in class today they reviewed their last week's lesson about the rose window and st. john the divine. they then discussed the different styles of architecture in the medieval period, focusing on romanesque characteristics and how it transformed into gothic (i.e. rounded arches changing into the pointed gothic style). they then talked about the pentacle, how it holds within it the five pointed star, and is a symbol of the elements of earth, water, fire, air and spirit. she is also supposed to practice constructing a perpendicular bisector to a line so as to know how to divide a circle into 4, 5 and 8 parts, and to inscribe a square, pentagram and octagon.
katie has a window in her kitchen in front of which i enjoy sitting . .
on tuesday i went shopping for household items for the senior housing apartment my mom and dad are moving into near my sister. i picked up a bright yellow garbage pail (the apartment is very dark and my mom has requested yellow objects to brighten things up), dish drain, baking pans, an electric can opener, a sponge mop and shelf liner paper. i then attempted to carry all of this home and of course failed miserably. luckily, greg came to the rescue with the car. he took everything back and i joined my friend for tea at a new tea shop she found on eighth street. they had silver needle tea which they served in glass pots and special handmade pottery cups. they have a buzzer for the steeping time (six minutes for the silver needle).
the cookies were good, but we weren't as crazy about the cake. i think it was a little too sweet for us.
the shop is called matsunosuke, and was founded by a chef named akiko hirano, who has several cafes in japan. it supposedly has only been open for two weeks, and will only last for four more months.
it's right next to the new yogurt shop chanda likes to visit, where fresh yogurt is made each day in the back kitchen.
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