Devil with a Blue Dress

I had this totally awesome costume my sister made me. :)

Who were you today?


Today's earrings: diamonds, rabbits

Bedtime reading: Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett

Back to work

Nothing much happened while I was gone, but they seemed to miss me anyway.


Today's earrings: pigs, citrine drops

Bedtime reading: Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett

and I'm back

Travel highlight: homemade pesto for lunch on the plane.


no earrings

Bedtime reading: Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett

Missing Macy's

So, yesterday I was kinda halfway going to go down to Macy's Herald Square and shop. But time got away from me, and what with one thing and another, I didn't go.
"I'll go tomorrow," I told myself. "Definitely."

Today dawned dark and rainy, and stayed that way into the afternoon.
"Huh," I said to myself, "this is an excellent day to stay in and drink coffee." So I did. First I played with K's coffee grinder. It was most entertaining. Then I surfed the web, ate leftover Chinese food, and read a little Twain.

Then everyone came home and we ate pesto.


Today's earrings: pineapples, rocks

Bedtime reading: Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

Because, allegedly, S & Tiger sometimes build the Tri-Borough Bridge,

K has re-created the Yolo Causeway in the living room. It's really quite scenic.

No earrings today

Bedtime reading: Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

Motion toward

K & Tiger had a brunch date, and so left early for the city. S and I followed in the afternoon. Going to the station was like driving through a painting. In the evening we picnicked in the park on the hill. We spotted Tiger's friend C on his way home with his mother, and inveigled them into an impromptu play date. There was much running and kicking of the soccer ball. Then the sun set behind the trees, and we came home.


Today's earrings: turtles, shells

Bedtime reading: Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

Volunteers only

Today, we
- went to the farm to admire the John Deere tractors and their flock of fluffy chickens, and incidentally acquired a lot of vegetables
- went to the post office
- went to the library and got a bunch of books, mostly concerning things with wheels
- got a muffin for Tiger and a cheese danish for me
- napped
- melted frozen chili
- tried to do some crosswording (I'm way out of practice)
- made pumpkin muffins
- went to the farm's Gala End-of-Season Potluck. We brought chili and pumpkin muffins. The greenhouse was all done up with fairy lights and candles and was very festive. I got my first taste of parsnip; I think it'd go well in casserole with yams, K's not so sure. By the time they got to the speeches, Tiger was doing laps of the table with Farmer Dave's boys. The first round of applause startled them into momentary immobility. Then they got back to business. After the second course, we packed up and took off.

And now, it's time for me to stop monopolizing the kitchen computer so K can place her Fresh Direct order already.


Today's earrings: moose, theobromine molecules

Bedtime reading: One on One, Tabitha King