Laowai

It's been mostly quiet around here. Brian did go to Rhode Island for a work trip. After more than a year without any work travel it felt really strange to see his suitcase packed and ready to go on the bedroom floor. I don't think he enjoyed the trip much because he was nervous about Covid. 

I've been enjoying my garden and I got some new slip on clogs that I really like.

I'm doing a direct sowing experiment. I made a mini cold frame out of a plastic box that will hopefully protect the seedlings in some of my already established beds.

On Tuesday Brian and I got our first vaccine doses. Yay!

The highlight of my week was getting this anniversary present. It's an artwork commissioned by Brian and created by Bea. They had been secretly working on it for a long time. There was even more shouting "don't go in my room!" than normal (ha). Bea created drawings of each of our homes and then 3-D printed them with the help of a teacher at her school. There's our little ranch house in Midland, our condo in Evanston where Bea was born, our first apartment in Switzerland where Claire was born, our second Swiss apartment and finally our current home in Wilmette. And there is a conspicuous blank space at the end for our next home…

Those two really know what I love! It is so special! It's at the top of my most prized possessions list.

Here's a video that shows it better than my photo.

The daffodils are almost done and leaves are starting to burst out so that's very encouraging. This daffodil was so showy it had to come inside to sit on my windowsil.

And that's about all there is to report – other than these people sitting on the couch doing who knows what.