saturday back home

 
arriving home around noon time . . 

so good to see the kitties again . . 

chanda had fixed up her room . . 

greg took me to see the elephants . . 

looks like some rain is coming . . 

so many people are crowding around . . was someone famous walking by?

after the rain i felt like getting italian sausages to have with the peppers in the refrigerator, left over from last saturday's green market visit.

another elephant!

i sent a few pics to korrina . . i had questions about the strings on the sausage and how long they should cook for . . she reminded me i had made it for christmas and it had turned out so good. i ended up simmering them on low for thirty minutes . . 

peppers and onions with sweet and hot italian sausage and italian bread.

monday morning

i love the scent of the andromeda bush . .

before greg and i got on the road, we reviewed the window options for the house with kathy and warren and spoke with cindy, who sent a lovely video of her and jeff singing at christmas time in london at a local pub with ryan's choral group. (ryan is in the green sweater with the pretty snowflake and the gold glasses - his back is to the camera. he sings tenor, just like his grandfather did.)

back at home i set out the beautiful hyacinth, forsythia and daffodils that kathy sent back with me:

the hyacinth and the daffodils are not good for the cats so they are tucked into the corner. the forsythia is supposedly alright if cricket chews on the flowers . . they are supposedly very bitter. 

ready for a picnic? (caption from my sister.)

last day on the cape

today we headed back home. we began with an early morning swim, and then met afterwards to sit and talk a little before saying good-bye . . and then it was time for greg and i to leave the cape until our next visit, which will actually be in october. we'll return with korrina and with my sister and brother-in-law for a week long visit. i'm hoping to take the ferry to martha's vineyard and bike a bit around there.

chanda went to work on her readings for the day and greg and i drove to the popover cafe again, to pick up treats for the car ride home. i thought it was interesting that there was a note on the glass of this door saying that the generator was on the roof. i imagine they get hit by a good many hurricanes and need back up.

back over the bourne bridge . . 

greg has been wanting to stop at this diner for awhile now, i think. he's noticed it on past trips. the woman to his left is crocheting granny squares while waiting for her food.

listening to a song from our past when we first met, 1985.

home again . . 

to the crazy cats . . 

back from a trip to florida

new york city looking so fine when driving in from the turnpike yesterday. 

 

greg and i got in around 2:30 pm. we made good time and didn't run into much traffic . . and the weather was sunny which was nice. 

 

i think the kitties are happy to see us (and vice versa). cricket is curled up on my lap as i type, which is not the most comfortable for me, but seems perfectly fine for him (zuzu is perched on the bin by the window). we spent yesterday cleaning up (litter trays had to be washed and countertops wiped down) and unpacking, but i still have to empty my suitcase. i'm running out in a minute to walk milly and then greg and i will meet clyde for lunch. we missed his visit in september when we were in london. i also have new eyeglasses to pick up! i didn't run out this morning to do so as i wanted to upload my photos into the computer. (download? i think from my camera it would be uploading - if it was from icloud, maybe that would be downloading?) 

pics of the cats from yesterday . . 

and a funny sign we ran into on our way to have dinner last night at our favorite ramen place . . 

it always feels good to return home . . 

so delicious!

now i have to get up and disturb this furry creature on my lap . . 

 

it's cooler up here in the north . . we were used to 80 degree days in florida, though i'm sure those days will be here soon along with all the nyc summer humidity . . !