Autumn drive

This weekend was beautiful and instead of staying at home and addressing the things that need to be done in the house (finish Ivy's room, clean the kitchen, paint the stairway...), Kevin and I went for a long drive on Saturday afternoon.

We stopped for lunch in Baraboo and were pleasantly surprised to discover a fall art festival.  Artists and craftspeople were set up around the courthouse square.  

We opened the windows and drove along some country roads.

We stopped, briefly, at an apple orchard and rested with the honeybees. 

Content and sleepy, we headed home and realized that the best views are sometimes found right outside your own front door.

Birthday update

This just in: for his birthday meal Kevin chose a walnut burger at the Harmony and a glass of Spotted Cow.  And, we were still in our pajamas and on the couch by 8:00, watching Mary Tyler Moore on DVD.  (What a guy - he lets me choose what we watch on his birthday.)  We turn into couch potatoes during rainy, cold weather.

They say it's your birthday

Happy Birthday, Sweetie! I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with you and our little girl.

How should we celebrate your special day? Dinner at Buraka? Walnut burgers and Spotted Cow at the Harmony? Or shall we order a pizza from THE NICKEL, get in our pajamas at 7:00 pm, camp out on the couch, and watch Newhart on DVD?

Lazy Sunday

Kevin and I spent the weekend recuperating from colds and saving our reserves for our upcoming adventures with Ivy. October is here and the weather is changing; there is a chill in the air that didn't exist a week ago. Today was gray and rainy and, even though we roused ourselves out of the house for two walks, we spent most of the afternoon on the couch watching an old VHS tape of Star Wars. Kevin munched on popcorn, I worked on a blanket I'm knitting for Ivy, and Edgar nestled on our laps.

We also worked on Ivy's room and I emptied her closet of old clothes that I've been keeping for sentimental reasons. I finally got rid of all my Angelheart clothes from my Corning years when I was 10 pounds lighter and never should have worn all those loose, billowy, linen clothes in the first place. (My friend Kip, upon seeing the movie Star Trek: Insurrection, described the idyllic world of Ba'ku as "a planet where everyone wears Angelheart." Kip, Lisa and I made annual trips to the yearly Angelheart Barn Sales in Ithaca and, even though we've all moved on to more tailored clothes, I stored all those tired, wrinkled clothes as a way to stay connected to dear friends.)

Kevin just found our old VHS version of The Empire Strikes Back and he's put another bag of popcorn in the microwave. Today is a walk through time and aging technologies - a walk in linen, flaxen pants and long flowing, blouses. Live long and prosper!