We are having our floors redone, so Parker is staying with Lis’s mom. He looks like he’s settling in just fine.
Dry
Hydrangea is a plant that is adapted to grow in sandy soil — that is, tolerates dry conditions fairly well. When hydrangea plants look like this, you know we need rain!
And yes, I watered them.
Spider
Lis and I went to Arnold Arboretum today. We saw lots of trees and shrubs, and that was cool and all, but we also got to watch a spider catch and kill a caterpillar many times her own size. Now that’s cool!
Hot Parker
Pet him and see… he’s a kitty who’s a hundred and three…
Straw wrapper
Lis is usually the one to play with a straw wrapper in a restaurant as we wait for dinner. This evening, it was my turn.
Leftovers
My favorite kind of leftovers: pie!
Lobster
It’s the rare 3-clawed lobstah!
(not really. I just stuck another claw underneath.)
Clambake
Our yard in Newton is not as large as the one we had in Southboro, but it still holds a clambake.
Taza
The Taza Chocolate Company in Somerville, MA makes Mexican-style stone-ground chocolate. It’s not for everyone, but I like it.
It’s even more important to support this local company right now because their brand-new factory was recently flooded by excessive rain.
Storm
Thunderstorm over downtown Boston this afternoon.
I missed getting a lightning strike in this photo by less than half a second.