summer day

morning photos from chanda . . 

morning coffee . . the local coffee shop is into "no waste" and fills everyone's personal cups.

it was back to walking milly this week. she was happy to see me, but then promptly turned around and laid down again on her bed! did she forget that we walk together? or did she just feel tired?!

i had to call to her and rattle her leash . . she managed to haul herself up and out . . !

greg heard that it's supposed to be 80 degrees on saturday . . 

rainy monday

it rained all day . . i feel that we haven't had such a rainy day in awhile. 

it was a rainy day for chanda also.

pluto can be very thoughtful sometimes . .

a local kombucha brewery is closing up shop, so i've been on the look out for their flavors whenever i'm out.

dinner in the rain at cafe cluny . . 

friday night sky

a few sunset photos from chanda . . 

dog days of august in september

chanda's morning photo from woods hole. greg and i returned monday, but the cable to upload the photos from my camera was left in the car, so i haven't created a post about the visit yet (which was incredibly fun and beautiful . . it felt so good to be on the cape again).

it's good to see her smile . . she's excited about the program (and loves it) but has been feeling a bit homesick.

i hope she got in for a swim today . . the beach is only a short walk from her dorm (and we went swimming twice when we were there) and the water is a perfect temperature . . just cold enough to be refreshing.      

pluto lying by the cooler draft coming from the foyer on the other side of the door . . it's been very hot and humid here. i spent yesterday lying around also, with a headache, itchy eyes, sneezes, and a runny nose. i really did not feel well with the change of the weather after we had such a comfortable august with chilly nights. korrina was feeling it too, and had a quiet day off from work - knitting on her latest project and going for a walk in her neighborhood.

i've been much better today and took milly for a walk along the river.

for my knitting project, i went up two needle sizes (to an 8) for the final panel with a different, but very similar yarn in the color pollen from the plucky knitter (sister color to pollen speckle, the cream colored yarn with acid green and light olive speckles i used for the main part of the shawl). (the shawl pattern is pure joy by joji locatelli.)

milly and i came upon some street painters . . 

here's milly waiting for her pupperoni or chicken chip treat in her cool air conditioned apartment (as compared to our fans blowing hot air apartment - she's a lucky dog. if my cats knew, they might be quite envious).

in the evening, greg and i had dinner at misoya ramen where their playlist seemed to come from the year 1977 or 8 - it could have been wlir or wplj long island in the '70's . . every song was from my high school years.

this was from a little earlier, however, drift away, released in 1972 and first heard by me in california when visiting my aunt and uncle . . hence it's ultimate categorization as a "california song," whose full list can be found under the post seemingly everywhere under the sun on a saturday.

and walking home we came upon a roller blade parade . . 

 . . just another hot summer day in gotham . .