13 oct

when my sister and i were small ,we had a lovely book called 'WHAT I SAW". Each page began with i saw, i saw and described a scene in one line.And there was a lovely illustration by Mario Miranda. So here is my list for the last week.
I saw, i saw:

• a man practicing his juggling over and over on the lawns opposite Parrington hall
• a small group practicing skateboarding on a red brick square, against the light of the setting sun, so that i could only see silhouettes and long, long shadows against a red and purple background.
• a mother gull being harassed by an overgrown and very demanding juvenile
• large, bright yellow leaves floating down on to a wet and reflecting road so that it seemed as if two sets of leaves are rushing towards each other
• my house filled with 18 people of 14 nationalities, talking, eating, drinking and solving all the world's problems at once.
• Parrington Lawn which was so green when i came, now a blaze of red and yellow and pink .
• a small bunch of purple crocuses growing under a bush
• Mt. Rainier more clearly than i have ever done before
• some people pruning canna at the university. i wanted the stems and was too diffident to ask. but i was with a friend and he asked for me, and so I took half a dozen 5-foot tall canna plants home, where they now stand all purple and red. and an old stranger told me," you are a smart woman to take these home."

What I learnt;

• the history of tribal governance policy in the states
• the US-Canada boundary waters treaty
• how to eat with chopsticks
• how to open a bottle with- another bottle! (ok, i couldn't do it, but i know it can be done, and someday will)
• what my leadership style is and where i need to improve. That was actually quite difficult. we had to complete a survey and think about our experiences .