Sunday Afternoon at the Art Institute

Our favorite stop: the giftshop!

Lorenzo meet Jeff








A rainy day and what better way to spend it than roaming through the galleries? Maggie and I headed for the photography exhibit of Jeff Wall. His works are large back lit panels that have to be experienced in person.

I wandered upstairs to view the Gates of Paradise. Exquisite, old, refined, Biblical. Three panels from Florence. Meet Lorenzo Ghiberti.

click on the heading Sunday Afternoon at the Art Institute to enter the exhibit

Hot off the presses!

Aimée and Sean

Meet Jolie

My friend Heather who works at the library with me brought Jolie and her new pet pug George as a surprise. We have now joined the world of Webkinz! Heather and I decided we needed to find out what all the excitement is about, and with the help of some young patrons, we are now ready to play, spend, and talk to our friends. Jolie travels everywhere with me. I think she will be a huge hit at school.

Darwin

Darwin: VISIT THE EXHIBIT (click on the heading Darwin)

Birds' eggs and sea shells, beetles and coins, moths and minerals—as a child, Charles Darwin collected all of these and more. Born in 1809 to a wealthy family in rural England, he spent hours watching birds and lying under the dining-room table, reading. He was an indifferent student, though, and school bored him. He despaired of learning Latin and memorizing verse, "for every verse was forgotten in 48 hours." But he never tired of studying the details of the natural world.

Darwin chartered his own course, as geniuses tend to do. His work thrills and inspires. Here was a life lived fully and authentically.

Seattle

Emma and I visited Seattle in June.