Woke late to find that John had taken the kids to school (his, not ours - not a bad idea though, come to think of it), made blueberry muffins, and was in the process of making a fresh batch of muesli - all before 10 o'clock - embarrassingly domestic.
Walked in to town - only about a fifteen minute walk. Strolled along the banks of the Iowa river a way. Back in to town for lunch and then to the Natural History Museum in the university. Excellent history of the Iowa area; it's pre-history, evolution of the soil which (up until this year's harvest) has been responsible for a very large proportion of the world's corn crop (mainly for industrial and agricultural uses rather than human consumption as it turns out), the indigenous population prior to white settlement/invasion, and the coming of the Europeans. Also saw lots of dead, stuffed animals (in the museum, not the university) - fortunately stuffed many decades ago. Beautifully displayed, albeit with some obvious inaccuracies - the koala is also apparently known as a 'monkey bear' (!!!), and whilst previously abundant can now be found '...only in protected areas in Victoria and Queensland' - made me wonder how many other examples of creative descriptions there might be for animals we know little or nothing of. Ice-cream and then walked back home. Driving to St. Louis (pron. Lewis) tomorrow for a few days at John's suggestion - keen to get rid of us clearly.
Two loads of washing - ah, domestic bliss.
Always nice to hear about a man happy with his domestic chores.... by the way, my cooking pot is still shining after you were here-daren't use it again until I know when you'll be back!!
ReplyDeletePs. Can I have your recipe for blueberry muffins?
Enjoy St Louis
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