rainy . . all day

 morgana made brie and fig jam sandwiches for her friend's birthday picnic today. there was just one problem: she bought orange fig jam thinking it was the regular fig jam. the jar looked exactly the same. hopefully, she won't have a reaction after having eaten a whole sandwich already!

 amelia's stationery kit . . 

 she walked downtown along the river with camille and they met up with everyone at the seaglass carousel. i think they ate their picnic on the staten island ferry. it was a rainy day but didn't really start pouring until 4:15. (morgana has just corrected me . . she says it was raining aaaalll day . . when they walked there it was raining, when they got on the ferry it was raining, when they got off the ferry it was raining, when they rode the carousel it was raining . . )

amelia on the carousel . . 

the music is from saint-saëns' carnival of the animals which the girls have danced to with their modern teacher (she choreographed several pieces to the music).

 meanwhile chanda and i finished reading cyrano de bergerac which we really enjoyed (and she finished sewing up her fingerless gloves). we watched half of the 1950 movie with jose ferrer this evening.

 dinner tonight was another austrian recipe (based on a bone marrow broth i usually make in the fall and winter). however, i put it together on my own since morgana was babysitting. it came out very good. i added angel hair pasta, a vegetable bouillion cube, carrots, beef hot dogs and meat and marrow from the bones along with fresh chives. everything was set on the table in separate bowls so that everyone could add what they wanted to the soup broth. this is the way it was served by her austrian family.

 greg got home very late and missed out on the add it yourself phase . . i dumped everything in for him . . except the chives.

hermione wanted to eat, but then lost her cookies and will now fast with only water until her stomach is better.