The process began, as most restorations do, with a feather dusting.
Likely somewhere in between vacuuming and feather dusting, the two started counting money, and, as we all know, the elderly tend to keep a good sum of cash on hand.
Now that we are done resetting our minds lets look at simple (good old fashion) home chores to stay fit; such as sweeping the porch, pulling weeds by hand, trimming hedges, wiping down the counter tops in the kitchen, taking down curtains and washing them, feather dusting the walls, dusting and polishing furniture.
The actor, in an over-the-top performance, does his best to start the comic juices flowing when he later appears in a baggy housedress and proceeds to feather-dust old Philip's portrait.
From feather-dusting each other's derrières to threatening abuse over badly cooked meals, they are a compelling team, and the prop-strewn stage formed a rich environment for their antics.
Decades later, when a helicopter airlifted the Indian off the dome, lowering the 15,000-pound 15,000-poundeet to the plaza below for a good statueing, I discovered he was really a she: a warrior babe with a sword and helmet, a saucy crest of feathers dusting her long curls.
Start with the labour: what we see is pleasant work by well-manicured maids in fetching uniforms, healthy and wholesome, doing a little feather-dusting of the chandeliers, some silver polishing, some eavesdropping while serving at table and some pleasant cooking with Mrs Patmore.
I suggested she call up some of her walkers there were always a few who would be thrilled to feather-dust her library.
It is hypothesized that long distance spread between these clusters was due to bird, equipment or people movement, whereas once a farm in a densely populated area became infected, where sheds are sometimes within a few hundred metres from each other, the virus spread via dust or feather debris.
"History is as light as individual human life, unbearably light, light as a feather, as dust swirling into the air, as whatever will no longer exist tomorrow".
But dusting must be done every week Work down from the ceiling to the floor using an ostrich feather duster (the dust will stick to the natural oils in the feathers) and a damp cloth.
