colonial musings

I only caught two episodes of Colonial House -- tonight being the last one -- I'm always interested in the culture shock these people must go through in readjusting to the 21st century -- unfortunately the show doesn't display very much of that. One of the nice touches in the episode I saw tonight was as they were preparing a big feast for the evaluators, they were setting out metal dishes on the table and were all preening in them, not having seen themselves in a mirror for almost 4 months (their usual dishes and utensils were made of wood). A useful reminder of how visual and literally self-reflective our world is...