I apologize for not having updated my blog in so long. It has indeed been busy, with the first two weeks of April being one of the busiest times to date that Jamestown has ever seen (at its height, over six thousand visitors a day). The weather’s been getting warmer, with one day a couple of weeks ago being in the nineties followed by a day a few days later when it snowed. Hmmm… Still, flowers are blooming and leaves are budding. I also bought a new bike for riding around town and to work (doing my part for the environment, etc.) and am trying to grow tomatoes, peppers, and herbs in my living room. The plants aren’t dead yet! (photos: Daffodils, everywhere in Virginia in the Spring; more pretty spring flowers; and the snow from my apartment window the morning before Easter.)
Katie came down for a few days at the end of March with her mom and her aunt. We did the Colonial Williamsburg thing, including a viewing of the fabulously kitschy “Portrait of a Patriot” movie from ca. 1957. There was shopping, eating, turbo tour of Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne, and even another visit to Presidential Park. Sandy and her friend also came down for a day last week and we did an even more extreme turbo tour of the downtown/Colonial Williamsburg area, Jamestown Settlement, Historic Jamestowne, Yorktown, and various food/shopping establishments. It’s been fun having visitors and it’s always good to see friends from home. (photos: Katie's mom, her Aunt Mary, Katie, and myself on the pier at Jamestown Settlement; Katie smelling flowers, which we did a lot; Katie's mom enjoying an interpreter in the Revolution City at Colonial Williamsburg (CW); her idol beckons from afar; and Katie and I in front of super nice Gerald R. Ford.) -- For more photos of Katie's visit, please see her blog and others of ours. --
(photos: A blustery day on the James River with John Smith; excavations at Historic Jamestowne; and Sandy and her friend Anne at the Yorktown Pub.)
For Easter, I went to my friend Ashley’s house and ate (and played lots of cards) with her and her parents. They were quite lovely, with Asheley’s mom even making me an Easter “basket.” As for other social fun things, there’s been a cookout, some social gatherings, a trip to C.W. (Colonial Williamsburg) with Heather and the other Stephanie, a trip down to Norfolk for a Decemberists concert, movie nights and field trips, dinner/chill evenings, and a record-breaking challenge to eat 8+ cones on Ben and Jerry’s Free Cone Day (managing seven in a span of under two hours!). (photos: Ashley excited about her birthday booty -- pirate style; mmmm... St. Patty's day; Scott showing his Irish side; me, Ashley, and Kat; and Heather and the other Stephanie on our play day in CW.)
(photos: Interpreter from Revolution City infront of the Capitol; same interpreter getting ready to be tarred and feathered; oxen!!!; Heather, me, and Stephanie; and various JYF staff and entourage at Paul's Deli for Green Mark's bday.)
(photos: Diana and Mark roasting Peeps; Jack and Johanna at one of our cookouts; eating around the campfire; and Mike and Jeff jamming on a sax and penny whistle.)
Work itself has been busy, as previously mentioned. The Honor Guard has been getting ready to start on the big commemorative sail at the end of April beginning in Virginia Beach for Landing Day (the anniversary of the first landing in Virginia before the settlers chose Jamestown Island on which to settle). People are getting stressed and excited, as staff begin to leave and the demo schedule gets more intense. The Queen is apparently coming the first few days in May, with the big Anniversary Weekend a week later. Keep your eyes open for press coverage, both magazines and newspapers (the May National Geographic is all about Jamestown, with supposed issues of Time/Newsweek soon and various national newspapers having visited). Bottom line: It’s getting busy, but it’s pretty exciting!
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