Afternoon with Zoe

We had a wonderful Saturday with my son, Aaron, his wife, Sara and my beautiful granddaughter, Zoe. Our luncheon date was at a favorite Chinese/Japanese buffet restaurant midway between our home in Marietta and theirs in Chattanooga. Zoe was her wonderful self, inquisitive and full of vigor. We ate sushi, soup, various appetizers and various Chinese dishes. I was wearing my new Crow boot, and Zoe wanted to know about my "bird" boot.

From there we traveled to the Tellus museum in Cartersville. Tellus is a science and industry museum, a smaller scale of the famous museum in Chicago. We played safe and brought my wheelchair. It turned out that we needed it as the entrance was a long way from the parking lot. The chair made getting around the museum very easy. There's no way I could have covered that much real estate with the walker. Even with the chair, pushing me around puts a strain on My Prize. I'm tired of being a burden.

The first exhibit I saw was the original Wright brothers' first flight airplane. We saw several satellites and a jet plane's cockpit. There was a collection of cars, old and new. A pendulum clock stood out in the front lobby and the giant childrens' playroom kept Zoe busy for an hour. The afternoon went by very quickly. It's always difficult to say goodby to Zoe. She now has a solution to that problem. Her new trick is to pick up the phone and dial my number. "Hi grandpa. How's your foot."