bands we'd come to see before the fireworks: The Shadows of Knight, The Ides of March, and The Buckinghams. Three classic Chicago rock bands from the 1960s that are still playing together -- that'll make Gretchen happy! (Won't disappoint Bill either...)

We ran into Doug and Jane and their kids as they arrived just before the Buckinghams' concert, then sat through a nice fireworks show, and finally caught a shuttle bus back to our car. The feared rain never materialized, which was only a problem in that it might have put out the cigars belonging to the two guys who settled in front of us to pollute the air. *sigh*

Fogey Night in Lisle

Well, that's how daisy_knotwise described it as she looked at the assembled multitude on the hillside, where we may well have been the youngest people there who weren't kids-in-tow of one age or another. Of course, that might have something to do with the three bands we'd come to see before the fireworks: The Shadows of Knight, The Ides of March, and The Buckinghams. Three classic Chicago rock bands from the 1960s that are still playing together -- that'll make Gretchen happy! (Won't disappoint Bill either...)

We ran into Doug and Jane and their kids as they arrived just before the Buckinghams' concert, then sat through a nice fireworks show, and finally caught a shuttle bus back to our car. The feared rain never materialized, which was only a problem in that it might have put out the cigars belonging to the two guys who settled in front of us to pollute the air. *sigh*

It's a Breeze

Well, not exactly, but the last ceiling fan is now hung. I had to check the wiring with my voltmeter to make sure that I was wiring in the right direction, since the wires in the box were white and yellow. And the light fixture that was up there was wired backwards, but it didn't much care. The fan might have. It turns out that yellow is the new black. Or something like that.

But the fan works, many things that were in that room have been put or thrown away, and there is now some hope of moving furniture in and around that space. Well, once we have time and friends available to do the deed anyway...

It's a Breeze

Well, not exactly, but the last ceiling fan is now hung. I had to check the wiring with my voltmeter to make sure that I was wiring in the right direction, since the wires in the box were white and yellow. And the light fixture that was up there was wired backwards, but it didn't much care. The fan might have. It turns out that yellow is the new black. Or something like that.

But the fan works, many things that were in that room have been put or thrown away, and there is now some hope of moving furniture in and around that space. Well, once we have time and friends available to do the deed anyway...