Wednesday, February 23, 2011

A Day at the Gardens

The day started off rough. I was grumpy from fighting a cold and taking it out on Thorne in the form of impatience at her little mishaps. Thorne in return was feeding off my impatience by getting ornery and cranky. We needed to get out of the apartment pronto. The day was crisp and cool with fluffy white clouds in the west and dark foreboding ones in the east- ideal for a stroll through Huntington Gardens. We couldn't have planned a more perfect day as the cherry trees, plum trees, and quince trees were bursting with blooms.

Thorne being coy and cute.

I told Thorne to smile for the camera and she gave me her impression of a maniacal baby strangler. Behind her is a magnificent "Pink Cloud" cherry tree.

We had a delightful time together. The fresh air and beautiful surroundings were just what we needed for an attitude adjustment.


2 comments:

Unknown said...

oh, my gosh.
the first picture stopped me in my also grumpy from fighting the sickies tracks. and then the little juice box drinker one was the cutest little picture i may have seen yet... and the maniacal baby strangler shot needs to be preserved for all time.

Gypmar said...

And I thought I couldn't be any more excited about seeing you guys. Wrong!