Train trip to Boston. View from the window.
I've been longing to go for many months,
with my Midori Traveler's Notebook, 4 X 51/4 "
The Italian North End.
Dense with cafe's, restaurants,
& pastry shops.
Bricco • Cafe Bella • Ristorante Fiore
Cafe Paradiso • Ristorante Quattro
Trattoria il Panino • Ristorante Saraceno
Lucca • Dolce Vita Ristorante
And 19th century churches. And Sunday church bells.
A distant view as we walked
from the North End to North Station.
Museum of Science. The Butterfly Garden with
a hall of terrariums outside their giant room
is alone worth the admisson.
I mean, have you ever seen insect eating plants,
or a Stick Insect (that looks just like a twig/branch!!)?
Science, nature, art, enchantment, magic
as colors sparkle and flutter through the air.
Knowledgeable & eager student assistants
are like butterfly encyclopedias.
Better than Google~ the real thing!!
It's like we were in a giant tropical terrarium.
And you had to check yourself before exiting
to make sure a butterfly hadn't landed on you!
Butterflies on a city view window
with the Charles River right out back.
Exhilarating day, indoors & out!
Sketching made it more so!