Mirrored bottles.
Ganesha, Hindu diety.
Renoir's Dancing at the Bougival.
Degas' Fourteen-year-old-dancer.
Old North Church.Thursday 29 Oct 2009
Hanscomb AFB, MA
Ah, the rain has finally stopped. There are actually blue skies up there.
We were supposed to meet Maddi at 10 am, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, but we miscalculated our timing and were late. We forgot about our “Get gas NOW” light being on. She had an ESOL group tour to conduct. I believe ESOL stands for English Speaking Other Languages. These were groups from other countries who speak fairly good English. Her tour started at 10:15. Since we missed her at 10:00 we arranged to meet here at 11:45. We drove to the North End of Boston to the Coast Guard station. There is a USO there so we went to visit them. We received all kinds of great information, maps, discounts and freebies and we told we could park the truck there all day. So we did.
We walked about a mile and then rode the Green Line from the North End down to the Museum of Fine Arts. We met Maddi and then went immediately to get something to eat at the Café there. After lunch she gave us the most amazing “Intro Tour” to the Museum that I have ever had anywhere. She was awesome. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable, but you can tell that she loves all of it, the art, the history, teaching, all of it. It was wonderful.
Afterward Rob and I went to the gift shop/bookstore and bought a statue of Ganesha. He is one of the best known and widely worshiped deities in the Hindu pantheon. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth. He watches over travelers and removes obstacles from their way. When Maddi told us about him at his statue she told us we need one for our travels so we got one.
From the museum we walked back to the Green line station and rode it back to the station in North end. We walked down Hanover Street to Mike’s Bakery. We bought several canolis to go and one to eat in with an espresso. I had a cannoli with a honey nut shell. Ummmmmm. It is the first I’ve ever had. We walked back to the Coast Guard base and retrieved our truck.
We headed back to our home on wheels stopping first at “Stop n Shop” and the Liquor store and then went home. We fed the Yumster and then ourselves and then watched my favorite programs, CSI and Mentalist. Tomorrow is going to be a mellow day for me. Sort of. I’m going to do laundry, clean our house, and go to the gym. Rob is going to do the same as well as go and Baby sit Grace and Lauren. I’m going to start my
Personal Training program.
It was a nice relaxing eve.
Hanscomb AFB, MA
Ah, the rain has finally stopped. There are actually blue skies up there.
We were supposed to meet Maddi at 10 am, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, but we miscalculated our timing and were late. We forgot about our “Get gas NOW” light being on. She had an ESOL group tour to conduct. I believe ESOL stands for English Speaking Other Languages. These were groups from other countries who speak fairly good English. Her tour started at 10:15. Since we missed her at 10:00 we arranged to meet here at 11:45. We drove to the North End of Boston to the Coast Guard station. There is a USO there so we went to visit them. We received all kinds of great information, maps, discounts and freebies and we told we could park the truck there all day. So we did.
We walked about a mile and then rode the Green Line from the North End down to the Museum of Fine Arts. We met Maddi and then went immediately to get something to eat at the Café there. After lunch she gave us the most amazing “Intro Tour” to the Museum that I have ever had anywhere. She was awesome. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable, but you can tell that she loves all of it, the art, the history, teaching, all of it. It was wonderful.
Afterward Rob and I went to the gift shop/bookstore and bought a statue of Ganesha. He is one of the best known and widely worshiped deities in the Hindu pantheon. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth. He watches over travelers and removes obstacles from their way. When Maddi told us about him at his statue she told us we need one for our travels so we got one.
From the museum we walked back to the Green line station and rode it back to the station in North end. We walked down Hanover Street to Mike’s Bakery. We bought several canolis to go and one to eat in with an espresso. I had a cannoli with a honey nut shell. Ummmmmm. It is the first I’ve ever had. We walked back to the Coast Guard base and retrieved our truck.
We headed back to our home on wheels stopping first at “Stop n Shop” and the Liquor store and then went home. We fed the Yumster and then ourselves and then watched my favorite programs, CSI and Mentalist. Tomorrow is going to be a mellow day for me. Sort of. I’m going to do laundry, clean our house, and go to the gym. Rob is going to do the same as well as go and Baby sit Grace and Lauren. I’m going to start my
Personal Training program.
It was a nice relaxing eve.
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