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Tootsie Yr2: OKC Part 2
Nov. 21st, 2022 07:32 amTL;DR TikTok: CLICK HERE to watch
A Thursday of laundry, emails, coordinating holiday visit with family, cooking big chunks of seasoned pork in the Itaki.
I got to try my graham cracker apricot vanilla pop tart, and it was just as amazing as it sounds :)
It was sunny and warm, like 60F, so I did want to go for a walk before the show but had a surprise nap instead.
Boom! Sometimes it just hits ya.
The evening show went well.
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Friday was a nice slow day. Dreary and cold outside, but a gaggle of starlings came tapping on the window to cheer me up.
I put out a handful of oats for them (yes birds can safely eat oats in small quantities) and they did stick around to eat some.
I even got a song for my troubles! CLICK HERE to watch
Later in the afternoon it was clear that it wasn't going to get much warmer out.
I sucked it up, bundled up, and walked to the botanical garden just a few blocks from the hotel.
Myriad Botanical Gardens. I was here once before in 2012, so about a decade ago, and enjoyed it very much then.
Today was their grand reopening after several years of renovations to the inside.
It was beautifully decorated for Christmas, and there was a harpist playing on the balcony overlooking the greenhouse.
I recognized and remembered the general layout, but the new features are prominent too.
I don't recall there being a waterfall, for example.
Plants were also grouped by type or similarity, which they hadn't been before.
Fruiting plants were together--bananas, pineapple, starfruit, limes, mango, and more.
Spice plants were together, tropicals and desert plants in separate areas.
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On Monday we have two flights on small commercial jets to get to Springfield, IL for a one-day stop.
From there we go to Tysons VA for four days, then Akron and Toledo for a few days each.
I'm not deeply looking forward to any of these cities.
Tysons should be fun because of proximity to DC and some exciting and fun food options, but we also only get four days there so time to explore will be limited.
And Ohio is Ohio.
I think because we are so close to the Christmas break, that's all I can think about right now.
A Thursday of laundry, emails, coordinating holiday visit with family, cooking big chunks of seasoned pork in the Itaki.
I got to try my graham cracker apricot vanilla pop tart, and it was just as amazing as it sounds :)
It was sunny and warm, like 60F, so I did want to go for a walk before the show but had a surprise nap instead.
Boom! Sometimes it just hits ya.
The evening show went well.
-------------------------------------------------
Friday was a nice slow day. Dreary and cold outside, but a gaggle of starlings came tapping on the window to cheer me up.
I put out a handful of oats for them (yes birds can safely eat oats in small quantities) and they did stick around to eat some.
I even got a song for my troubles! CLICK HERE to watch
Later in the afternoon it was clear that it wasn't going to get much warmer out.
I sucked it up, bundled up, and walked to the botanical garden just a few blocks from the hotel.
Myriad Botanical Gardens. I was here once before in 2012, so about a decade ago, and enjoyed it very much then.
Today was their grand reopening after several years of renovations to the inside.
It was beautifully decorated for Christmas, and there was a harpist playing on the balcony overlooking the greenhouse.
I recognized and remembered the general layout, but the new features are prominent too.
I don't recall there being a waterfall, for example.
Plants were also grouped by type or similarity, which they hadn't been before.
Fruiting plants were together--bananas, pineapple, starfruit, limes, mango, and more.
Spice plants were together, tropicals and desert plants in separate areas.
( Read more... )
On Monday we have two flights on small commercial jets to get to Springfield, IL for a one-day stop.
From there we go to Tysons VA for four days, then Akron and Toledo for a few days each.
I'm not deeply looking forward to any of these cities.
Tysons should be fun because of proximity to DC and some exciting and fun food options, but we also only get four days there so time to explore will be limited.
And Ohio is Ohio.
I think because we are so close to the Christmas break, that's all I can think about right now.
