just one of the highlights

 Poet Amanda Gorman moves and stuns us all with her beautiful The Hill We Climb and we are overwhelmed. Here is just a snippet:

“We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. That even as we grieved, we grew. That even as we hurt, we hoped; that even as we tired, we tried; that we’ll forever be tied together, victorious. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division.” — Amanda Gorman, Inaugural Ceremony, January 20th, 2021

a very good day indeed

 Annabelle and I were up extra early to celebrate Inauguration Day. The Memorial for Covid-19 victims yesterday afternoon brought me to tears. No surprise. One of the newscasters described this as "a return to radical normalcy." Please, please, please. 

many celebrations this week!

Check out this wonderful cake from Mrs.TGP for President Obama and
Husbando, whose birthday it is today. It's a coffee cake shaped like our
very own castle here on Mullen Avenue. And it is yummy indeed.
We had a fine dinner party for Husbando on Monday night ~ I
know you've missed our table pictures. Check out the tulips in January...
When we pulled out the table slats and pads on Monday, Husbando
said, "hundreds of dinner parties have been celebrated on this table
throughout the years". Very sweet. Here is the after-party, a mess
equals a good time, doesn't it?

And today? I'm up early watching yesterday. Many Kleenex® being
destroyed. These are glorious times and I want to watch this
again and again. When will the DVD be out?

a very, very special day

Our hearts are in Washington, DC this morning and I am lapping up
the early TV coverage. Alas I have to work at the de Young, but I'll
catch up on everything this evening. We have so much to celebrate today.