happy autumn! the sun crossed the celestial equator at 2:50 am this morning . . our nights will now be longer than our days. i'll miss the long summer days . . !
and it was a rainy day at the green market . . mariebelle (k's housekeeper who just returned from guatemala where she said it was soooo hot and sticky!) and i helped kendall and aurélien carry up several wet bags to their apartment, after which i then picked out some zucchini, okra, carrots and corn, flounder and scallops. aurélien had been insisting on going to the playground, but when mariebelle turned up, he was happy to stay home and help her clean. i think kendall was relieved because no one was at the playground and it was extremely wet. i'm not sure how pleased mariebelle was! no, i'm sure she was fine. she's so good with him and he loves her. kendall will keep him from bothering her too much . . and he'll probably spend the whole time she's there vacuuming! he loves to vacuum.
tropical storm ophelia is passing by . .
i'm really enjoying the rainy day today.
when i took this pic, i woke pluto from his rainy day nap.
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chanda sent several photos from her field trip to plum island today. it's a bit wet, but wildly beautiful . .
she says it's cold too . .
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and morgan's harley sent photos of her two cats:
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i've never seen such a fluffy black cat! her name is cobwebs and harley says she's a bit feral.
and this is summer, the mama cat to cobwebs above.
i also spoke with kathy today. it was her birthday (greg and i sang happy birthday into their message machine - they had been out to the new britain art museum and yesterday they had been biking in willimantic where they saw a blue heron, an osprey and an eagle catch a fish in the river . . quite an adventurous day!)
