tea and errands on holy thursday

 

janet went with me to the library where i had several books on hold and where she had to have her card re-issued as it had expired. we then went to té for tea. it's such a small and lovely tea shop and everything is delicious. i had mount a-li oolong and she had prickly ash flower herbal which i bought to have with kathy as its flavor is so different and interesting. we also had a sesame cake, red bean cake and an almond cake with citrus jam.

i then went to strand books (for a hideaway gift for chanda - something my family does each year at easter - kathy has something for greg and i but not for c), the sustainable store (for dish detergent) and lifethyme (frozen corn for the chili and some other things such as maple syrup). it was only 47 degrees today, 30 degrees less than yesterday. i was bundled up again with two sweaters, coat, hat and hand mitts. and boots. (i was wearing sandals yesterday!)

i'm dyeing eggs now (six eggs with beets and six eggs with onion skins . . except the beet color didn't work out and now i'm trying tumeric). 

wishing everyone a peaceful and loving maundy thursday.

heading home and babysitting

 
this morning i made my mom's german pancakes for jason, chanda and i for breakfast. chanda then went to class and jason and i took a walk around the neighborhood before he had to catch his train home. he stopped at our local italian lunch spot for a sandwich for his long ride, and i went to babysit aurélien for an hour (he was not feeling well with a bad cough and runny nose, and fell asleep in bed as i read children just like me to him).

i stopped at the butcher for several items and then came home and talked with morgan for awhile. morgan has been trying to make some important decisions in regard to a work program and whether to be in a free lance position or a permanent one. the photo above is of tulips seen in soho (london). i then fell asleep, though i meant to knit. we had leftover chili for dinner and now greg is asleep.

a warm, sunny day and tea in london

here's a purple leaf plum tree, or cherry plum. it's sweetly fragrant with a beautiful honey scent. i took the photo yesterday in st. luke's garden after picking up some groceries from brooklyn fare. 

the weather has been sunny and warm and i think everyone feels a freedom from wearing heavy coats, scarves and hats; and all are out enjoying the air. today was warmer than yesterday and the temperature went up to 79 degrees. it was supposed to rain this evening and we had a few drops, but mainly a cooler breeze just came through and it's now down to 62, which i'm sure everyone is happy about. we're all very particular and don't like it too warm and almost 80 F is too warm for april 14th. 

i cleaned up around the apartment today - dusted and vacuumed and did the bathroom . . fixed the april cornell apron my sister gave me for christmas by raising the button on the neck strap higher and worked on the wave of change blanket. i called the furnace people again as we need to get a new hot water heater for the house, but so far a salesperson hasn't gotten back to me. this is the third time i've called them . . should i take the silence personally?

morgana sent some pics from london . . an excursion to a tea cafe in greenwich occurred tuesday with eva's three girls . .

i think they had such a wonderful time . .

and everything looks so delicious.

a sweet chick having its photo taken on a teacake - a gift from flora to morgana.

 

"schwestern" (to quote eva)

it all looks so lovely . . 

including the thames under a beautiful blue sky with veronika in the distance (i think they had fun balancing stones - eva has more pics on her blog).

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it's maundy thursday and i listened to montauk community church's evening service which they livestreamed at 8 pm.

st. peter's chelsea also livestreamed their service.