Yesterday was so lovely - the little one was with her grandmother so the hubby and I started the first day of Operation Tennis whereupon we are going to try and play tennis as often as we can to get some exercise together. I like to run which he does not and he loves to play basketball which I suck at so we are hoping tennis will be the glue that binds.

We then had a lovely lunch of mango and avocado and green onions with lime juice and fresh bread, cleaned our selves up pretty and headed downtown. We spent almost 2 hours at the library pouring over landscaping, cooking and gardening books and then moved on the Portland Art Museum to see the M.C. Escher exhibit. It is alway so wonderful to see the artist's sketches and plates. It was a great exhibit and included many pieces from concept to completion with the wood cuts and everything. It also had his "Creation" series from his college days that represents the first 7 days of creation and they were really amazing to see.

While admiring the beautiful printwork of Beth Van Hoesen in the basement gallery I told Phillip that if he wants me to start drawing again he should leave me daily love notes when he leaves for work with an idea or phrase on them and I will have to draw it before he comes home. We'll see how well that works out but it could be a fun exercise.

Then to balance out the day of health and high art we bought a dozen donuts for our dinner from Sesame Donuts and watched Jason Statham in "Death Race" which was AWESOME.

A good, good day.