shoreview art museum

 in the early afternoon i went to tour an art museum in shoreview, through the meetup group. thankful i went as there was two picasso works of art on display. i was one of seven who showed up but there was supposed to be fifteen. near the entrance was a big purple heart, but from indonesia so not the same meaning as it has in the american military. it had a slightly different color based on the way one looked at it. tour guide was adequate. i spent time looking at the captions describing the art. the same man was also benefactor for the carousel at como zoo in st. paul, i was thinking the name sounded familiar. no postcards or other souvenirs for sale there though. odd how a lady complained to the tour guide at the end, i saw no need to when it was a free tour. the main thing was seeing that my chores and errand running were moved up, this being the post office visit and getting to a target as well. i picked up two e-bay orders, and at target i got two more boxes of halloween cereal. then i brought it home and it was on to shoreview, after stopping at a speedway gas station for some pizza and a bottle of juice. also notable about the tour was some artwork that was lifelike, of a security guard. after the tour i stopped at another target, got two more boxes of halloween cereal. then i went to a nearby resale shop and got two photo albums for purchases of postcards in the past year. it was more than thirty cards in all i wanted to get into albums. saw a charlie brown doll there, from the kohl's series, so i got it as well. along with a few DVD movies, and books including a spirit of 76 coloring book. then i went to a dairy queen and got a blizzard treat, after the 15-minute break for employees was done. then it was home again to drop off things, and to aldi for groceries, and jersey mike's for a sandwich. i was recognized from previous visits. when i got home i turned on a college football game, the iowa hawkeyes were home against michigan state, on NBC. iowa won 26-16, a typical close game with the spartans. but winning ugly is still winning. during my walks i found 52 cents.