12th June 2022 – The safest place with this weather for me is inside, so working in the library is not a punishment at the moment. Over 50 books arrived yesterday…
All the book covers are scanned and added to the inventory of the museum. More books and postcards will follow once I have some more time…
8th June 2022 – The old skipper of Tordino borrowed us his archive. I scanned it during the evening, so I have a proper copy for using in the museum. Still surprised to see new pictures from the ship and how beautiful she was between 1978 and 2010.
7th June 2022 – Today we had a visit from the old skipper. He brought us the Ships bell and a painting from Tordino when it was still sailing as Bianca.
6th June 2022 – The third day of inputting scanned cards and information on paddle steamers, ferries and other passenger related boats. I will be happy once this part is done and that I can start working on other subjects and projects aboard Tordino!
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1st June 2022 – At the moment we are still scanning old postcards and can go on for a few more weeks!
31st May 2022 – I developed a better search engine for my online collection. At the end of the evening, I had seen enough computer screens, so continued labelling the objects in the museum.
29th May 2022 – Still unpacking boxes from the Watergeus and discovering nice items that are perfect for the museum. While I have visitors, I listen to their questions and when they are gone, I make labels for objects that are not that clear for everyone. A day well spent aboard Tordino.
In the evening I started cleaning the wheelhouse and added a few nice objects from the Watergeus. I want the wheelhouse to look more traditional. I also need to clean the wheelhouse. I added a lot of stuff last year, but nothing is sorted out yet…
26th May 2022 – While the museum is open, I try to continue working in the library. To get an idea of how much time I spent on scanning and inputting the scans in the inventory: I did 28 documents and 12 postcards.
24th May 2022 – Just some scanning in the evening, I was surprised to scan some books dating back to 2000. It was like yesterday. How quickly some ships can change or get scrapped.
22nd May 2022 – I barely had any time to scan books or work with the archives. Many people came to visit the ship.
21st May 2022 – I welded a metal pipe for the mast on the second distance keeper of Tordino. I will mount the spare mast of the Watergeus with some flags I received on Tuesday.
While I tried to scan some documents and book covers, I had many visitors. All of them had heard about Tordino in the newspaper….
19th May 2022 – The weather was unstable so I continued scanning books and brochures in the Library.
15th May 2022 – Just to warm to work outside, lovely to be inside the hold where it is still cold. So I just continued scanning old documents.
In the evening when it was a little colder we made a nice walk… Walking along the canal is like a holiday.
14th May 2022 – After a heavy morning, some change of plans, I had a good breakfast with my girl and went to Tordino. I lowered an extremely heavy porthole from the sunken lightship Westhinder into the hold. I did some scanning to change my mind.
In the evening, some friends came and we had a drink! A day well spent, despite missing a good friend!
13th May 2022 – I did some scanning after a heavy week of moving stuff. In the late evening I still had to empty the entrance of the museum. I’m glad I will have some more normal weeks arriving….