Showing posts with label hoban washburne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hoban washburne. Show all posts

Thursday, July 16, 2026

a smokey day

the smoke grew worse as evening came on. korrina took this photo and the video below while on her way home from work. 

i ran a bunch of errands again and also went to the dentist, and then we all spent the evening packing after having dinner.

zuzu . .

and wash . . 

time for some sleep . . 

Friday, June 26, 2026

friday afternoon and evening

 
greg had lunch while i went on afsc's action hour . . 

i wrapped aurélien's birthday gifts as he and kendall are driving upstate sunday morning and i'd like her to have his gifts there for the day of his birthday (june 30th).

deviled eggs for dinner . . !

and another met game for korrina and wash . . 

Sunday, May 24, 2026

morning poem and sunday photos


she sights a bird

she sights a bird--she chuckles--
she flattens---then she crawls--
she runs without the look of feet--
her eyes increase to balls--

her jaws stir--twitching--hungry--
her teeth can hardly stand--
she leaps, but robin leaped the first--
ah, pussy, of the sand,

the hopes so juicy ripening--
you almost bathed your tongue--
when bliss disclosed a hundred toes--
and fled with every one--

by emily dickinson (1830-1886)

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pancakes for breakfast with chanda and greg . . 

morgana did some springtime replanting and weeding . .  

dinner was delicious leftovers from last night.

korrina - enjoying a day off with wash.

Monday, April 27, 2026

the weekend

just some photos from our weekend out east. pluto stayed home with chanda while the two rascals came along with us. we had a rainy drive going out, and two days of grey skies. the sun shone on monday and we left in the evening when greg finished work.




dinner at the point - i had one of my favorite meals: seared blackened tuna with sesame seeds and a soy garlic glace. their fresh tuna is always very tender and never overdone. i love the steamed vegetables and mashed potatoes with it too. greg had a fish reuben sandwich which he said was very good.

afterwards we visited the art gallery as it's their last show in this particular space. they're not sure where they are moving to yet.

i always enjoy walking around the backyard.

it was a drizzly walk along the beach early sunday morning . . 






coming back to the house, zuzu likes to peek through the window to see who's coming up the path.


this was a nice book explaining how the several breeds of guardian dogs have been trained to take care of the sheep. 

korrina was off from work and was at home watching the mets game with wash.

it was a close game of scrabble and greg would have won by just a few points, but he was too tired to lay out his final word. i've gotten better at holding my own.

a beautiful moon . .

and i hadn't missed the peepers . . 

zuzu had her eye on a squirrel outside . . 

their tails!



lunch on monday: fried clams with the bellies and lobster bisque for me, fish and chips and cole slaw for greg (though we shared the soup and the slaw).


my aloe plants haven't been doing so well. i brought two of them home to see if they can spring back.

home again late this evening.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

sunny day

 
it was windy walking milly by the river today . . but it was perfectly warm . . 71 degrees - not too hot and not too cold.

today i discovered that there is a fellini cafe on 14th street! they're everywhere.

she's wondering where her treat is . . it was in my pocket.

and she gets another treat at home.

korrina sent this photo of wash, which i love.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

milly, deviled eggs, wash the cat again, and pics from vermont

 
it was another warm day. milly was not happy that she had to wear her sunshirt, but her fur is thin on her back and we don't want her to get sunburned. she looks quite pitiful here, doesn't she? povera milly!

i don't have any other photos of our walk. no tulips, magnolias, or daffodils today. i noticed that the redbud trees are beginning to sprout, and the cherry trees went from bare to bursting! i think i should get out with my camera tomorrow . . 

i did buy a delicious and refreshing peach iced tea at fellini . . and milly was not neglected. she snacked on the treats i had in my pocket while i sipped my tea.

greg made deviled eggs from the leftover dyed easter eggs we had brought back from connecticut. it was the perfect night for a cold supper (i remember many cold suppers with my parents and my sister on our screened in porch when i was little and it was too hot to sit inside). we also had a kale salad with pomegranate seeds.

(i think it went up to 89 today!)

he dusted the eggs with smoked paprika - so good!

here's another photo of wash relaxing in his cat stand. i don't think korrina has been able to move it to a different area of the room because he's always in it.

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kathy and warren have been in vermont having a belated birthday celebration with jason.

it looks like his birthday gift was a beatles album and a paul simon album. they probably went together to pick them out at the used record store.