reading the local neighborhood paper

 

a blustery day

 

walking milly and pics from london

milly and i went for another walk by the river today . .  

and there's till goldenrod in bloom . . 

morgan and harley were by the lake district with harley's mom and brother and sister-in-law (and newest little one):

it's just so beautiful! (morgan mentioned that harley's mom likes to go for hours long walks! do morgan and harley last that long too?)

your italian restaurant

i've been wanting to visit gene's restaurant on 11th street with greg. we decided to go this evening and everything was delicious. i had eggplant parmagiana and greg had lasagna. the tiramisu for dessert was especially good.

it was such a lovely evening out.

at ikea with korrina

 

greg and i took a trip with korrina this morning to ikea, arriving in time for a breakfast . . (above is my odyssey shawl with pichinku yarn)

or, rather, a brunch.

the wonderful view from the cafe . . 

i saw several things i'm considering for the apartment . . such as this shoe bin . .

a duvet pattern korrina liked . . 

and a salad bowl i would like. we also picked up a nighttime black out curtain for korrina, a pine wood small chest of drawers, sheets and pillow cases with black cats and tea lights.

checking out . .

relaxing at home with wash the cat.

it was a fun shop!

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(and morgan sent this photo of harley at an art exhibit they were at)

walking milly

i had a leftover waffle for breakfast this morning while listening to brian lehrer on the radio and missing morgan.

and then walked milly by the river . . it felt like a peaceful day . . 

(is she sniffing for the treats i sometimes put in my pocket?)

i purposely walked by the goldenrod to see how it was doing. most of it has gone to seed.

still looking so beautiful . .

the bumblebees are still buzzing around . .

sniffing the black-eyed susans!

and the geese are busy eating insects and seeds and whatever else it is they eat here by the river.

baking moon honey cookies

cricket's morning shenanigans!

morgan was determined to bake our horn of the moon honey cookies (as i'd been asking for them all week, and it would be good to take a batch home to london).

since there was so much butter involved, we had to put the other two away (so all cats received a puzzle).

fini! delizioso!

saying good-bye at the airport . .  

i always get so sad at this point . .

stopping at dna diner for soup and a baked potato (a turkey wrap for greg).

greg, ron, andy and i called this diner the dna diner as they had a chandelier that looked like dna (back in the day when we lived together on 78th street by 14th avenue).

next stop: manhattan.

a day with morgan (or cooking knödel)

 

waffles with morgan for breakfast before heading to trader joe's to buy ingredients for knödel.

it's a beautiful fall day . . 

taking a short cut home through the elm furniture store after shopping . . (commenting on the christmas decorations the store had already put up!) . . 

i love these swivel chairs . . (morgan is admiring the napkins) . . 

and this chair . . 

and this wing chair . . i love all the elm chairs. they're not too big (perfect size for me) and cozy with material that a cat's claws couldn't tear a hole through.

i even like these swivel stools . . 

halloween decorations along bank street on the way home (thankfully, not christmas decorations yet!)

toasting the bread for the dumplings . . 

weighing them!

chopping the onion . . 

now to mix the oinon and the bread with the spinach . . 

and shape the knödel!

guten appetit!

cleaning up after dinner . . 

our last round of cards before morgan heads home to london tomorrow night. korrina headed back to queens after dinner as she was tired from a long work day and needs to be up early again tomorrow. she took some rice pudding dessert to have back at her apartment.

it was a very lovely night together.