November 01, 2004
Weekend Photo Blogging
On Saturday, we went to the Hollandia Riding Club in Corbeanca. Alan and David loved watching the horses -- although Alan decided that ponies were all right but horses way too big. He did get to ride on the pony for about five or ten minutes. He looked his most serious, I've never seen this look on his face before. He smelled like horse afterwards and talked about "riding like a big boy" the rest of the day. Afterwards, he had a three-hour nap. That hasn't happened in months. Oh, all the excitement.
David wasn't allowed to ride the pony since he's very much too small. So he was just left watching, and being adorable.
Sunday, we went to Tārgovişte with friends of ours. Tārgovişte used to be the capital of Wallachia back in the good old days - one of the princes who resided here was our old friend Vlad.
Tārgovişte was also the city where Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena were executed in 1989 after a rather showy trial.
Here's the old royal palace (very much 19th century restored), with the church in the background.
The kids loved running around in the ruins. Walls to climb, bridges to cross, countless rooms discover, and to play hide-and-seek in -- all that in warm and sunny weather, what's not to like?
Lovely pictures, Claudia! Yes, Alan looks extremely thoughtful in the second picture!
We have finally updated both of our Webshots photo albums of Alec's oddyssey, along with assorted friends, family, medical personnel, and the three of us in our Halloween costumes, AND showing Alec last week at a special event where he got to ride in a sulky carriage (?) pulled by a miniature horse. If you're interested, they are at the following web addresses (they aren't public, so you have to have the address to get in):
http://community.webshots.com/album/174826836ZplvTV?612 (this one is 4/5/04-10/04)
http://community.webshots.com/album/121405933uoXYwE (this one is 8/28/03-4/04)
Love and hugs,
Lorraine
Dear Lorraine - thanks for sharing these!! You all look great in your Halloween outfits but you particularly look splendid. I'm so glad Alec is feeling much better and is even allowed to go outside. I can't imagine how you got through this ordeal. My heart is always with you.
Love,
Claudia
PS. Alec's artwork is great!
Posted by: claudia at November 1, 2004 07:05 PMtest
Posted by: stefan at November 2, 2004 02:26 AMI have a nephew (age 3) and a pony (age 13, if it matters) and have combined the two with surprisingly good results. It's amazing to me how much of an impression a pony makes on a little kid -- a few minutes of sitting on a pony being led slowly in a circle lasts months.
Posted by: teep at November 2, 2004 09:32 PM