Just over a year ago there was a Pretty Darn Fun Party held on Vicente and 48th. Many very sweet gifts were given to me, amongst which is this little wooden version of Athena's mascot. I love it very much and to this day do not know who gave it to me. It is very tempting to blame a certain Tommy K., who had what he thought was a Very Cute Time playing around with the gift cards after quaffing much D.P. I love him anyway. So if anyone out there recognizes this or, indeed, is the donor, please get in touch. It is quite a cherished possession.
We are rather work-oriented this Sunday, but books in the garden is the imminent activity. Soup is on the stove (Soup Sunday!). We ought to visit the library, which reminds me: spelling bee at the SFePL on Sunday 28 September. Prize is $200! You-can-guess-who is already spending the prize money she is convinced I'll win for her. Charming & flattering. But then, I did best certain high-ranking SFDSers a year or two back. And this one is written — can you stand it?
Yesterday I was told — nay, ordered — to take the day off today for my birthday. Well, OK. And a lovely little day it's been. Plaza Diner for brekkie. All the tourists have gone! Fall is in the air! So we scootied down there with warm things on, ate and went on to the farmers market for Necessary Things. Home again to plan the day, more or less. Very nice phone calls from darling boys and sweet old friends.
Then off to the Bataan Memorial Museum. Of course that's my birthday choice. Followed by sushi for lunch. We debated the irony of that one and decided that celebrating things improving after wars is a good idea. Amazingly, there was a paratrooper's helmet in the museum from the actual 2d Battalion of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne. Truly. Pretty damn cool.
In the afternoon we rambled down the arroyo that runs along St. John's College with Agent Twist and Capt. Bodkin. Queen Folly stayed home.
Now I'm about to make the birthday blackberry cobbler for tonight, accompanied by lashings of Gruet.
Oh, yes, and I got fun clothes...and a perfect Santa Fe day.
