feeling like summer

the magnolia trees are beginning to bloom in our neighborhood . . 

kendall and aurèlien were in the courtyard today. aurèlien has a friend in the building and they were playing outside on such a warm spring day. it was nice to join them.

greg and i had an early dinner today at a favorite diner. greg is keeping a food diary as he's been having a few digestive issues. it's nothing very serious and keeping track of what he's been eating has been helpful.

on our way home the almost full moon was shining bright.

friday the 20th

greg and i had dinner at bus stop cafe. chanda is babysitting. i spent the day working on the london trip posts. this next one includes the victoria and albert museum which is rather extensive . . i took too many photos of the exhibits and it was another day of walking everywhere. i hope i don't take too long putting it together. tomorrow i need to pick up a book from strand for my sister and mail it off for her birthday . . which is monday. hmmm . . 

the weather has been really nice. it was warm and sunny, but no more than 80 degrees. this evening it's cool so that i needed to wear my sweatshirt to the restaurant. it's been like that every day this week.

here's the 20th of september, 2022 . . at the victoria and albert in london . .

bus stop cafe

 

 

breakfast and errands

for breakfast i had cinnamon toast and oolong wu-yi tea (it was very good eva).

greg and i walked to the newly renovated bed, bath and beyond store to buy vacuum cleaner bags and water filters.

it's amazingly spacious inside now, though i think some locals will miss the variety of salads and sandwiches in the new cafe, along with the cereals, teas and coffees they used to sell and which we no longer saw (perhaps they will add it later).

walking home we passed these bright pink flowers . . i think they are morning glories.

free books . . 

we decided to stop for dinner at bus stop cafe, and shared eggplant parmigiana and spaghetti . . 

some musicians passed by . . 

and so did the bus . .

nyc

 i was so happy to be home again, that i actually took pictures of the buildings going up at hudson yards while stopped at a stop light at 30th street.

 they are going up so fast.

 greg and i walked to a neighborhood diner for dinner (i was hungry after a three hour drive home!).

 only neighborhood old timers were at bus stop cafe this evening. it was quiet and cozy with jazz music playing in the background. 

we walked home in a cold wind! i know spring is around the corner . . somewhere.