Out and About
On President's Day, we took advantage of that rare thing: a day when neither Tim nor I has to work and went downtown to find our spot on the Honor Wall at the National Museum of the American Indian.
See, we found it!
My mother made a donation in our names in 2005 as our birthday & Christmas presents for 2005/06. In June 2007, she got a letter saying the section of the Honor Wall we were on had been completed and detailing the location of our names. She never saw that letter, and it has been in my desk drawer ever since (pretty impressive considering we've moved twice!). So, it felt good to finally get there. We had a very delicious lunch at the Mitsitam Cafe.
After the NMAI, we went to the Botanical Garden to remind ourselves of the jungle and dream of warmer weather to come. Quinn was enjoying the flowers (and the warmth).
And I was excited to see this flower:
which we saw quite a lot of in the jungle in Ecuador, but didn't know its name (of course, I can't remember it now, either!).
See, we found it!
My mother made a donation in our names in 2005 as our birthday & Christmas presents for 2005/06. In June 2007, she got a letter saying the section of the Honor Wall we were on had been completed and detailing the location of our names. She never saw that letter, and it has been in my desk drawer ever since (pretty impressive considering we've moved twice!). So, it felt good to finally get there. We had a very delicious lunch at the Mitsitam Cafe.After the NMAI, we went to the Botanical Garden to remind ourselves of the jungle and dream of warmer weather to come. Quinn was enjoying the flowers (and the warmth).
And I was excited to see this flower:
which we saw quite a lot of in the jungle in Ecuador, but didn't know its name (of course, I can't remember it now, either!).
posted by ljsmile at
8:56 PM
3 Comments:
Very cool story.
I've been thinking about a botanical garden trip, and this might be the weekend that I finally go!
(I believe the flower is a Bird of Paradise, but am not 100% sure on that...)
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Rob Monroe, at 2:37 AM
Thanks, Rob. The botanical garden is lovely -- I hope you do get to go.
The flower does look sort of like a bird of paradise, but doesn't have the little blue part, and it grows more orange things (how's that for technical? ;)).
By
ljsmile, at 7:29 AM
Thanks for the tip - we went yesterday and had a great time! I saw the flower, but it was not identified well. :o)
By
Rob Monroe, at 4:15 AM
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