it's the middle of august already

my new computer is finally set up with my photo libraries and my email. we ordered it about two weeks ago and it came a week early, but it took time to back up the old computer, transfer all the photos to an external hard drive and sync my new gmail to the new mac's email program. i decided on a laptop as it seemed archaic to have a computer sit in one place all the time. i really like it! it's incredibly fun to work on. 

the photo above is of madison square park, this past wednesday, the 16th, when i was walking home from a check up at the dentist. it was a beautiful day, not too humid, and everyone was out enjoying summertime.

the new small dog run at the park . . 

and the large dog run.

milly and i took a walk to pet palace in soho where i bought treats for the cats.

and look who's here! pluto! chanda will be moving out of her apartment in another week, and she brought pluto over early as she plans on being away for a few days camping with a friend. pluto will be staying with us while she attends a special marine biology program for the fall semester at a different school.

cooking dinner with the three of them is certainly interesting! 

morgan directed a play (which a friend wrote) and it opened monday at the camden fringe festival. our good friend deychen flew in for the occasion. morgan was very excited about this visit and they've been having a fun time attending plays at the globe, taking tea at the wolseley, paddle boating on the serpentine in hyde park and swimming in the pond at hampstead heath.

i was happy that my friend marisa came down from vermont for a few weeks to check on her apartment and to visit her dentist for a check up - i guess it's just that time of year! i don't think we have seen each other since spring of '22.

and this photo is from chanda . . hiking and camping in the catskills.

oh! just a few more photos from aurélien . . 

enjoying his summer in a pond upstate . . 

picking blueberries . . 

and falling asleep over his naptime book.

oh! and in regard to korrina: she had covid for a week and was not at work! she was very hot with chills at the same time along with joint/body aches and had a terrible headache for several days. she's better and back at work now, but still feels very tired. hopefully as the days go by she will feel stronger.

weekend in connecticut

greg and i drove to connecticut friday night for a three day visit with kathy and warren. the deep summer  july green of the garden always feels so wonderfully lush and heavy; especially with the rainstorms that have been passing through.

we spent part of the day (saturday) at the lake, going out on the long boards (kathy and i), kayak (warren) and canoe (kathy and i, and also greg and i).

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korrina sent some pics from the apartment. she took care of the cats for us and stopped by before going into work:

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meanwhile, back in connecticut . . 

we had a little birthday celebration after dinner for me . . 

with key lime pie (our favorite) . . 

and two wonderful books to read from kathy and warren.

greg looks so somber but he was happy devouring his pie.

and we played a game of bananagrams which greg won.

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sunday . . 

it was another grey and rainy morning, but the sun poked through in the early afternoon and we spent a relaxing time at the lake again.

returning home . . 

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chanda stopped at the apartment to check on the cats today and sent these photos:

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for a game of yahtzee with adam via zoom.

warren rolled a yahtzee!

a delicious meal made by kathy and warren, grilled chicken, tomato casserole, broccoli salad (from biy y grocery store) and tabouleh.

kendall sent several photos of aurélien playing in the rain at bird cottage:

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monday . . 

kathy, warren and i drove to hartford to pick out outdoor lights for the family home at a special lighting store. it was huge and i'm sorry i didn't take a more panaromic photo of the store (i thought i had but don't see them on my phone). i only have photos of the individual lights . .  (rather boring) . . (greg stayed at the house to work) . . 

these are not the ones we chose. we ended up buying four lights that were $30 to $60 dollars each, rather than the 120/140 dollar ones. so much more economical!

afterwards, we had lunch at mozzicato's cafe (i've always wanted to go) and then chose cookies from the bakery to take home.

(three musketeers)

dinner before heading home with greg . .