a bit of

 mindless entertainment from the internet

(thanks Jeanne!)

this is a wonderful idea!  we used cocoa and sugar instead of the chocolate 

wow-ee!   it's a party!

i bet peppermint tea would work as well.  :-)

~you must try this~

the fair

a quick walk through

followed by all of us

experiencing the usual fair fatigue 

Peter in the Arlington Herald (quo vadis article)

Mimi's apartment building

It was a great visit with Nonie and Nano

(thank you Betty for taking the picture!)

The service berry is just beginning to change color

but it's fun to squint and imagine its a lemon tree.

this, that and a bit of the other

A look at the world through the eyes of Kateri

---master iPhone photographer---

and even an evocative selfie:

thank you Kateri!

fin at the park

ready to go  :-)

 no-regrets decorating:

I'm so excited to finally know the secret to creating a home i'll love forever (really!)

Just beginning this book from the library:

Just from the introduction, mind you:

"There is always something to watch when you are paying attention to the intimate details that define tree species and the processes that characterize their life cycles.  Like the Chinese, who divide the solar calendar into twenty-four rather that four seasons (among them, fortnights called "excited insects," "grains fill," "cold dew," and "frost descents"), a practiced tree-watcher knows there are dozens of seasons and that one of them could be called "acorns plumping out."

Also:

"Spring, it is said, advances up the United States at the average rate of about 15 miles a day..."

I'm looking forward to more reading!

and speaking of photography 

pictures from Nonie's hallway...

resting at the old stoop

larkspurs

returning from a walk...circa 1909