My skirt! The first thing I ever knit! Here I am wearing it in the Parc de Bois Preau, right by the statue of Josephine. It's to my left. Stage left, that is--it's to MY right. Behind me, unfortunately, is the fence around the lower pond, which was fenced off while they were cleaning out a very large accumulation of leaves and other parkly debris. We used to walk there for a picnic lunch about once a week last spring. I miss Rueil-Malmaison a lot. I bet Josephine's roses are amazing right now. And I bet the Seine is still gorgeous, and the English translations at the local history museum in the old Mairie are still hilarious, and the farm up by the old fort is full of baby goats...
Anyway, I need to get this picture up on Ravelry. I've been promising for ages. I no longer have the skirt; it got stolen when our mover's van got broken into on our way out to Madison. I was inordinately proud of that skirt, but looking at the picture I miss France a lot more.
Work is going well, and Tristram is great. He's finally gotten to the point where he can play by himself for a while--he talks to his toys, he makes them interact, he makes up long stories about what they're doing. Now, every day, I'm thinking Yes! This is what I had in mind! Babies are very cute, but not very fun. Toddlers are awesome. He is making me want another. Till now, I wasn't quite sure. But this I've got to do again.
Tristram is a complete daddy's boy now, too. Last night Jonathan went out to a nerdcore show, and Tristram sobbed like his heart was broken. He couldn't believe that Daddy went out and left him behind. He's used to having me go to work, and it's predictable enough that he doesn't really mind. But Daddy leaving? His world collapsed for a minute there.
On another note, we've now visited all the botanical gardens in Madison. Olbrich ranks first. The arboretum is second--it's so big and varied that just in my own opinion it ties Olbrich, but Tristram doesn't have as much fun there. He likes the landscaping with clear paths and hidden treats around corners and lots of different levels. Allen Centennial garden is also nice, but very small, and part of it is getting renovated right now. I intend to go back there in a couple of weeks when the peonies start blooming.
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Wonderful memories - we remember the skirt and all the great places you mention. It was just a little over a year ago that we were there, seeing the roses at Malmaison, the Parc, the Seine, Paris, the great garden in Reuil-Malmaison just outside your apartment, . . . We remember the wonderful restaurants, too. Moslty we remember doing things with you, Jonathan, and Tristram - he was charming everyone around him even then, and he was throwing himself into experiencing everything he could. Wish you all were here wih us on the trip to Key West; we keep thinking about things he would love here.
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