there and back again

 

driving over the brooklyn bridge late sunday morning . . 

 

there were a lot of barges in the narrows. i've never seen so many at once before.

we made a rest stop in wantagh, as we sometimes do, and had to go to kwong ming to use their bathroom as the starbucks we usually patronize was closed, though workers were milling about. we wondered if they had closed because one of the staff had covid.

obligatory egg and spring rolls (greg had egg, and i spring).

we also stopped at the king kullen in bridgehampton for some groceries, though i brought quite a few with us this time. i bought salmon, as the fishmonger at our green market never has that, as it's not local. it was nice to have again, along with fresh mustard greens.

 

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monday . . 

 

without pluto around, yarn can live on the floor.

 

our lunchtime walk at hotel beach . . 

my dad used to work at this hotel, as an "after retirement" job. he did handyman work . . i think he enjoyed it because every day was different and he could assess what needed to be done.

 

back at the house and later in the afternoon, greg caught one of the roving turkeys (there's been a large group of them lately) prancing about on the deck railing!

 

it was really such a pretty grey and rainy day . .

 

i guess we had a big dinner . . chicken thighs with rice, some weird greens which i actually didn't like (greg ate them all), cheese and crackers and a can of refried beans . . just because it was in the pantry and i figured we should eat what was around.

 

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tuesday: another beautifully grey, rainy day . .

i looked out the window in the morning to see several neighborhood deer relaxing very comfortably in the yard . .

my "turnip . . " i bought this on saturday thinking it was a turnip! i was rather surprised to cut into it monday night, and find a brilliant pink center. it was a watermelon radish. i sliced it for tuesday's dinner, and sprinkled it with some sea salt.

tuesday night sunset photos . . 

my favorite meal of the visit: tuna (frozen steaks my cousin had left), small red potatoes boiled and then fried in butter with parsley (as my mom would do - very german i believe) and cole slaw from the local deli (i love cole slaw).

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wednesday: i cleaned and gathered all our things together for the drive home . .

i actually did most of the laundry on monday . .

 

i've been moving slowly on this moving forward wrap . .

 

i suppose all the days were grey and rainy . . i didn't mind it though, it seemed very fitting.

more yarn, happy to be living on the floor . . 

winding yarn for the next knitting project . .

breezy blue . .

and on the road after greg finished work . .

with a stop at hampton chutney for a masala deluxe dosa with peanut chutney . . it was a long drive home with lots of traffic. there were five accidents, with a detour! we were glad to finally be back and were happy to have our snack after unloading and finding a parking spot and carrying everything upstairs . .