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I don't claim to have seen it all, not even part of all, but living in Portland I am beginning to move closer to that great claim to fame, "I've seen it all." Yesterday, as the girls and I drove from church to meet folks for dinner, I almost swerved off the road as I passed a lady walking, yes walking, her pet turtle on a leash. She was not dragging the eight inch long amphibian, mind you, but rather being led by the turtle wearing a bright pink rhinestone leash. I pulled over and rolled down the windows so Rynn and Eleanor could get a peek at this strange sight. With an eccentric gait and a wide smile a middle aged woman swept up her turtle and brought her to the window of our car in order to introduce "Matilda" to our family. She proudly explained to us that Matilda would probably outlive her as turtles tend to live to be over one hundred years old. As she spoke, Matilda never stopped moving her legs as though in her mind she was still in a race with the proverbial hare. Apparently Matilda 'runs' the Race for the Cure each year and has the pins and numbers to prove it. "They (the racing pins, that is) are getting a bit heavy for little Matilda, so we might have to find a new activity for next year, " explained Matilda's faitful owner.
I don't claim to have seen it all, not even part of all, but living in Portland I am beginning to move closer to that great claim to fame, "I've seen it all." Yesterday, as the girls and I drove from church to meet folks for dinner, I almost swerved off the road as I passed a lady walking, yes walking, her pet turtle on a leash. She was not dragging the eight inch long amphibian, mind you, but rather being led by the turtle wearing a bright pink rhinestone leash. I pulled over and rolled down the windows so Rynn and Eleanor could get a peek at this strange sight. With an eccentric gait and a wide smile a middle aged woman swept up her turtle and brought her to the window of our car in order to introduce "Matilda" to our family. She proudly explained to us that Matilda would probably outlive her as turtles tend to live to be over one hundred years old. As she spoke, Matilda never stopped moving her legs as though in her mind she was still in a race with the proverbial hare. Apparently Matilda 'runs' the Race for the Cure each year and has the pins and numbers to prove it. "They (the racing pins, that is) are getting a bit heavy for little Matilda, so we might have to find a new activity for next year, " explained Matilda's faitful owner.On another note, we did get some other, more mundane, but more significantly exciting news this week that Rynn has a place at Richmond Elementary school- a Portland Public School which is an award winning Japanese immersion school. So, starting next fall, Rynn will spend half her kindergarten day speaking Japanese and half speaking English. We are still naive enough to be thoroughly excited. The school gets rave reviews from lots of people, and we are excited for the new door of opportunity for Rynn and for us to meet new people. It also means one of us will be going to Japan in five years with her class. Jason and I will have to rock, paper, scissors for that one. If you are interested you can read more about the school at http://www.richmondjmp.org/jmp.html.
Wow! glad to hear the exciting news...
ReplyDeleteThe school sounds like a fantastic opportunity for your whole family.
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