Weekend update - MFA

I thought getting internet at home would exponentially increase my blog posts. For some unexplainable reason, it's done the inverse but at an exponential rate it seems.





I find I've got springitis. I had a busy weekend and this morning I was just not in the mood to go into work. I would have much preferred to sit at home and enjoy the nice weather. This weekend was unusually warm. I ran down to Dorchester in the morning on Saturday. Otherwise, I think I would have lounged around the house and done alot of nothing. I picked up a craigslist find of an end table and for only $25! It was interesting as I'm in the middle of the chapter in 1776 which is describing the seige Washington and his men have on Boston and their strategy to take Dorchester Heights. I couldn't quite figure out where that is in current day Dorchester but my pick up was in Savin Hill so I like to imagine it was near by. The couple selling the table were nice and thanked me for showing up. I guess a lot of craigslist sees people bailing. I was a little worried it wouldn't fit in the car as it was larger then I had imagined but I got it in... and have yet to take it out.





The rest of the afternoon was spent running errands. Unfortunately I went to Whole Foods as a splurge, on an empty stomache. So I have a lot of nice food for this week. Unfortunately I'm out three evenings. But did just enjoy a pork roast sandwhich - avacado, goat brie and roast on a baguette - mmm good. Still not quite up to PB&Js yet. By late afternoon it was up in the 90s I'm sure and I was hot, so left my sweater in the car. The whole time I was in the grocery store, I was freezing! Must remember layering is good.





Sunday I enjoyed a trip to the MFA to see the Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese exhibit. It was a very good exhibit. By the end I really felt like I knew the characters and their interplay. You got a sense of who was odd man out, how they competed and mimicked each other. It was well put together. Also, very enjoyable, was a room on the science behind the exhibit. They restored several of the paintings, and one, the Nativity by Tintoretto (I think) they explored how the composition changed over time through x-rays and such. (I know it's not x-rays, but forget what it's called). The piece was originally a scene of jesus on the cross with two angels, that was later cut in half and had baby jesus inserted and sewed all together. It explains why some of the parts seem out of place in the final painting.





I went with an old college friend's mother and her in-laws. They were quite an interesting crowd but really nice people. All I have to say is that I'm a convert to bringing along my own magnifying glass to be able to exmine the works more closely. Plus they got me in for free, so who can complain. It was a great time had by all.





And finally, to report, I think this is the summer that my gardening dreams start becoming reality. I realize I'm a bit apprehensive as I've never been wonderful at caring for plants. So figured I'd start with herbs as I had a vested interest in their success beyond just their visual beauty. I started off small with the idea of building up. The table was meant to be a plant table but I think is too low to enjoy the sun so still have to figure that part out. I got chives, oregano, thyme and rosemary from a local nursery. I brought them in Sunday evening and collapsed after an exhausting day. Only to realize the plants must live on the porch with the door closed as both boys proceeded to eat the herbs, especially Walter. I don't mind except what follows eating plants is throw up and I like to keep that to a minimum. Now all I have to do is pot the plants, figure out how they can sit high enough on the porch to get the westerly sun and buy a watering can (from what I can tell, they play a critical part in the success of plants). Keeping the fingers (and green thumbs) crossed.



Finally, I have to report that I have tons of blog postings that remain unposted. A few are on my other computer, a few were sitting in blogger land and I hadn't released them, while the majority, as usual remain in the good old noggin. I can say though, I've released two from blogger land. :



1. Tuesday List. I think you have to scroll down to the bottom to read this one. The strange thing is that I'm wearing item 2b as I write this - great sweater. And this weekend I was looking for some tweed yarn for a project and gave up - not realizing I had the purple tweed shown in the picture. Hopefully it's the right gauge.



2. Time: Daylight and Zones. This one is interesting as I experience springitis and want to skip out of work today. A bit of nostalgia back when I first started (and didn't suffer springitis).