we went to see the dinos
and along the way
we peeked inside of a magical drawer
filled with beautiful eggs and nests
what wonderful surprise
there’s always something
you don’t expect to discover
when you go to a museum.
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“don’t go to a museum with a destination. museums are wormholes to other worlds. they are ecstasy machines. follow your eyes to wherever they lead you…and the world should begin to change for you.”
– jerry saltz
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
I have always loved museums. And it is a good thing as I am old enough now that I will soon be in one. Great post, Beth!
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finding comfort in your new home?)
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Very true. Always something new, or something you missed last time. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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absolutely
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Wonderful things can be discovered in the ordinary
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yes, and that’s where they’re most often found
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Indeed!
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I’ve not been to a Museum since I was in Philadelphia, May 2019, when I went to the magnificent ‘Rodin Museum’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodin_Museum
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how wonderful, that is somewhere I’d love to visit
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Not an overly big building, but to see Rodin’s incredible sculptures was a highlight of my trip …
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I’d love to see them and saw a wonderful film about him and his much-dismissed artist wife
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Yes … he was a fascinting man
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If 100 different people (exiting a museum) told what their favorite exhibit was, you would get 100 different answers. And the other 99 would reply to each answer, “I didn’t see that! Must have missed it!”
And the same 100 people would return the next day to discover what they had missed. Maybe. 🙂
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oh, you are so spot on with this –
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My house looks like a museum of useless junk. Someone needs to sort and classify the artifacts.
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Look for a curator)
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I must go again, Beth; it’s been such a long time —
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I hope you do
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Museums! Wonderful inventions to feature some of the most interesting things we have accomplished as the human race. Lovely post Beth!
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As well as things that Mother Nature has created
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Mother Nature, like none other…
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Our past suspended for us to see.
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That’s it
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What a fantastic discovery, Beth!
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It was
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Good timing, we are going to a museum today!
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Great!
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I truly believe all children should be brought to all sorts of museums. They are magical places, indeed.
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They sure are
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Stoke that imagination!
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Yes!
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And to see all of this through the eyes of children…what a joy!
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It is!
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Museums are fascinating places but I have’t been in one since my visit to Washington in the ’70s (?).
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Hope you have the chance again
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Me too!
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I love that quote. Usually at a museum, my head is on a swivel taking in everything.
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It’s hard not to be that way, always scanning for cool stuff
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So true and lovely. Your words remind me of when our kids were little and we’d take them to the Bay Area Discovery Museum, such a fun hands-on place for children.
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It’s such a joy
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It really is 🤗
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Ohhhh, that’s so true…wormholes for sure.
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Yes!
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And just think..the younger you are, the more there is to see! 🙂 Wonderful that you took your littles to see all those wonderful things..especially the nests and eggs..I’m still fascinated by those and I’m waaaaay older than a kindergartner.
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Me too, it never stops
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Yep. And there are people and animals down there doing inscrutable things of mystery and magic.
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Right
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Such museums are so much fun!!
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That are!
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This reminds me that I need to go to a museum. I haven’t been to one in ages.
Blessings!
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Enjoy!
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Great poem! Have a great rest of the week!
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Thank you
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You’re welcome!
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You seum, I seum, we all scream for museum…
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)))
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Expect the unexpected!
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Always
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…. And never go to a museum ‚with a plan‘….. I love the small and large surprises. As I do in daily life. Went walking through a tiny medieval village in Germany and found a shop on 4 floors with window after window crammed with Easter stuff, hundreds, if not thousands of differently decorated eggs, Easter wreaths, arrangements, bunnies of all sizes and qualities, I had my eye on a Steiff hare (but since we no longer own a house, I couldn‘t apply for another mortgage 😉 ) – I couldn‘t get over the fact that such shops still can make a living.
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That sounds amazing
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Discovery at its best!
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yes!
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