we began the morning by knocking on a few neighbors' doors and looking for toby (placing more flyers in mailboxes) . . followed by picking up morgana at the bus station in hartford, and then getting the car from the gas station in massachusetts where it was being fixed.
and then we thanked aunt kathy for running us all around and finally drove to sturbridge for chanda's costume fitting.
it was a beautiful sunny day for being on the road and it felt great to be in the car again.
chanda had a 2:00 appointment with chris in the costume department. i had never been before (greg brought morgana for her costume fitting), so it was nice to see.
straw hats lined the counter and undergarments were tucked carefully away (petticoats and shirts and handkerchiefs).
she was fitted for two dresses. the first (above) is a blue diamond print on a cream background, and the second is a blue and pink floral print on a beige background.
morgana came in, though she was anxious to get out and walk around the village.
there are a lot of lambs this spring!
outside of freeman farm . .
we were hungry and the pie looked especially good . .
visitors are always intrigued by the food. today there was pudding, fried eggs and beef and corn cakes.
saying hello to the cows in the field. i think the smaller one in the middle is summer, the calf from last year. there are two new calves this year, but we're not sure of their names yet.
after visiting the village, and buying a beer bread in the general store, we drove home to have supper before going to church for the tenebrae service (in my sister's congregational church they have communion, and read the story of christ's time with the disciples until he is betrayed in the garden and denied by peter. as the deacons' read from the bible, the candles are extinguished, the church becomes dark, and the congregation solemnly leaves).
quietly going in for tenebrae . .
and then tea and dessert at home.
