minerva and harley's tomato soup

 

minerva has been a little poorly so the vet has recommended that kendall give her a vitamin b shot once a week for six weeks. i've been helping her on thursdays. we wrap her and then i hold her firmly on the counter while kendall makes a tent of minerva's loose skin on the nape of her neck, and injects the medicine. last week didn't go so well, but this all went smoothly. kendall did an excellent job of tenting and injecting. 

morgana gave me harley's recipe for tomato soup the other day, and this evening i made it for dinner - two cans of whole peeled tomatoes, a can of crushed tomatoes, sautéed garlic and onion with oregano and thyme, a vegetable bullion cube (with a 1/2 cup water) - pureed with an immersion blender.

it was delicious!

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i did walk milly again today (maggie has been away).

it was windy!

walking milly and other things on a tuesday

 

the halloween/fall decorations this year have included many gourds and pumpkins.

!!!

interesting dresses seen in soho . .

my sister sent photos of the trees changing color in her town . .

the rail trail looks especially beautiful . . 

we're still quite green here!

adam sent a pic of extra large clams at the hatchery.

and last, but not least, a pretty late blooming flower morgan found in their garden this week.

oh, one more photo: for dinner this evening we had salmon cakes, cole slaw and fingerling sweet potatoes.

and it is quite warm again . . i've been wearing sandals and had to take the warm wool blanket off the bed. a cold front is supposed to come through friday night.

milly, flowers and honey bees

 

"my treat, please."

(it was kathy's birthday today too and she received her card on time.)

walking milly, neighborhood puppets and plum cake

 

my milly pics of the day:

ready for the walk!

passing another fluffy pup . . 

looking for the treats i have in my pocket . . 

and ready for one last treat after a successful outing.

every other tuesday i pick up fresh veggies from a local program similar to the one i used to do with korrina, and i always pass the puppets created by ralph lee that are on display (my friend ron used to work with his puppets years ago with the mettawee river theatre company). 

(ellen uses several ralph lee masks for her dance titled "rainforest.")

do you think i put too many pats of butter on my plum cake?

well, it tasted delicious!

looking for the goldenrod

i was determined to walk through the park today, to see how the goldenrod was doing. last year at this time i had bought a bunch at the green market and dyed several skeins of yarn. greg and i had also traveled north to see jason and the roadways were bordered by fields and fields of goldenrod - i was so amazed.

so milly and i set out . . 

and there it was at the playground . . 

i sent this video to marisa as she had sent me a photo of all the goldenrod in her garden in vermont . . 

so beautiful! we had visited with her last summer also and i was astounded at the plethora of goldenrod.

i have to say, milly was not very impressed. she simply wanted me to offer her the treat i had in my pocket.

summer wednesday

 

what is so interesting out on the river?

vestiges of sail 250 . . 

packing material from clothes i'm trying on . . . . 

send me to london!

milly, morgan and dinner out

time for a walk . . 

 

into soho . . 

morgan sent a video of a canyoning expedition in wales.

it's also very hot in london right now.

i met kendall and janine at a new restaurant (zimmi's) we've been wanting to try . . 

the food was very good.

they treated me to a delicious pre-birthday dinner.

it was a fun evening out together.