a room with a view

 morgana and chanda love the view from my friend kendall's apartment. they say that you can pretend to be in victorian england when looking out, as all the buildings are over a hundred years old.

halloween decorations on october 29th

 october 29th is a big deal to me as for the past two years we've had major storms. so far everything is quiet today, and surprisingly nothing has been predicted. so . . in celebration of such a halcyonic future (at least for the next few hours) here are some of the halloween/autumn decorations chanda put up on our windows.

 

close up . .

 close up: the marc jacobs store at night.

 is the bee trying to pull the tablecloth out from under her?

i believe the ants are taking off with the pears and bread and crackers . .

the bird on my window

 eva and her family sent us an ornament made from their magnolia tree.

it's incredibly smooth! eva, who helped you sand it so smooth? and did everyone take turns painting a different part? it's really lovely. thanks so much for sending it. is there a story about the tree?

another day

chanda had a low fever today, and spent the day in bed. i puttered around and didn't seem to accomplish much of anything that i can remember . . morgana babysat and went to ballet and a rehearsal. korrina had some pictures developed and went to her script analysis class. for dinner i made the creamy potato soup from amanda soule's rhythm of the family book, along with a zucchini bread. i didn't start it 'til late, but the potatoes cooked up quickly. it was a good meal to have on such a dark and rainy day.