May 4
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

We went in to Boston, and had a fabulous day.

We saw the Big Apple Circus. It is a little, great circus, one ring, all the seats are good (although we’ve improved them by sitting one or two rows away from the ring for a couple of years). There are horses and dogs and sometimes house cats or pigeons, but only “animals that have a long history of working relationships with humans”. The aerialists have safety harnesses. No one is going to die in front of me. There is a guy whose bike falls apart. I crack up every time he says merde. I am not, generally, scared of clowns, but these ones I love. I have always wanted to run away to the circus, and this one is why.

And as if a circus wasn’t enough fun, after a nice lunch we hiked over to the Boston Museum of Science and signed on for a Duck Tour. These absurd old vehicles from WW II that could carry things from the Liberty ships onto the shore and up onto the roads. They take you sightseeing around the center of Historicale Boston(e) and then drive down a ramp and into the Charles River. Once on the river they will let kids drive. Alice got to drive, then Aerin did too, and when he asked if anyone else wanted to I raised my hand and he chose me!! I’ve driven a DUKW (pronounced Duck [Quack!]) and it drives, like, well, a bus. A watergoing bus.

And then we stayed at the Science Museum and explored the new animation exhibit, and had a perfectly OK supper and kind Al drove us home again.

Oh, the postcard. Well, it was a full day, and I still managed to make something to post. I am not sure about the durability of this thing; it is real leaves fused to the fabric, with more fusible over the top holding them down. At the moment it looks good. I’ll post another picture of it at the end of the month to see how it ages.