Springtime

The "Libradoodle"

Washington DC

We met Mom-mom for a day at the Smithsonian. I love that place. There are so many inspiring things to see. A visit there makes me feel so grateful to be an American.

This was at the museum of Natural History. It is temporary exhibit about the coral reefs. Thousands of people contributed knit pieces to make this "coral reef". It was really cool.

This is Abraham Lincoln's top hat. It sat on the floor beside him at Ford's theatre the night he was assassinated.

Martha Washington's gown

Here the boys learn how to break the shell off of rice.

I loved this doll house when I was a girl. I would have stood there for hours imagining it
was my own. I always thought it was kind of sad that no one could actually play with it. But, of course if kids could it would never survive a day.

This is just one of the rooms. I love the detail. Look at the bowls stacked on the bottom shelf.

Here's Libby in a vintage Miceli girl's dress.

Here I am in my birthday boots. I'd been wanting a pair for awhile and finally got them.

James quote

After telling me that Libby smells like poo-poo, and while looking at his "The Caboose who got Loose" book by Bill Peet, James says:

"Trains don't know how to do poo-poos. Trains don't even have hineys. Only wheels."

A Poem

Silver twilight sky

cut into diamonds

by the bare branches

of winter's trees.

We're driving between

the brown fields

where nothing is growing

and the sky slowly fills with stars.

I realize,

were you not here it would still be the same.

And I'm wondering,

Would I notice it?

-jmf

Okay, so if you don't like the romantic don't read on.

Today is the 10th anniversary of our first kiss. I wrote this poem one night when we were dating. We had just driven back to Ithaca from Jer's Parent's house and it was a beautiful evening. I realized then how he makes the whole world more beautiful for me. He has continued to do so ever since.

My thirtieth birthday is in a couple days. I was thinking about how Jer took me out to lunch at Collegetown Bagels on my twentieth. Time has gone so fast, but I still feel just as giddy with him around as I did then.

Snow in the Desert

If you happen to ever eat lunch at this combination coffee shop - car wash, just be sure not to sit on the barstool that is reserved for the local high school football coach.