Day’s Activities
Jul. 4th, 2021 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenMy sister, niece, and I went to Longwood Gardens this afternoon. We passed through some lovely countryside on the way there and back: forested hills, farmland, old stone houses, and so forth. My teenage niece, though, wasn’t too happy about going, or about anything, and I quoted, “All weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me the uses of this world.”
“That’s [Name’s] usual vibe,” my sister said.
I advised my niece that William Shakespeare had evidently felt unhappy like that at some points, I had, and I hoped she wouldn’t always feel down in the dumps.
Anyway, we did see at least parts of Longwood: the fountains, orchids, a few bonsai, begonias, petunias, topiary, and so on. On our way out, we walked past arriving visitors, one of whom was a bride in enormous hoopskirts, accompanied by (I presume) her new husband, and other relatives or friends. Several women covered their hair in Muslim fashion, and I wondered what their ethnic origin was. Maybe southwest Asian of some sort? I didn’t speculate aloud, but my sister wondered whether they were Indonesian.
Anyway, if they want to celebrate a marriage (I presume) and their adopted country’s national day by visiting Longwood, let them.
My sister and niece went off to see a local fireworks display; I kept the puppy company, although she did whimper a bit over the absence of her special people.
“That’s [Name’s] usual vibe,” my sister said.
I advised my niece that William Shakespeare had evidently felt unhappy like that at some points, I had, and I hoped she wouldn’t always feel down in the dumps.
Anyway, we did see at least parts of Longwood: the fountains, orchids, a few bonsai, begonias, petunias, topiary, and so on. On our way out, we walked past arriving visitors, one of whom was a bride in enormous hoopskirts, accompanied by (I presume) her new husband, and other relatives or friends. Several women covered their hair in Muslim fashion, and I wondered what their ethnic origin was. Maybe southwest Asian of some sort? I didn’t speculate aloud, but my sister wondered whether they were Indonesian.
Anyway, if they want to celebrate a marriage (I presume) and their adopted country’s national day by visiting Longwood, let them.
My sister and niece went off to see a local fireworks display; I kept the puppy company, although she did whimper a bit over the absence of her special people.
