Saturday, July 27, 2019

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Tonight's picture was taken on July 29, 2008. Six days after Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. Back then we did not know how to get through a day. We were in total shock and truly devastated at the same time. That day, we took Mattie to Roosevelt Island. A place we all loved and spent a great deal of time at when Mattie was well. We brought Mattie's remote controlled boat to the Island that day, and he played with it in the water. 


Quote of the day: It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

This morning I woke up and looked out the window onto our deck and saw the first blossom of the summer for Ginger Butterfly Lily. We bought this plant in 2014 on one of our trips to North Carolina. Five years later, we still have this plant and it has grown exponentially. 

The plant got its name because the blossoms look like a butterfly! However, what this photo doesn't capture is the intoxicating fragrance coming from the blossoms. The blossoms are short lived and typically don't last for more than a day or so. The fragrance is a mixture of gardenia and lily. 

While outside on the deck smelling Ginger Lily, along came a butterfly! This fellow was fluttering all around us and seemed to hang out by Mattie's bedroom window. 

I spent a good portion of my day glued to the computer, I am not kidding. We are driving to visit Peter's parents on Monday in Boston, so I had lots of things to do for the Foundation before leaving. On top of that, I had to prepare the blog for my upcoming cruise of Canada with my parents. So I worked on twenty days of blogs, in order for them to be prepped for both my Boston and Canada trips. 

Given the work I was doing, Peter suggested we go out to eat today in Dupont Circle. This is how glorious Q street in Dupont Circle looks. Though it was in the 90's today, I enjoyed walking from the restaurant back home. 

We dined at Hank's Oyster Bar. Though I am not an oyster fan, Peter is! So he got his oysters and I got soft shell crabs. A dish that is not for everyone, but I love them. The funny part about all of this is on Facebook this week, two people commented to me that I should write a restaurant and a travel blog. Not sure I could maintain three blogs at once, but I most definitely appreciated the compliments.