milly and pumpkins

 

i tried the italian hot chocolate today from fellini . . it was incredibly thick and chocolatey! but not too sweet. it was very good.

local jack o'lanterns . . 

and local . . cowboy pumpkins?

walking all day

 

that face . .

christine visited me today and we walked all over . . 

coffee and croissant at fellini . . 

we browsed through all the stores at chelsea market (posman's, fish's eddy, pearl river) . . and found a few gift ideas . . 

we also walked along the river . . 

into chelsea . . 

and over to the high line . .

and viewed the new colossal statue that has replaced the pigeon . . the light that shines through the universe, by tuan andrew nguyen.

walking along the high line . . 

past the church of the guardian angel . . 

the beautiful stonework on the church . . 

we finally stopped for sustenance at chelsea square. we meant to visit la bergamot, but they had closed their kitchen to prepare for dinner and weren't serving anything hot.

we were supposed to have breakfast before walking milly, but ran out of time . . so i think she was quite hungry by late afternoon. i was too.

christine took the train to port authority where she caught the bus back to her sister's house. i went home and set out the candy she had brought us from iceland (i put away my special treat of danish cognac chocolate for christmas time - they're my favorite and i haven't had any since the last time she was here which was before covid).

she also brought lovely sock yarn i had seen in london, but which she found in a store in copenhagen.

wednesday

 

i took milly for a walk into soho after my class today.

the weather has been nice . . cool in the evening and warm during the day - in the low 70's.

heat and haze

 

i was out earlier than usual to walk milly as it was supposed to go up to the high 90's . . which it did - stopping at 98 degrees. but even though it was cooler at 10:30 in the morning (only 93), the air was terrible. the dewpoint and humidity were high and all the dust and debris from the local construction was just hanging in the air (double townhouse renovations and parking garages being converted into luxury apartments). my throat was sore from breathing it in. as the day progressed, the wildfire smoke moved in. 

daisies by the morton williams supermarket on la guardia place. i stopped in to see if they had a bottle brush that i could use for cleaning our flower vases. fortunately, they did.

peaceful wind chimes . . 

the light this evening was yellowish brown and heavy. i put the air on and chanda and the cats were much happier.

pets and a new mural in soho

 

ready for our walk . . 

it was very hot today so we tried staying in the shade as we took our time walking to soho. along the way we passed a mural artist working on a new piece at macdougal street.

everyone was intrigued.

i bought a peach iced tea again from fellini and milly received a treat.

after walking milly i met chanda for pluto's annual vet check up.

our vet and the technician loved him as he was so sweet and quiet and dr. goldberg declared him to be in good health. 

morgan sent these next two photos . . 

but without an explanation so i'm not sure yet who this dog is.

i posted about rejoining the food coop here, the vote at the coop here, and about dining at korrina's restaurant here, and there are other days in between.

i also tried to take a photo of the beautiful full moon . . well, it's not completely full anymore though it still looks quite full. it's been rising later so i haven't seen it when first falling asleep. i woke at 3 am and saw it bathing the room with its silvery light. this was the blue moon, the second full moon of may (may first and may thirty first).

walking milly and a slice of cheesecake

 

milly's ear blowing in the wind . . 

before i walked milly today i rode a citibike downtown to visit the mah ze dahr cafe at brookfield place. i had seen on their instagram story that they were closing their counter at the food court and today was their last day. they used to have a storefront on greenwich avenue but they left that space a few years ago. (i had visited there many times with marisa, and also with korrina, morgana and chanda.) so today i thought i would go and have one last treat and cup of tea. a worker behind the counter mentioned that they might open a new space near hudson yards in september.

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.

crocuses, milly, public art and a theatre class

 

the crocuses have popped up in our tree pit gardens.

it was a walk milly day . . 

we went by the river . . it was wonderfully sunny . . 

daffodils!

david hammons, days end, 2014-21, stainless steel and precast concrete. it's a physical outline of an old warehouse that used to sit in this exact spot. the artist gordon matta-clark would cut large openings in the structure. the second photo below has a picture of one of his renderings.

this afternoon, after walking milly, i finished my reading for the classical literature class i'm taking at the library, rewriting/repurposing classical plays with professor judith miller who taught at nyu. there are fourteen people in the class and it's been really fun. oedipus rex (sophocles) was discussed the first week; week two was incendies by wajdi mouawad (inspired by oedipus rex); and tomorrow will be the tempest by william shakespeare. everyone has much to say!