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Join Ninja and Special K on a whirlwind tour of exhibits at the Royal Ontario Museum, before the festivities of Father’s Day begin. First stop: Shanghai, past, present and future.    Next stop: Wedgewood treasures and the Black Star Sapphire of Queensland.    Last stop: History of Disability and Typewriters.  Ninja talks about getting her malaria shots from a past classmate who is now a doctor.

Famous tyrants mentioned: Mao Tse Tung, Hitler. Novelties in a Museum: Man in a Dinosaur.  Ninja’s rank in her typewriting course:  Second.

 

The Black Star Sapphire of Queensland


The Bruegel-Bosch Bus by Kim Adams (Art Gallery of Hamilton)

“That is the power of art – the salvation of one’s soul.” - Mayumi

One night after work, Special K and Ninja brave rush hour to drive to Hamilton, Ontario to see the new exhibits at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. They are not disappointed by the kimono of the famous Geisha Ichimaru, nor the contemporary art of Japan, the Bruegel-Bosch Bus, and the Monotheatrum.

The Monotheatrum by Tor Lukasik-Foss (Art Gallery of Hamilton)

Ninja and Special K’s Future Back Yard

The lesbian gardening show.  Ninja and Special K head out to Ontario’s Sheridan Nurseries for a rainy adventure into the expensive world of luxury gardening equipment and shubbery shopping.

Canna Lilly