Today we finally got to meet Jennie! She and Carrie drove to Erie, PA for the weekend and today, Jennie drove to Cleveland and met us! For the first time! We met at the Cleveland Art Museum and then spent some time at Pizza Hut before we had to all head separate ways at 3:00pm. I have been writing to Jennie for three or four years now and we talk on the phone, but it was fantastic to be able to finally meet her. :o) Hopefully it won't be three years before we can meet up again! We almost forgot to take any photos, but thankfully Mom remembered before we left the parking lot. ;o)
The Cleveland Art Museum was fun. I don't think we've been there in ten years. They are still not done with the renovations, so not all of the collections are displayed, but they had a lot. The armour and weapons section was great, as always. The swords and daggers were gorgeous. As far as paintings go, we we went through all the sections except for the modern art. They had a Reynolds painting which we wanted to see, as Sarah has been studying Reynolds paintings of the Eliot's lately. It was much larger than I expected. Gorgeous. I was particularly excited to see that they own a painting of Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt. He married a Swetland (well, an Osborn, but her mother or grandmother was a Swetland). His painting looked as cool in real life as the scan did!
However, the best part of the day was getting to meet Jennie. We have talked about it for so long, it was fantastic to finally be able to meet each other!
"A friend loves at all times . . ." - Proverbs 17:16
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