This morning Emily dropped me off at the Franklin Institute which I explored while she went to church. It's this fantastic museum for kids and pretty fun for adults as well. I got to walk through the heart, sit in a fighter plane, played with magnets, and lights, and rode a bike through the air. By the time I finished with that, I was ready for a walk so I stopped by the front of the Rodin museum before Emily picked me up to head out to Media, Pennsylvania, and Pendle Hill, stopping by "Rita's" on the way for some mango gelati.
Pendle Hill was great! I have heard so much about it, it was great to finally see it. Walking in the garden, I called Angelina who had written a blog post about it when she was living there. I thought it was a poetic moment. We took the time to talk about our upcoming meeting in Richmond and our concern that John might not be able to make it as he is flying through Europe from Kenya. Our prayers that they open up the airspace is with him. Angelina took me on a bit of a virtual tour and "walked" with me on a path on the other side of the garden to where the 300 year old tree stood majestically through time. We saw Harriet there. She is on the editorial board with me and is living there right now. It was really fun to see her! We will spend more time together in Richmond.
When Emily and I got back to Philadelphia, we met our friend, Anna, for some delicious!!!!!!! Etheopian food. The last time we ate Etheopian food together was in Nairobi, Kenya. It was a great time and oh, that food was SOOOO GOOD! It was great to have that taste of Kenya in my mouth again with people I enjoyed it with before. It was a great mini reunion.
Tomorrow I am seeing the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House, and all kinds of other great sights. In the evening we are joining some friends of Emily's for dinner. It will be a great day!
Labels: Philadelphia, Photography, Quaker Youth Book Project
