turkey salad, turkey soup, turkey sandwiches and my favorite….turkey pie. Doug made two today, and put on in the freezer for future tastiness. This was a particularly delicious bird, ordered from the meat CSA that we joined. It was a humanely raised, free range, naturally fed bird, and it showed in the eatin’!
Thanksgiving table
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. If you don’t get hung up on the whole Pilgrims vs Native people thing, and just looks at it as a day of thanks to be with friends and/or family, it’s just a really nice day. No religion, just a day to be thankful.
Doug cooked up an amazing and fabulous and many other superlative words dinner for us today; on the table you can see 2 kinds of stuffing, brussels sprouts, bread, plus mashed potatoes and the turkey on the sideboard. We had a lovely lovely meal and a really good time.
vintage
I love consignment shops, thrift stores, second hand shops, whatever. I was at one today and it was mostly pretty high-end nice stuff (I got a Jil Sander sweater for cheap. And yes, the shop employee had to point that out to me and explain its significance. I just liked the sweater). Anyway, in the vintage section at the back, I spotted this gem of a dress. The green velvet with lace sleeves top half is amusing enough, but I could see someone getting away with it. It’s really the skirt that makes it extra special.
not the green line
It was bad enough when the purple commuter trained added the orange trim that advertises WiFi on the car (can’t you people get away from your computer ever? Read a book for Christ’s sake!), but now we’ve got TD Bank (not Banknorth anymore) taking over an entire car. When the T’s train cars no longer follow the sacred color code, what can you count on?
’tis the season
to finally give in and pack away the shorts and tank tops, and pull out the sweaters and corduroys. foo.
Doug’s desk
a quick search of Doug’s desk yielded the following items: leftover buttons from installing the new light switches, velcro wire holders, a clamp, a wooden puzzle, a washcloth a set of screwdrivers, a cat brush, and a disembodied thermostat. None of which are all that surprising, if you know Doug.
on Amanda’s desk
one of the fun things about working at the museum is that if you need to get the creative juices flowing or just have a change of pace for your brain, you never have to go far. The Art Studio is a good place to go, for example. This is our Birthday Party Guru, Amanda, holding up a paper sculpture that another employee made for her.
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BONUS PICTURE:
This is a salamander. Salamanders are amphibians, like frogs, but people often think they are lizards. Among other differences, salamanders do not have scales, like reptiles.
at Lok’s desk
Lok runs the toddler room at the museum and spends her days with babies and very wee children. She loves it. She also has a yellow furry blood-tipped claw at her desk. It’s the dichotomy of Lok.
from Kacy’s desk
The first thing I spotted at Kacy’s desk was the giant ant on the cabinet behind her. But when I asked her to pick an item, she chose this giant flower. The story is she was doing an event that needed decoration, but balloons weren’t allowed. She got these flowers, and liked them enough to keep one.
from Tim’s desk
Tim and I used to share an office. It was his first, and when I moved in, I pretty quickly got used to the huge collection of odd things in there, including some that were living. Tim is in a smaller office of his own now, but he still has some unusual things around. I expect nothing less.