TGIF!
We went to Unicorn, a carnival themed bar, to
usher in Sabbath and another weekend. Pink Flamingo drink (pink lemonade
vodka, sour, cranberry, dry cherry soda) and Narwhal balls (fried cheesy
potato croquettes with roasted garlic aioli).
And a lovely walk home because evening weather
has been oh so perfect this week.
I am so excited about the trolls coming to the Pacific
Northwest! I have seen photos of the trolls
this artist makes and love them and never thought it would be so easy to see
them close to home. Anastasia and I took
the ferry to Bainbridge and walked a pleasant mile to the park.
Each troll has a poem written by the artist.
Thomas Dambo is a Danish artist who works with recycled materials to
place over 100 troll sculptures all over the world. The NW Trolls, Way of the Bird King project, is presented by Scan Design
Foundation, whose mission is to advance Danish-American relations,
celebrates the human experience of art by amplifying a network of communities
and it reinforces shared values of environmental stewardship and
sustainability.
Pia’s Poem:
Pretty pretty please,
let’s keep the peace beneath the trees. Hold you in my hand I will remind you
with a squeeze. Quiet little people cause your criers make me tired. Pia likes
to play with people, people they keep quiet.
Pia “is like a playful troll, because she is playing with the
humans, but she’s also a little bit scary, because she’s kind of strong, like a
little girl can sometimes by accident break a leg or poke an eye out or light a
fire to the hair of her doll,” Thomas Dambo said. “Don’t upset Pia, because you
might lose a leg.”
I enjoyed the two Tom Hanks books, glad I finally read The Library Book off my shelf, and Haunting of Hill House and Serial Killers Wife have stuck with me (not just for being more suspense than I am used to).
