friday afternoon and evening

 

greg had lunch while i went on afsc's action hour . . 

i wrapped aurélien's birthday gifts as he and kendall are driving upstate sunday morning and i'd like her to have his gifts there for the day of his birthday (june 30th).

deviled eggs for dinner . . !

and another met game for korrina and wash . . 

river walk

 

janet and i had tacos today at las mariscos and then walked along the river. we caught up on each other's news and i enjoyed seeing photos of her adventures in jordan, saudi arabia and oman. actually, i haven't seen the petra photos yet . . i'm looking forward to that. swimming at wadi shab was the main topic of conversation . . such an amazing place.

the days have been warm and sunny . . 

a sunny day and a retirement celebration

milly and i had a beautiful day for a walk along the river . . 

it felt so good to walk in the sunshine . . 

the tulips are everywhere now.

we walked all the way down to the park with the giant sturgeon before turning around.

we passed two enormous cranes on the way back.

may i have my treat now, please?

in the evening i met kendall and janine to celebrate janine's birthday and her retirement! she has not enjoyed her job for many years now so we're both happy she is finally free of it. she worked for a health plan company which never had enough nurses on the job, so janine constantly worried about her patients and could never finish the daily work load. it was very stressful. (her birthday gifts from kendall and i were socks! i thought it was funny we both chose socks for her this year without realizing it.)

pomegranate and radicchio salad . . 

grilled octopus which was incredibly tender (the restaurant is hav and mar by chef marcus samuelsson which you can read about in this ny times article).

singing happy birthday . . 

along with a dessert of glogg poached pear, rosemary pavlova (it looks like a beautiful geode), orange chutney and maple whipped cream.

thanksgiving

it was a very rainy drive to my sister's thursday morning, but all went well and we had a wonderful time together. we picked korrina up in queens and took the whitestone bridge across the sound (and also gave a ride to her co-worker whose cousin picked him up at my sister's house).

helping in the kitchen . . 

after dinner walk . .

observing a wasp's nest that fell out of someone's tree . .

waving hello to friends who were still feasting . . 

(doing some school work)

celebrating two birthdays . . 

part one of our three part game of "bowl."

thanksgiving in london (with ryan and morgan and harley and friends).

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friday afternoon walk . . 

observing the moss growing in the crevice of a tree surrounded by lichen . . 

probably home to many tardigrades . . 

taking photos with chanda's magnifying glass . . 

at the falls . . 

adding to a little fairy house . . 

an early dinner . . 

and then to the train station with korrina who headed home early as she had work the next day.

the capitol building in the distance . . 

a game of yahtzee in the evening . . 

(back home with wash the cat)

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saturday morning zoom with morgan . . 

saying good-bye . . 

to toby too . . 

(bulldog alert . . )

walking to a favorite pizza place for dinner . . 

good night!