March 16, 2018

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Our Philadelphia hotel served breakfast each morning (included in the price of staying there).  I had oatmeal almost every day.

My better half played bridge on March 16.  I wandered back east to a historical area.

Southern magnolias are different from our northern ones.  The leaves are bigger, and stiffer (as are the flowers).  And the leaves stay on the trees through the winter.  I encountered this one on the pavement.

I looked around for the tree, and found a few behind me.  These trees are bigger than northern magnolias.

And they have interesting seedpods.  This one was so dirty.  I'd like to see a fresher one, and I'd like to have been able to rinse this one off.....

I thought about 'shopping that skeletal "hand" out of the top of the previous image, but then I figured it was the tree's roots, and so is part of the story........

A closer look at the above.

I went to the Museum of the American Revolution.  As you would expect, it was a lot about fighting and weapons.

It's interesting to see the way museums are changing.  They are working on including those whose voices have been silent for too long.  It's not all about rich white men any more......  (Mostly, but not all.....)

Thank you, William, for standing up for those other than the 1%.  I hope you didn't abuse anyone with less power than you.



The Museum of the American Revolution's premier item is George Washington's tent.  You sit through a video, and get a very brief look at the actual tent (no photos).

This image is from Wikimedia Commons, which says it is in the public domain.

My brother and sister-in-law are in the Society for Creative Anachronism.  They own a pavilion tent.  I haven't seen it in a while, but George's tent reminded me of what I remember of theirs, including the scalloped edge where the top overlaps the sides....



I also went to the Science History Institute.  The part I liked best were the results of chemists inventing pigments and dyes.

I can't swear that the prev is part of Dorothy Nickerson's work, but I took the prev and the next images in the same minute.  I think the above is part of her work....  I could work with those colors.......

Now if we could just lose the condescending "...ess" and let her be a prophet..................



This next bit I think was someone else's work.  "Sadden with blue vitriol"............... 

I wonder what "pole well" means.  Stirring wool when it's wet is a good way to get a wad of felt......

On the way back to the hotel I walked by a federal court building.  The full statement on this side of the building is "JUSTICE THE GUARDIAN OF LIBERTY."  Yes.  Yes, please, o please, may the courts stand up and protect our constitution and our democracy.  PLEASE.  Amen.

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