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dreamflowerYesterday the DH and I had our delayed celebration of our anniversary. We went to OKC to see a special exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art...
I had been wanting to go see this exhibit since I heard it was coming; as a calligrapher/illuminator I thought it would be an amazing to see all of these original manuscripts, and OH! it was!
We got to OKC just about noon-- perfect time for lunch, which we had planned to have there at the Museum of Art Cafe. We were expecting a snack bar sort of place, and were very surprised to find that it was quite "posh"! Here's the menu. We had the "Goat Cheese Kisses" for an appetizer. OMG! They were delicious. I had the "Grilled Asparagus Panini" and the DH had the "Southwest Chicken Sandwich", which our waitress recommended.
Then we went on into the Museum. There was this amazing glass sculpture in the lobby, which I was able to take a pic of; but pictures weren't allowed in the main exhibit.
Mercy! It was aMAZing! Scrolls and manuscripts, OH MY! The DH had to keep reminding me to get my nose off the glass-- to see the originals of letters I had illuminated from a picture in a book; to see how the gilding still is just as shiny today as it was 600-700 years ago; to see how tiny and delicate the the penwork was; to see the beautiful calligraphy, some of it so very tiny! And there were some magnificent Torahs as well as other documents of historical significance.
There was a Guttenberg Bible, and also a working reproduction of the Guttenberg press, which was demonstrated for us. And there was a whole exhibit on translations-- including a computer into which you could type your name and it would print out in several different alphabets (including Cirth and Klingon!). We wandered the exhibit for over three hours (from one to after four), and then finally decided we were too tired to do any more. We'd seen everything anyway, but I wish I could have gone back to look at it some more anyway.
When we came out we bought some souvenirs: I got the Exhibition Catalog, which has some great pics of some of the manuscripts, and an issue of Christian History, the whole issue featuring JRRT!!
Tired out, we headed for home, taking Route 66, so that we could have supper at Pops. We had burgers and I had a Diet Coke with a shot of vanilla, and we shared a root beer bread pudding.
Got home just in time to see the eliminations on "Dancing with the Stars". Boy, were we exhausted.
Did a little housework today and worked on a couple of DS articles, and our son came over for a few minutes.
I have baked pasta in the oven for supper, and we're going to watch "Durango" tonight on DVD.
Tomorrow is the 74th anniversary of The Hobbit, and the next day is The Birthday. I hope to commit some fic.
Hope everyone else is having a nice week!
I had been wanting to go see this exhibit since I heard it was coming; as a calligrapher/illuminator I thought it would be an amazing to see all of these original manuscripts, and OH! it was!
We got to OKC just about noon-- perfect time for lunch, which we had planned to have there at the Museum of Art Cafe. We were expecting a snack bar sort of place, and were very surprised to find that it was quite "posh"! Here's the menu. We had the "Goat Cheese Kisses" for an appetizer. OMG! They were delicious. I had the "Grilled Asparagus Panini" and the DH had the "Southwest Chicken Sandwich", which our waitress recommended.
Then we went on into the Museum. There was this amazing glass sculpture in the lobby, which I was able to take a pic of; but pictures weren't allowed in the main exhibit.
Mercy! It was aMAZing! Scrolls and manuscripts, OH MY! The DH had to keep reminding me to get my nose off the glass-- to see the originals of letters I had illuminated from a picture in a book; to see how the gilding still is just as shiny today as it was 600-700 years ago; to see how tiny and delicate the the penwork was; to see the beautiful calligraphy, some of it so very tiny! And there were some magnificent Torahs as well as other documents of historical significance.
There was a Guttenberg Bible, and also a working reproduction of the Guttenberg press, which was demonstrated for us. And there was a whole exhibit on translations-- including a computer into which you could type your name and it would print out in several different alphabets (including Cirth and Klingon!). We wandered the exhibit for over three hours (from one to after four), and then finally decided we were too tired to do any more. We'd seen everything anyway, but I wish I could have gone back to look at it some more anyway.
When we came out we bought some souvenirs: I got the Exhibition Catalog, which has some great pics of some of the manuscripts, and an issue of Christian History, the whole issue featuring JRRT!!
Tired out, we headed for home, taking Route 66, so that we could have supper at Pops. We had burgers and I had a Diet Coke with a shot of vanilla, and we shared a root beer bread pudding.
Got home just in time to see the eliminations on "Dancing with the Stars". Boy, were we exhausted.
Did a little housework today and worked on a couple of DS articles, and our son came over for a few minutes.
I have baked pasta in the oven for supper, and we're going to watch "Durango" tonight on DVD.
Tomorrow is the 74th anniversary of The Hobbit, and the next day is The Birthday. I hope to commit some fic.
Hope everyone else is having a nice week!