home again . .

today we took a very expensive cab ride from my cousin's house to BWI airport/train station to catch the 9:48 am amtrak train to nyc. we arrived in penn station at 12:25 and took a cheap (as compared to that morning) cab ride home. the cab driver in annapolis had been from bensonhurst. our cab driver in the city was from ohio and had only lived in nyc for a year. he still missed ohio. 

we were home long enough to throw down our bags, walk the dog, and get the empty bags for a trip to the coop. by 3:30 we were in brooklyn. 

in the above pictures morgana and chanda are celebrating as morgana and i had just found white high socks for her to wear with her sturbridge costume. we found them in a store that has been around in brooklyn for at least 15 years called "lisa polansky." she sells a lot of interesting items like cotton stretch pants in funky prints, different blouses and jeans and boots and shoes. morgana's socks weren't so easy to find. we were very surprised she had them. tomorrow the two of them leave with greg for connecticut. chanda will swim in the lake and take a few swimming lessons, and morgana will begin her sturbridge village internship. greg will drive her from my sister's home in marlborough each day (about an hour and ten minutes each way).