some of the better moments of the year

at the Ryman this poster hangs and it is as close to Coldplay as I will ever get.

at the Ryman



the best for last. The Wardrobe that inspired the Book.

here's to traveling in 2009 with a duck or two...

The Ryman

only one with a duck

I needed a little inspiration today so I was looking through my pictures from the Chicago trip and found these three. First the view is awesome.
this one is CS Lewis' desk, chair, and wardrobe. How intimidating, yet inspiring.
this plaque is from a display that was holding stuff from GK Chesterton. I like very much the fact that CS Lewis sometimes had to resort to the dining table to do his writing. My current desk is an old farm table that held displays from Bath and Body Works. I was able to buy it when we closed the store. Trust me, I can fill it with books faster than you could sit down to dinner at it.

Chicago day 2 part one

I know it has been awhile since I posted the 1st pictures from the Chicago trip, but midterms were upon us...Here we are at the Marion Wade Center at Wheaton University. Some how this place has one of the largest collections of items from the Inklings outside England. The ducks are resting just below the wardrobe that inspired CS Lewis to write the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Yes, you can touch it, yes you can go near it, no I did not go inside, but..



the ducks did :) there was no specific mention of Narnia, but I think they found something....

As the gold plate says this is JRR Tolkien's desk...

next the desk of CS Lewis and roaming around Chicago

Chicago

So French duck wanted to take a road trip, and Halloween duck had an idea, let's go to Chicago. French duck was excited about this because while only living in France he had always heard of the amazing places in america so off to Chicago we all went. Here we are traveling to the airport thanks to Christina's starbucks pal Christina. 

Here we are at the airport waiting for the plane

Here we are at the Wade Center in Wheaton Il. The Wade Center has gathered a good deal of artifacts from the Inklings and displays them for those of us who tend toward the obsessed side. Here French duck is sitting on the desk at which JRR Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and bits of other things. 

Tolkien's desk in full. 

Come back soon to see the Wardrobe and see if the ducks get inside to search for Narnia...

Traveling with a Duck in France...

I recently loaned my digital camera to my friend Ben who was going to visit France. There was one small request made in exchange for borrowing the camera I needed a duck in France picture and this is what I got ...

I confess coffee and chocolate definitely make it a duck that would make it home with me. Ben said he brought the duck home for me so now we have a French duck to go with all the others. Maybe a bit of international intrigue is just what was called for this week...

sorry...

the ducks and I wish to apologize for no new pictures lately. Seems the owner of the ducks loaned her camera to her friend Ben who took it to France for three weeks. So please enjoy all the old travels and we will have new adventures soon...

Boat 3

Duck and I missed the2nd Boat Day due to unforeseen injuries, but we made up for it this time.
As you can see it was easy to relax right off the bat with a little refreshment
There was little to do as the day ended but enjoy the view.

A little help was needed, but all was successful :)

A Duck that holds Shot Glasses: could anything be better?

sorry not to have any new pictures of the duck traveling around, it has been difficult to get around lately. hopefully soon we will be off on another adventure.

Duck on bad knee

Here is a new duck, a gift from Dax, sitting on my very sprained knee. That's all...

Monday still cont

Yes, these are still from Monday night, I warned you I had too much fun taking these pictures.

Monday Night cont

Fun on a Monday Night

So I went to dinner with twovery dear friends andon the way back to their apartment we walked byNashville's revamped city hall. there are two fountains near the bldg, an observation deck and a fountain the does the interval thing. It was so much fun! Of course I had the duck with me and so I took some great pictures! Hope you enjoy them as much I did taking them