Fun history day with the girls

I am not going to apologize for the 18 months since my last post, just offer an explanation and catch-up y’all up on my life.  Life is busy and messy.  Matt have been busy working, I have been applying for jobs, volunteering, cooking, and daily/weekly home maintenance/cleaning.  Matt and I also have been going out on our own dates together.  In addition, last year early June I threw my friend a baby sprinkle for her little girl.  Toward the end of last year, I started to learn and take up quilting and sewing.  Finally, from January-May I worked at the Library of Congress in DC where I learned alot.  So anyway, I digress but I am back for 2015.  There will be exciting new changes hopefully coming for us in the future.

Last weekend, May 30, I had the pleasure of going to the American history museum & Freer gallery in Washington D.C with four good girlfriends.  We had a fun history day just going around talking and catching up.  In the words of Anna from Frozen, I paraphrase, “Do you want to go to a museum?”  A museum anywhere really is a great place to meet old friends and family, discuss issues, and learn something new.  Even though it was hot, humid & crowded we all made the best of things.

Anyway, I would highly recommend the new and temporary exhibit “Hear My Voice: Alexander Graham Bell and the Origins of Recorded Sound.”  We spent about 50 minutes at this exhibit.  I found it fascinating and learned a lot.  One of the most exciting aspects of the exhibit is actually hearing the old recordings and listening to Bell’s voice.  For all the people who complain that the U.S. Federal government cannot work together and get things done, this is just one example to prove that they can get things done.  The exhibit was a collaboration of three different agencies, and they came up with a system called IRENE in 2009.  The three agencies are Library of Congress, Department of Energy, and Institute of Museum & Library services.

There is just one complaint about the exhibit, that there was a lot of reading.  At one point, I was overwhelmed and confused.  One just has to focus, read, think, and rest.  It was nice that right outside the exhibit exit there was a bench.

You still have seven months to go see it because it closes January 31, 2016.

Please check out the link.

Temp exhibit hear-my-voice

            As I wrote earlier, we also went to the Freer gallery on a whim toward the end of the day.  It had been a long day on Saturday, and we were tired from the heat.  We spent ninety minutes walking around, but I learned alot in a short period.  Again, I would highly recommend a visit to the Freer gallery.  There were several beautiful Chinese landscape paintings and ceramics that we saw.

Chinese landscape paintings already closed on May 31, but by clicking the link though you are able to see many of them.

You have about 6 months left to see the beautiful Peacock room because it closes Jan 3, 2016.

There is so much to look at here, so this is another exhibit that is overwhelming.  Please click and check it out online.  Peacock Room

Whenever you have some free time, please check out some of the marvelous Chinese art collection at the freer gallery online by clicking the link.

Chinese art collection

Overall, in conclusion it was a good, fun-filled day of history, learning, and talking.  We are five young and active women after all.  We did what women do best, just talk, catch up, and gossip.  Hope you enjoyed my mini story of my day with friends. Thanks for reading. Until next time, happy blogging.