Embarking With my Sis

As many of you know, my sister and I go all out celebrating each others birthdays. This year was certainly no exception!

For a change, though, I thought I would start with the end and end with the start.

 

The outing:  Swedish American Museum in Andersonville at the "Dressing Swedish" exhibit.

This is one special show and filled with inspiration for these two Svenska Flickas.

 

 Good thing we went there on full stomachs with French crepe fortification.

The lunch:

Le Creperie is a gem on Clark Street.

It actually closed after many years of

operation - and satisfied customers.

The retired owner decided he missed

the restaurant business too much and

recently reopened the place.

Oui to this decision!

Before going to lunch, Diann showered me with gifts at our City Nest.

The theme for this year:

Embark!

 This was the large tag that came with a box full of items to use on my new journey.

She is some kind of a digital wizard to come up with this!

 

The gifts had a lot to do with taking trips - neck pillow, blanket, adaptor plugs, guide book, travel slippers, totes, etc.  

She also knows me well enough to give items for the interior journey, too, for transitioning from being a working gal to a retiree.  There is some rather serious embarking going on these days with just three weeks before my step onto the platform of a library-departing train.  I boarded that same train in 1981 after a devastating personal loss and it has been a wonderful trip (with a break for refueling/teaching) for more than a couple of decades now.

There you have it:  the gift, the lunch and the outing.

Like I have said many times before, I am blessed beyond measure - and now have another year under my belt.  With comfort to come via neck wrap and warming blanket as the journey unfolds..

Thanks, Sis!!!  C'mon along with me?