Pictures around St. Olaf College

I had an absolutely wonderful time. I'll do a longer post tomorrow, but for now, here are some pictures from around campus.

This is Old Main, the first building built by the college when it was started in the late 19th century. It has just been renovated.



( Some beautiful things around campus )

Fleurings!

Another quick picture post: I received my Fleurings in the mail (finally!) right before I left for the reunion. Here's a picture of me, dressed for the 30th reunion dinner (ignore the ugly background). I'm wearing my Emerald House Rising coat under the little black dress.







My new Fleurings were SO MUCH FUN to wear. Besides the utter coolness of them, and how well I thought they looked on me, what made them so much fun was the response I received from people. I had, no lie, at least twenty people stop me to gush over them over the course of the weekend. Complete strangers sitting behind me tapping me on the shoulder, or walking by, and their head swivels to take a second look. They made people laugh, and they made people gasp, and they made them strike up a conversation. I mean really, ladies, when was the last time you wore a piece of jewelry that made a a fifty year old guy stop dead in his tracks, and say something like, "I LOVE your earrings. Take a look at this lady's earrings, aren't they amazing?" I spent about an hour and a half browsing through stores in Northfield, and no less than five sales clerks asked me about them. They made me feel fun and funky and artistic and innovative, not to mention drop dead gorgeous. Which is a great confidence booster when you're going back for your 30th college reunion.

I did discover they need to be refilled with water every two to three hours, because by gum, they do work as vases. The flowers suck the water right up. Every drop of it, so you need to replenish the supply.

A total raging success.