vegetables, korrina and milly

i walked milly this afternoon around 12:45 pm.

it's been warm, but not too warm. not 98 with 90 percent humidity and dewpoint 72 (florida weather). it's been the low to mid 90's and there's always a nice breeze from the river. of course when you get home you are so sticky that you have to peel off your clothes and take a shower . . but that's normal for nyc.

she actually drank some water today. she usually doesn't, even though she's panting up a storm.

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i met korrina at the green market this morning before she went into work. she showed me her favorite farm stands and had good suggestions about where to get the best tomatoes, cantelopes, corn and cuucmbers.

afterwards, we had coffee together at abraço because i've been craving their coffee frappé.

then she headed into work and i dropped off the vegetables at home before walking milly.

squash is my favorite vegetable in the summer . . i also loaded up on honey from our nyc honey vendor, andrew. the hawthorne valley stand had delicious looking romaine lettuce and another farm had good looking eggs. 

dogs, cats, windows and a play

i visited the green market this morning where i talked with kendall and aurélien, and karl and victor at the fish stand. i bought apples, kale, spring onions, an aged hard cheese from the cheese vendor and . . (drum roll please) strawberries! yes, the first strawberries appeared and chanda and i quickly devoured them. they were expensive and i always complain about the particular farm stand that sells them because they never completely fill the green paper container. but . . i still bought them and though i griped and said i wouldn't buy from there again this season . . i'm sure i will.

milly's owners asked me to walk her today as they weren't going to be home, so i went over around noon. when we came back i realized she had had an accident on the couch blanket she sleeps on and had also vomited some food by her dog bed. her owners are expecting a baby and i think milly is feeling the coming transition. 

(she's such a cute dog)

you can see from milly's ears how extremely windy it was this afternoon.

waiting for her treat . . 

greg was determined to fix our window screen today. i'm not sure if you remember that the cats pulled in a mourning dove in the fall and there had been a big hole in the screen ever since (yes, the poor dove died. greg and chanda found it over by the big chair, next to the bed. i'm not sure where they buried it. i think i had been at the studio helping ellen. such drama and tragedy!)

pluto tried to help but greg was not appreciative!

cricket and zuzu were put away as they would have tried to get out when i was cleaning the window. it was so dusty from all the construction work that only recently ended.

this is zuzu checking out the handiwork and sniffing all the good outdoor smells. even having the window open this far can be a problem when the mourning doves sit on the sill, oblivious to the danger inside. we're going to get an additional portable window screen that you can buy at home depot. it'll fit in snug with the window holding it down and they shouldn't be able to get their paws pushed through two screens, hopefully.

she's watching the birds flying around . . 

greg and i had a date tonight . . 

after a dinner of taco leftovers, we walked to the irish repertory company to see irishtown.

 

it was very funny and it felt wonderful to laugh. we both really enjoyed it and greg says he would like to read it. we might go to the drama book store one week to see if they have it. i haven't been there in ages.

we had ice cream at julietta's before heading home. i had chocolate and vanilla. greg had pistachio, mint chip and lemon sorbet.

it was a nice evening out. i really enjoy the shows at irish rep. (p.s. the moon is beautiful tonight.)

another grey day

 

today felt even colder than yesterday. kendall and aurélien came over for a visit bringing cookies from a local bakery. aurélien has had a large splinter in the palm of his hand for a week now. kendall was hoping he would let greg try to get it out, but he wasn't agreeable. greg thinks it might become sore due to working itself out and then aurélien might be more amenable to having kendall take a poke at it.

the azealeas are just breathtaking and help to cheer things up around here.

these roses do a good job at that too.

saturday

today was green market day . . and i managed to wake up without a feeling of impending doom, though i'm sure it will revisit periodically.

birthdays are coming up! i bought a bag of granny smith apples just to be prepared, and i had a cup of coffee at my favorite farm stand (our farmer, david, began offering it last saturday).

beautiful flowers at the flower stand, which i never buy because they are quite expensive and because my cats would try to eat them.

so the first thing i noticed when stepping out of the house today was that the air smelled like smoke. you could also see it in the air: a very fine haze. the google map app now has a wildfire indicator so i looked to see if there were fires around, and there were several in new jersey and in connecticut. the farmer at the apple stall said they had a fire last week that burned several acres on their farm. it is just too dry. we haven't had any rain and we usually have quite a bit at this time of year.

greg and i took the compost to the hudson river park and observed the haze over the river. 

i then went shopping at faicco's and the health food store for the ingredients spaghetti and meatballs. ron and andy are coming for dinner tomorrow night. we've been doing laundry and straightening up the apartment also.

i saw these two cute shoppers while looking for clementines in the produce section.

finally . . dinner at 8 pm after finishing all the chores . . leftover pasta salad and a "spider" steak from the butcher. max (the apprentice) said it was from the under leg and was similar to the very dark meat of a chicken leg. it was delicious.

apple season and a walk to a favorite cafe

 
at the green market this morning . . 

and they are so crisp, juicy and delicious!

we walked downtown to duane park patisserie . . 

work continues on the second big google building going up just south of houston street.

a building put up in . . 

1891 . .

finally at duane park patisserie . . 

we haven't visited since they reopened after renovating in june.

i tried their classic ring ding (which madeline, the chef, is well know for, and greg had an eclair.)

they added several more tables and a bar, and more savory lunch fare dishes.

walking home . . it was such a beautiful day with sunshine and a nice breeze.

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kathy sent a pic of toby who likes to sit in the window box, looking in at them.

holiday monday

the mornings have been cool with a strong hint of autumn on the way . . but it still gets very humid during the day, though not at all too warm; only 80 degrees today. (chanda brought home this little cat tea light holder from london.)

i made pesto for dinner with fresh basil from muddy farm on saturday, along with sautéed summer zucchini (also from the farm). greg and i had breakfast at buvette in the morning. chanda had been cat sitting and came home to work on her room.

i can hear the baby downstairs wailing tonight . . !

a meeting at the green market

i met korrina at union square today. she had been in manhattan to visit cafe sabarsky with work colleagues. they're interested in an austrian theme for the next season at the restaurant and since korrina has in the past studied with the cafe's pastry chef, they wanted to try a few cakes (strudel, apricot, chocolate . . ). i also found out that korrina had seen the paula modersohn-becker exhibit! and really loved it! i'm so glad. she especially liked the painting of artist clara westhoff that paula modersohn had done (they were very close friends), and the bust that clara had made of paula.

korrina's pure joy (joji locatelli) with yarn she bought at the black sheep yarn store in east hampton and . . hmm, forgot the other one . . she'll have to fill us in later . . 

 

my trust the process, tré lis, with yarn from fiber gentili. we had chocolate rugelach, coffee and tea from breads bakery. it was so nice to see her.

my green beans that she gave me from the batch she bought at the market. they were so fresh. i roasted them with a little rosemary, thyme, sea salt and pepper and olive oil.