i was awake at 6 am this morning listening to the birds sing in the courtyard. one was an eastern towhee. it has such a pretty call. it was the first time i've heard one here. i'm hearing the white throated sparrow's call right now as i type this . . their call is one of my favorites. it's like a long sweet whistle that bounces up and down at the end.
i visited the green market this morning and bought fish from the new fish vendor (my usual tuna fillet and a few scallops). kendall's and my favorite vendor has stopped coming due to a family illness. they have a little fish shop in riverhead (i think the company name is pe and dd). karl and victor were the regulars selling each week. i think karl is the grandson of the original founder of the family business, and victor an employee. they've had a table in our neighborhood for at least . . a decade? we'll miss them just as much as we miss david and jessica from muddy farm. i also bought from the new organic vegetable vendor that kind of replaced muddy farm. they're nice and knowledgeable, but all of us still miss david who would play his favorite jazz musicians on a little speaker while we shopped and also offer coffee and share stories about how he was building a greenhouse and digging ditches to help maintain proper moisture in the soil. jessica also grew the best lettuces and kales.
i have to do my eye exercises now and choose which lasagna i'm going to make for victoria, who is coming for dinner tomorrow night. i'd like to get the lasagna done this evening in case i decide i'd like to visit brooklyn general and woolyn for the brooklyn yarn crawl tomorrow (it's going on today also.) i've roped greg into going shopping with me so he can help carry bags, but it's not his favorite activity (!) so i can't dilly dally with getting out . . oh, and pluto is ready for lunch and is meowing incessantly. argh!
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