2025 Life Logs, Day 29: Field Trip to the Harvard Museums
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Weather: Sunny and Warmer; Temp 46, Low 19 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today was a long one. I was up before 7 am to get ready to head to the Harvard campus in Cambridge. Our Newcomers-Encore Field Trip group was visiting the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Harvard Art Museums. Four of us went to the Natural History Museum and the other six went to the Art Museum. I chose to start at the Natural History Museum because no matter how many times I visit there, I cannot get enough of the Blaschka glass flowers and marine invertebrates. My all time favorite of the glass flowers are the Ginko tree leaves, and my favorite marine invertebrate is the little Atlantic white-spotted octopus. But today I focused on the mountain laurel and the spaghetti worm. That they are made totally out of glass amazes me.
After a couple of hours, my group decided to go to the Art Museums to have lunch and tour there for the afternoon. There are three museums housed in one building with so much to see. It was a great trip.