Friends with Bindi.
Delightful. It was delightful. Schmidley and I have been talking via the
internet almost forever. We have visited
her home in Arlington, and she has visited us here. This time we ate and played in Balboa Park,
San Diego’s center park, before we drove her to her son’s home.
Schmidley
lunching at the Prado in Balboa Park.
Across
the street from the Prado is the Botanical Building…..
…where
we enthusiastically visited the orchids and ferns.
Next
we crossed the center plaza where we admired the newly reintroduced electric
basket cars.
At the
the Mingei we saw the Erik Gronborg show of furniture, ceramics and metal
works.
Singing, dancing, and The Festival of Lights filled the center of
the museum. We both got Bindi, those forehead
dots, and went upstairs to see a show about everyday fabrics and ceramics from
Japan.
Yes,
she climbed up in the shuttle to the Automotive Museum, and down with her bad
hip. Here we picked up George amid the
Station Wagon show and headed north to take her home. Her whole family gave us hugs. Nice folks.
Back to the bay
and dinner at Pizza Nova. A three meal
out day for me, and a two meal day for G.
We both had salads.
What a truly lovely day with your friend!
ReplyDeleteStaying healthy and happy.
ReplyDeleteYay! Great to see you together. It looks like a great day!
ReplyDeleteOh, the orchids are gorgeous... I do miss the Botanical Gardens of Balboa Park. We don't have anything like that here, but there is one in Bakersfield. (I believe) And the Mingei!! I bought my watercolor paints and my Paper Marbling kit there years ago. I also visited with my sewing class when they had an exhibit on African quilts. Fascinating stories behind those quilts!
ReplyDeleteYou do seem to live in a wonderful place.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great meet-up. So glad you got to spend time together.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing into your meet! Looks so lovely.
ReplyDeleteglad you had such a wonderful time!
ReplyDeleteA really Great Day. And you got some wonderful photos! Fell down again and my right arm is a mess. Happy it did not happen when I was with you!
ReplyDeleteI am so very sorry. Hugs.
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