Showing posts with label museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label museum. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

happy birthday, darwin!

i didn't realize it 'til today that husband and darwin have the same birthday, but when i think about it, it makes so much sense.

i went to a darwin exhibition today at the natural history museum (zoologisk museum) in copenhagen and here's what i saw:

i totally have a thing about lucy:


and how cool is the ichthyosaur?


and just imagining darwin's travels...


the level of thinking required is mind-blowing
and in my humble opinion,
simply not happening today
(tho' i hope i'm wrong about that)

and sabin got the opportunity to be a mini-scientist.
i know that tangobaby is proud:

more stories of this tomorrow, because there are so many thoughts that were provoked by this exhibition and on this auspicious day--husband's birthday, our 10th anniversary and darwin's 200th birthday. what a day!

Thursday, February 14, 2008

pretty papers

most of my pretty papers have come. and still my favorite one, the one that aligns all of my molecules and makes them hum in perfect pitch, is the one that's behind our new banner on our common blog (just know where you are...) basic grey's biology. i love that one.

it was a lovely day today. valentine's day, perhaps that's why it just generally feels good. went to the national museum with sabin. although all of the other people there were either aggressively perfect families (2.5 children, bright blue eyes, long lashes, the right clothes) or single moms out with their kids and their new boyfriends (who were trying valiantly to pretend it was ok with the snot-nosed brats who were crawling in among the mummies) or the grandparents who were near the end of their ropes, entertaining 5-year-old oliver for the 5th day in row...we had a great day. sabin fell madly for the sun chariot, an artifact from 1500 BC (or something like that), found in a field in Denmark here at the beginning of the last century. she asked questions and then didn't want to see any more of the museum, but wanted to go sit in the cafe and try to draw it in her new art notepad (who could argue with that?)

eventually, we came home and made gorgeous filet mignons for dinner, along with some of those yummy green beans i make with bacon, onion and almonds. we had a salad of spinach and mango (that makes us talk SILLY) to go with. and then the gorgeous (i can't make that look spelled right) chocolates husband brought home for valentine's day (along with flowers). with a bottle of south african pinotage (spiers, of course, we've been there!). it was a great evening.

anyway, back to the pretty papers...i'm sure the second to last one will come tomorrow. it just has to!! :-)