The rest of the weekend
Sunday, davidlevine, kateyule, and I got up and out to meet janetl, EB, and MD for brunch at Southpark. After delicious food and lots of laughter, we headed over to the Portland Art Museum to see its exhibit, "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece," a show featuring sculptures and other artifacts from the British Museum collection. It was a small but select exhibit, and the works were without exception beautiful and thought provoking. The museum's gift shop would have been worth the trip all by itself, but was a bonus on top of the exhibition.
Back at the house, I took pictures for D & K -- headshots for their acting work -- and then headed out for a brief visit with jaylake and his coterie of caretakers before hitting the road for Seattle. Good to see our man Jay, even in his chemofied state.
The drive home was incident free and pretty quick. It took me about 3 hours to get to Portland; in the rain and darkness it took me only another half hour to get back. If I hadn't stopped to grab a bite, my time would have been three hours again. Either I timed my trip well to avoid the usual mess around Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or they've cleaned up what had become an absolute traffic morass around there for a couple of years. In any case, I was grateful for the easy drive and delighted to come home to kitties who were practically dancing with joy at my return.
Back at the house, I took pictures for D & K -- headshots for their acting work -- and then headed out for a brief visit with jaylake and his coterie of caretakers before hitting the road for Seattle. Good to see our man Jay, even in his chemofied state.
The drive home was incident free and pretty quick. It took me about 3 hours to get to Portland; in the rain and darkness it took me only another half hour to get back. If I hadn't stopped to grab a bite, my time would have been three hours again. Either I timed my trip well to avoid the usual mess around Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or they've cleaned up what had become an absolute traffic morass around there for a couple of years. In any case, I was grateful for the easy drive and delighted to come home to kitties who were practically dancing with joy at my return.