Sunday, September 14/2008

Sunday breakfast.  Tess helps James make cinnamon buns.  Giggles over the secret, trying to mislead us when we say that something smells wonderful.  We take a long walk with the kids, past the legislature gardens and down to Wascana Creek where we feed the ducks and geese.  Then over to the Natural History Museum.  Tess zips past exhibits but both kids take a while in the children's activity area.  We remember the last time we were there with Malcolm several years ago when we were unable to see the enormous mechanical dinosaur because the room had been closed off for the Chinese opera - Chinese and steamed buns in evidence everywhere.  Nobody expects the Chinese opera.

Back home we go out and pick up some Chinese food from Peking House.  Laura comes to pick up the kids, so hugs and good-byes.  J has a meeting with Palliser Conservatives and we head over to visit John Kutarna. We begin by admiring the Wilf Perreault over the couch - an enormous painting of John's own back lane - and eventually have the tour of all the art works, including more Perreaults and some Thaubergers.  Some lovely ironic and whimsical works in Vicky's den.  Miss seeing John more often - and really miss Vicky, the most happily positive friend I've ever had.