sandy . . the aurora is rising behind us . .

 morgana, greg and i walked over to the river while chanda stayed curled up in bed.

 it was like being at the beach!

these three sisters were having a lot of fun!

gotta get your coffee before checking out the overflowing river . . 

 

the courtyard . . i'm getting used to the bare space without the mulberry trees. there's a small southern magnolia growing there. it's in the center. it looks like a big oversized bush! we're supposed to be getting two white swamp oaks for either side of it.

 peeking out at the weather.

morgana made cottage cheese apple pancakes from the moosewood cooks at home cookbook. they are always so good!

 

then we sat and read a few chapters in the second harry potter book while they sewed on their robes.

working on the robes.

 i think the costumes look really nice.

 chanda and i walked jack together. he was unfazed by it all, as he always is.

right now at 6:30 pm the wind has really picked up and builds to a howl. chanda says it sounds like an air raid siren. it scoops up the leaves in the courtyard and blows them up to our windows on the fourth floor. the lights flicker intermittantly, but so far we haven't heard that they will shut our power. they'll probably shut the steam below 14th, but we have all electric. we don't have the heat on right now anyway. it hasn't been that cold. high tide at battery park is at 8:53 pm.

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oh! there are moments the wind picks up and it sounds awful!! and there was something rattling around like a garbage can or metal sign . . we have no idea what it is.

fevers . . storms . . why is the nighttime always the worst?

i'm going to check on the soup!