yesterday and this morning and a pic from sweden

we've been having beautiful weather these past two weeks. it's been very humid (65% to 96%) but it hasn't gone over 87 degrees, so it's been pretty comfortable (and the higher humidity has been consistently in the early morning when the temperature is lower). this was the sky at abingdon square yesterday when i came home from seeing korrina after getting the vegetables.

afternoon strollers on hudson street . .

the dog and man on the left have made friends with several neighorhood people as they've been staying on the steps of the empty storefront lately. i've seen neighbors giving the dog water and bringing food.

korrina and i visited chelsea market after picking up the vegetables as she hasn't been for about a year and half (since she stopped working there). two of our favorite stores were moved to the basement, and though they've restocked the shelves and are carrying most everything they originally carried, one of the stores lost a small dining area that they used to use. we really miss that (they've also not serving affogatos anymore!).

this morning greg and i visited a cafe that has been in the neighborhood since 1973, but is one that we've never been to before.

i love their decor: the walls are wood paneled with a peach colored wall above and an old tin ceiling that is painted white.

it was patronized entirely by neighborhood residents. i didn't see one tourist!

greg had the california sunrise, and i had the broccoli and leek hash with fried eggs and beet salsa.

ta da . . it was very good.

 this is a photo from trånas, sweden, where my friend janet has been visiting. she's impressed with their bike path and their pedestrian walk, both protected from each other by a border of bushes. the bikes are then protected from the cars by the parallel parking.

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(i put up a few photos from the girls' last visit to oxford, where they saw the special tolkien middle-earth exhibit that is there until october. you can see it here.)