quasigeostrophy | A lovely weekend so far...

semperfiona arrived Friday evening for a whirlwind 24-hour visit. I tried my hand at making homemade Scharffen Berger chocolate ice cream for the first time, and it turned out great, IMHO. And it was decidedly decadent with some strawberries mixed in.

Yesterday morning, the three of us, in turn, talked briefly by phone with

aliciar while she awaited the arrival of her boys. A lovely and enjoyable chat as always.

computerchix's mouth is still recuperating from her tooth extraction, so we took care of her as much as we could. Toni did manage to go to breakfast with us yesterday morning, but wasn't up to the museum. Fi and I went downtown yesterday afternoon to see Chihuly at the Eiteljorg, an exhibit of several of Dale Chihuly's glass works and some of his American Indian trade blankets and glass works inspired by them. I loved several of the Persians and other abstract pieces. I'm enamored of just about anything I've seen by the man. The exhibit was smaller than one I'd seen last year in Ft. Wayne, though, and had smaller works, so maybe my expectations were set a bit high.

After checking out the museum and picking up something cute for Toni at the gift shop, Fi and I walked around the canal downtown at White River State Park, checking out some of the public art. There were a number of oddly-decorated Indy car replicas about, as part of the 500 Festival. The weather was gorgeous, if a bit breezy. Fi and I came home and the three of us ordered Chinese delivery from a new place nearby. It was okay. After some more wonderful snuggle time, Fi headed home about 10pm.

I was getting concerned yesterday evening that I was getting a cold - I felt an irritating sore throat coming on, and was a bit stuffy on and off all day. This morning, the sore throat is gone, so I'm hoping I can blame it on walking around in the cool breeze yesterday afternoon. Fingers crossed...

Today looks to be errands and chores with as much laziness as I can squeeze in. So far, I've done the dishes, made Toni some tea, and little else. Need to help her with laundry, go to the grocery, remember that it's trash night, and generally take care of Toni so her mouth can heal.