sunday morning poem and a drive to long island

 

the end of may

the fragrant air is full of down,

of floating, fleecy things

from some forgotten fairy town

where all the folk wear wings.

or else the snowflakes, soft arrayed

in dainty suits of lace

have ventured back in masquerade,

spring's festival to grace.

or these, perchance, are fleets of fluff,

laden with rainbow seeds,

that count their cargo rich enough

though all its wealth be weeds.

or come they from the golden trees,

where dancing blossoms were,

that now are drifting on the breeze,

sweet ghosts of gossamer?

by katherine lee bates (1859-1929)

(photo from a family trip to the new york botanical garden, may 26, 2014)

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marisa, tsering, greg and i went to see lizette in rehab. she was doing much better and she's hoping to go home soon. it was so nice to be together and to also meet her sister-in-law, fina. afterwards, we had a late breakfast at the great neck diner, where greg had eaten last sunday.

heading home . . 

in the evening, greg and i had ice cream at julietta's . . 

. . lemon sorbetto and vanilla gelato.

lunch and dinner with friends

after my afsc action hour (which happens at noon every friday), i met greg at the cafe up the street for a honey whipped latte and avocado toast (he worked from home today and had left before me to have lunch).

i couldn't finish it all and brought it back home for tomorrow.

the beautiful afternoon sky (i was walking home from the grocery store) . . 

marisa called on wednesday to say that she and tsering were in town and they were going to try and visit lizette thursday afternoon. unfortunately, there was a tunnel fire that day on the long island rail road and they weren't able to take the train out to manhasset, so we might all go together in the car on sunday. this evening they came over for dinner. i made risotto with asparagus and they brought cheese and charcuterie (tsering always picks out the most delicious cheese - tonight they brought a stilton and appenzeller along with prosciutto and calabrese, all from zabar's uptown).

and strawberry jam tarts . . 

it was so nice to get together (photo by chanda).