cats and milly . . and morgan and friends in london

 
the cats were happily lounging when i was ready to go out and walk milly . . 

i took photos to send morgan . . 

cricket was on the prowl . . 

i never did send these to morgan . . !!

(here's sweet milly, ready for her walk.)

but i did receive this lovely photo from london . . which put a smile on my face. so glad you all got together eva!

errands and a dinner guest

i went in search of fresh zucchini today for the red bean and quinoa chili i was making for dinner this evening. eva's jonathan has been in town for an internship he's doing, and we invited him for a visit. thus, i walked to the union square green market and then through washington square to stop at a gluten free bakery on sullivan street. there were three bands playing in different corners of the park, along with a hula hoop artist and lots of people with dogs and babies. summer will be officially here this coming thursday!

the feline dental chew sticks arrived today and cricket could smell the silvervine herb they were packed in through the packaging.

pluto kept me company while i made the chili . . 

it was very nice catching up with jonathan and hearing about his studies and his plans for the next year.

and chanda arrived home in time to have dessert with us (and cricket?) . . lemon sorbetto from our local ice cream shop (julietta's) and vanilla bean ice cream from the grocery store.

a rainy wet saturday, here (nyc) and there (london)

it was such a rainy and cold saturday.

i met my friend jeanette at one of her favorite italian restaurants, al vicoletto on 17th street. we hadn't seen each other since before christmas, so we had a lot to catch up on (actually, greg, morgana, chanda and i attended a soirée at their apartment in january, but since we didn't get a chance to chat then, we figure it doesn't really count as a "get together."

london doesn't look any different. chanda and morgana were up early (4:30 am!) to travel from paris to london. they had a busy day visiting eva and family, and then settled into a bed and breakfast for a few days. morgana met up with a friend while chanda shopped for supplies at whole foods, then i think she went home and collapsed with a cup of pukka tea.

 these are photos of the sir john soane's house that morgana and chanda met eva and family at. unfortunately, my girls didn't get any people pics. we'll have to depend on eva for that (eva gives a wonderful account of the visit).

 chanda said she really enjoyed her time with everyone at the museum (thank you so much eva!). sir john was an english architect of the neo-classical style during the 19th century. per his request, his house has been untouched since his death in 1837.