Day Trips, Lazy Sundays, and Catching Up on Monday

The plan for Saturday was work, work, work. We had house work, church work, and getting ready for the holidays work, but we couldn't keep ourselves at home.

Saturday morning Adam suggested we blow of the day and take a short trip to New Harmony, Indiana. I heartily agreed.




New Harmony is a quaint little town with an interesting history. It was founded as an attempt at creating an Utopian Society. The town showcases its historic roots and vibrant arts community in many ways.

It has two Labyrinth Meditation walks, but we only got to walk the first one before it was just too dark and too cold to be outside anymore.



I was really touched by this sculpture, which sits outside of "The Roofless Church." The plaque beneath it reads, "This gateway is for all the innocent victims of war and oppression throughout the ages and particularly for all the young who died too soon in this century."



We stopped At The Church Street Coffee Shoppe for a warm up and Desi took a little nap. I couldn't blame him; it was a perfect coffee shop atmosphere. Relaxing and stimulating, dark lights and lots of art with gothic furniture.



While he was sleeping, Isaiah and I went to a few galleries and explored this tree sculpture.



I am sure as a child I could have spent a long time playing within the vines. It reminded me of the pines trees I used to play among at Carl Sandburg School in Springfield, Il.




The rest of the weekend was spent just lazing about, aside from church Sunday morning. Last night we kicked back with a scrabble game and a bottle of wine. Isaiah is finally beginning to hold his own and have fun at more adult themed games, which is awesome.

Now, I need to embrace the reality of the work week and GET SOME SHIT DONE!