the weekend

 

we went out to the house to do some straightening and cleaning for a rental that is coming up, and to visit the beach and attend the local firehouse pancake breakfast. pluto came along this time. we left the other two home with a very nice neighbor coming in to feed them.

fixing up the linen closet . . we had so many towels stuffed onto the shelves that i moved several downstairs.

finishing the kitchen clean up . . 

after vacuuming, scrubbing and decluttering we made it to the beach before dark.

pretty sea lettuce, ulva lactuca

visiting the train depot art gallery opening . . 

last dinner at our favorite place until next summer (they close for the winter season).

pluto was restless and wandered around meowing incessantly. we think he was unaccustomed to being alone . . and he hadn't been to the house in over a year.

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this morning we went to the pancake breakfast at the firehouse before getting on the road.

here is pluto asking for a snack before leaving . . we didn't want to get on the road too late as there was supposed to be heavy rain coming in later in the day.

and it did rain the entire way, but it was light (comparatively!)

i worked on my sock . . 

home again . . (and it did finally come down like someone was tossing buckets of water overboard).

saturday morning photo op

 

just a photo of pluto for your saturday morning.

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).

flowers, cats and the dinner routine

 

i made lentil soup with carrots and celery (also with garlic and a parmesan heel) . . 

we take turns washing the dishes afterwards . . the dishwasher broke a number of years ago and we never had it fixed. we've been down the repair road and the replacement road and so far we haven't wanted to do either for this one. i do think eventually (one day!) we will replace it with a better quality machine . . 

(they were discussing artificial intelligence, data centers, routers and the number of power cords needed for all the information corporations keep online).

pluto is grabbing at my toe with his claw . . 

he's such a nut.

a blustery day

 

books, knitting and dinner

these are the latest books i've been reading. call the nurse by mary j. macleod follows her life in the north of scotland, working as a nurse for a small island community. it was a christmas gift given to me a year or so ago by kathy and warren and i'm surprised it took me so long to dive in. i loved it and found her stories to be profound and also very amusing. humanity can be so silly and so deep at the same time. the community that surrounded her was warm and supportive with many funny quirks and a long history. 

i came across the traveling cat chronicles at jefferson market one day when i returned a library book. i didn't want to put it down once i began reading it. the cat narrates his life shared with a man who one day decides to take him to visit several childhood and college friends. each visit shows us a little more of the man's life and how he and the cat understand and care for each other. it was a beautiful and touching read.

i finally began the applied i-cord border on the baby blanket i'm knitting for milly the dog's owners. their baby was born in may and i hope to have it ready to give them in a few weeks.

i couldn't resist getting fresh corn from the green market this morning and we had it with sausage and carrots. it was wonderfully juicy and sweet.

dogs, cats, windows and a play

i visited the green market this morning where i talked with kendall and aurélien, and karl and victor at the fish stand. i bought apples, kale, spring onions, an aged hard cheese from the cheese vendor and . . (drum roll please) strawberries! yes, the first strawberries appeared and chanda and i quickly devoured them. they were expensive and i always complain about the particular farm stand that sells them because they never completely fill the green paper container. but . . i still bought them and though i griped and said i wouldn't buy from there again this season . . i'm sure i will.

milly's owners asked me to walk her today as they weren't going to be home, so i went over around noon. when we came back i realized she had had an accident on the couch blanket she sleeps on and had also vomited some food by her dog bed. her owners are expecting a baby and i think milly is feeling the coming transition. 

(she's such a cute dog)

you can see from milly's ears how extremely windy it was this afternoon.

waiting for her treat . . 

greg was determined to fix our window screen today. i'm not sure if you remember that the cats pulled in a mourning dove in the fall and there had been a big hole in the screen ever since (yes, the poor dove died. greg and chanda found it over by the big chair, next to the bed. i'm not sure where they buried it. i think i had been at the studio helping ellen. such drama and tragedy!)

pluto tried to help but greg was not appreciative!

cricket and zuzu were put away as they would have tried to get out when i was cleaning the window. it was so dusty from all the construction work that only recently ended.

this is zuzu checking out the handiwork and sniffing all the good outdoor smells. even having the window open this far can be a problem when the mourning doves sit on the sill, oblivious to the danger inside. we're going to get an additional portable window screen that you can buy at home depot. it'll fit in snug with the window holding it down and they shouldn't be able to get their paws pushed through two screens, hopefully.

she's watching the birds flying around . . 

greg and i had a date tonight . . 

after a dinner of taco leftovers, we walked to the irish repertory company to see irishtown.

 

it was very funny and it felt wonderful to laugh. we both really enjoyed it and greg says he would like to read it. we might go to the drama book store one week to see if they have it. i haven't been there in ages.

we had ice cream at julietta's before heading home. i had chocolate and vanilla. greg had pistachio, mint chip and lemon sorbet.

it was a nice evening out. i really enjoy the shows at irish rep. (p.s. the moon is beautiful tonight.)