Hi Ruth!
I'm still in Ghana. It's raining here, but not as hard as it was at home last night. I'm sorry I didn't call you first thing this morning.
I was thinking about you this morning, though. I woke up to check on the storm and it sounded like it hadn't been that bad - I didn't know about the basement, and I should have called to check. But after I looked at some information about the storm, I went looking around to learn more about what there might be for you to do when you got here.
First, I found this place, which is in the city, but we can go visit some time: the Osu Children's Library (we'd probably go to the first one).
Then, I found someone mentioning that there was a playground in the botanical gardens. So, I spent some time looking at satellite maps trying to figure out where it was - it was hard to see, but I thought I'd found it. So, I went for a walk - in what I thought was rain that was going to stop soon, but didn't, and this is where Mommy tried to tell me about the basement, but I was away - to try to find it. Turns out my guess about the picture was right - there's a part of the botanical gardens about a mile and a half away from here (I can carry you part of the way) where they have a couple little shops, and a small playground, and some picnic tables, and a lake you can walk around. It's not huge, and it looked a little sad in the pouring rain, but the man said that on nicer days the playground gets lots of kids.
Daniel,
ReplyDeleteRuth likes being around lots of kids and playing with them. Today, she started as a "Busy Bee" and she was busy as I left the Y. She was chatting, non-stop, with Eleanor about a fair and Ferris wheel and animals. My departure went unnoticed. When I pick her up, we'll watch the basketball players - I think she might want to play someday. She likes me to tell her the story of the origin of basketball (peach basket). We'll also check out the pool. M wants to start swimming again, now that the pool has been cleaned. We watched them clean the pool last week. R was fascinated - as she is with some many things.
Love,
Mom
I think I want to go to the playground you found as well! I called to check on Chris, Melissa and Ruth yesterday and heard about the basement. Gladly, they found someone to come in. Melissa was enjoying reading the Sunday paper while Ruth and your Mom played outside.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about your students. Can you write of them a bit?
all sounds very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I will be in Baltimore on Wednesday. Love, Dad.
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