Today's outfit is also a black coat but rather more to my taste.
The cardigan is another one made by my mother in law. This one has detachable sleeves. The dress is very comfortable but rather thin for the time of year, by Gerry Weber.
Time for bed. I have five parcels to post so a good excuse to go out in my car and there is a new exhibition at the Henie-Onstad. So I should go and pick out my outfit for tomorrow so I don't have to rush in the morning.
@Boeing The spire is clad with copper I think. The copper turns green on exposure to sulphuric acid in the atmosphere. The process takes several decades. The general form and construction of the spire is quite common here
@ninalanyon interesting, here orthodox churches and catholic face with their altar east. But there are exceptions, there is a huge church facing north. I don't know why. Is the copper transformation part of the initial design or it is a beautiful accident?
@Boeing I think that probably it has always been intended, even on buildings erected many centuries ago. After all you don't need to actually know how the chemistry works, you just observe that copper left exposed to the elements eventually turns green. You don't need to know that it's because of the copper sulphate layer that forms on the surface. People probably also noticed that once that layer was in place that further damage to the copper happened exceedingly slowly so it's a very good roofing material. Very expensive too of course so usually confined to important buildings like churches and even then to only parts of them.
Don't take my word for this though, I'm speculating about the historical details (not the chemistry).
