Happiest of Easters to everybody. I hope
you are as lucky as I am to spend the day with the people you love. A number of different friends posted this
video this week – totally appropriate.
The Three Compadres at the Museum
I wrote yesterday
about what an exceptional Good Friday happened due in main to the arrival of my
favorite daughter and son in law.
Sometimes the best of days emerge from the misty region of the
unplanned. We had not planned anything
special for the day and were discussing that lack of foresight over breakfast
at the Cracker Barrel when my daughter suggested a visit to the Worcester Art
Museum.
Daughter and Son in Law in Museum
I drive by the
museum literally very day but even though I’ve lived near and worked in Worcester
for nine years I have yet to cross its threshold. That was remedied yesterday with a truly
enjoyable afternoon with Rembrandt, Matisse, Monet, Pollock, Gainsborough, and
too many others that I can readily recall.
I never realized what a wealth of art I was driving by each day.
Wife and Daughter in Modern Art
Roman Floor
Armored Knight
Two Forms of Panamanian Gold
Wife and I at the Museum
There was also
a display of medieval armor from the recently closed Higgins Armor Museum
including some truly kick ass swords and strangely the Batman costume from the
first Batman movie. The bottom floor was
interesting with relics from ancient Rome and even a complete room from a medieval
French monastery. We were wandering through
an ancient Mayan display when my wife was inexorably (and typically) drawn towards
a display of golden jewelry. It is
justifiable coincidence that the display came from prehistorical Panama!
Bancroft Tower
Daughter and Son in Law in the Tower
After the
museum we took a brief side trip to see the Bancroft Tower which I discovered a
few years ago while out jogging from work.
It’s this huge stone tower on a small hill overlooking and providing
sweeping views of Worcester. A rich son
created the tower as a legacy to his father around the turn of the 20th
century.
Walking up to the Tower
We stopped by a
pub on the way home so my son in law could add some beers to his burgeoning chronicle. We were at the brewery that produces Wormtown
Brews and enjoyed a great time with the Red Sox on display as well as some
appetizers.
Wormtown Brews
Great Time
Returning home
for the first barbecue of the season completed a very thorough thrashing of the
daylight hours. Again, nothing planned
ahead of time and sometimes that turns out to offer opportunity where its least
expected. My wife and daughter spent
some time further tenchnifying my wife which I’m not sure the world is ready
for but we’ll see.
Get Ready World - My Wife is Figuring It Out
I didn’t want
to let go of the day and the time spent hanging out with these three people so I
concocted a need for the first bonfire of the season as well. I soon had a huge blaze out on the deck with
Buddy nervously watching his beloved wood being fed into the
conflagration. My wife said she would
only come out for a few moments because it was kind of chilly and didn’t want
smoky hair for Easter. We had such a
good time that she forgot about her reservations and stayed until the wood
played out. So much better to spend time around a fire under the stars with
great people than watching the boob tube.
Just a great day and testimony to how lucky I am to be surrounded by
such quality people.
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