a day with a long walk

 

it was such a nice day that i ended up putting in a load of laundry and then going for a walk (and talking to my sister on the phone).

i walked to abraço in the east village and had their delicious kaffe mit schlag, a mandarin orange and olive oil cake . .  

and began to re-read the first book of the vanderbeekers (since i just finished book seven and wanted to start over).

i also checked to see if east village organic had chestnut honey yet (no) . .

and since it's the new york city yarn crawl weekend coming up . . i stopped at downtown yarns. the theme is "bats" this year, which is also one of the reasons why i wanted to visit. each yarn shop has a bat with special theme words. if you visit all thirteen participating shops (!we keep growing with our fiber shops!) and you submit the photo and special words, you are entered to win a big grand prize! (this is not happening in my little world).

i did purchase a bag for myself, however! (oh, and a few skeins of yarn for christmas gifts - i intend to knit a few scarves for gifts . . hmmm . . i hope i do so.)

ciao, downtown yarns . . a presto. see you next time.

passing a sweet buzzing bumblebee . . 

i had to pass some time while leti at downtown yarns wound my yarn for me, so i decided to visit thompkins square library . . 

where i checked out the movies "l'albero degli zoccoli" and "mia madre." i've seen the first one in the theatre years ago, but i've never seen the second.

another bumblebee . .

my walk home took me past many halloween decorations . . 'tis the season, i suppose.

i was also exhausted, too exhausted to write this post the day of, and so am writing saturday evening, october 4th. and i can't remember what we had for dinner. maybe leftover minestrone soup?

the weather has been so up and down. one day it's chilly, grey and cool, the next warm, sunny and humid. i think i've had trouble adjusting.

coffee, flowers and clothes shopping

 

chanda and i noticed two new friends with the black cat today when walking to abraço . . crows or ravens? ravens or crows?

hello fig tree . . we love you.

(i stopped at east village organic . . but they were out of chestnut honey. he said they would order it though!)

and now it's very late and i'm still up and about . . putting together dance music for the wedding. 

time for sleep . . 

coffee and feverfew flowers

 

i walked to abraço today for their iced frappe and then walked home along 14th street.

everyone was wearing their knicks regalia as they made the finals and the city is in total go knicks mode.

feverfew in the union square green market. i love feverfew and chamomile flowers (they smell similar to me).

unfortunately, neither are good for the cats.

sunday (mother's day)

we were out early in the morning to drive to the hospital in manhasset again. we first picked deychen up in brooklyn as she wanted to come along. it was so nice to have her and we talked over coffee and pastry in the hospital's little cafe while waiting for our friends to wake from a nap.

afterwards (and after we dropped deychen deychen home again), chanda, greg and i went out to eat at ayat in the east village.

we first stopped at abraço . . 

for their delicious frappe and olive oil cake.

walking past thompkins square where there was a concert going on . . 

special drinks at ayat (mint lemonade and hibiscus) . . 

and the amazing food . . 

there are so many beautiful gardens and trees in the east village . . it was fun walking through the neighborhood.

kathy sent photos of her day with warren and adam:

they first saw a play in hartford . . 

and then biked along the rail trail . . 

beautiful spring greenery!