Dale and Jordan were with her for most of the day yesterday. But they came home in the late afternoon, so we went ahead with our evening plans. We had dinner with the friends who came over to babysit, then left the kids at home and had dessert out at Anthony's, for the view. The view was fantastic... the rest was just okay. After sunset, we went down the street to Golden Gardens, a lovely beach park looking out at the Olympics. A nice surprise: there was live classical music playing a ways up the beach, I think a string quartet. We walked up to see and what should we find when we got closer? Beds. About twenty white cast-iron beds, on the beach, each with a fluffy white comforter and pillow. Some had people resting in them. It was dark and there were spotlights around, so the effect was very artistic. And what else? Bunnies. Three people in fancy bunny suits, white tailcoats, giant bunny heads with tall ears, doing ballet among the beds and occasionally stopping to gently tuck people in. Really! This is what it was! With the lovely classical music! We watched for a while and decided what the hey, when do you get to lie in a bed at night on the beach? So we climbed into one. No one minded. And it was really very peaceful and pleasant, lying in a soft bed on the beach quite near the water, with a warm quilt, listening to the music and the gentle lapping of the waves, watching the stars come out. After a while there were little boats, too. They glided out bearing star-shaped lanterns, four of them, doing some kind of choreographed thing together.
After some time, one of the bunnies came over to us and tickled our feet! Vigorously! and said "Wake up, wake up, time to wake up, time to wake up! Happy new moon! Happy new moon!" That was as good an ending as we could imagine for this bizarre little dream scene, so we got up, made the bed, and drove home.
I'm sure I could google "golden gardens beds bunnies" and find out what was going on, but what could I possibly find out that would improve the experience? It was delightfully mysterious.
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