The high holiday referred to as Valentine’s Day is over. Below is a recap…our 10th together.
The festivities began on Friday night with John scoring major points for bringing home this beautiful bouquet of roses. He defied my weeklong “don’t buy flowers” routine but needless to say, I was quite happy. I love roses and I love my husband. He is a SUPER STAR!
Saturday, after spending the morning working out with a mop, vacuum cleaner, rake and dust cloth, we headed to Stanley’s Greenhouse http://stanleysgreenhouses.com/ to pick up a little taste of spring in the form of ferns and other greenery to add to indoor pieces of pottery. Along the way, we got side tracked by a bronze yard sculpture and brought it home.
The sculpture is actually a pinwheel which spins from a joint in the middle of the base and two independent circular wheels on top. The leaf paddles are large enough that even the slightest breeze sends them twisting and twirling. Click on the video clip below (small arrow, left bottom of pic) to see the pinwheels in action. Oh, ignore the rugs hanging over the rail, we are getting ready for the Ladies of the Club.
We had our official Valentine’s Day celebration Saturday night. First up was dinner at Nama’s Sushi Bar http://www.namasushibar.com/ . This was the last weekend before Nama’s downtown moves from it’s hole in the wall location on the historic 100 block of Gay Street to a bigger space on the 500 block. The creativeness and quality of the sushi is incredible and Nama’s reputation has grown far beyond it’s current seating capacity. We had a great Valentine’s meal and look forward to more availability in seating at the new location.
After dinner, we walked down Gay Street to Theater Knoxville Downtown to see the Valentine’s performance of “Almost, Maine.” Theater Knoxville http://theatreknoxville.com/index.html , Knoxville’s own Off-off Broadway, is an intimate venue seating about 42 people. The actors, directors and set designers are volunteers from the community.
We laughed loud and often during the play. “Almost, Maine”, by John Cariani, is a series of 8 short acts that take place at approximately the same time in the small town of Almost, Maine. We were pleased to watch friend, Randy Thompson, make his debut performance with TKD. He is a natural!!
Sunday afternoon was our final push for the Ladies of the Club. We spent time setting the table and icing cupcakes. While the cupcakes turned out well, I am currently over cupcakes and don’t plan to whip up butter cream frosting again for a while!!!!
Finally, Monday night arrived, the table was set and the ladies at the front door. We had a nice time chatting, studying and eating…cupcakes, strawberries, cheese, nuts and decaf. And then, as quickly as they arrived, The Ladies of the Club left and Valentine’s Day 2011 was over!
The sky was on fire as morning broke a little after 6:15 AM post Valentine’s Day. The photo below was taken through our side porch door. Have a great Wednesday night and thanks for reading!!
