New York NY

Christine Eclavea Mercer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:29:59 +0000

Going to New York was a mess for my schedule. I loved seeing my old friend get married, meeting her new hubby and children, and seeing her parents and other friends. I was also thrilled because this was the first wedding in ages that I have been able to attend. It seems a lot of them fell during hard economic times for me, when I was pregnant or ill, or some other family business intervened and prevented me from celebrating with my friends.

New York, NY

I was quite surprised that things close in the city that bills itself as the city that never sleeps at night. I thought I could go to the garment district on Sunday, but discovered that the places I really wanted to see there were closed Sunday. And the other didn’t open until after I already needed to be at the airport. This was unfortunate.

I had tried to figure out where to go and what to see before I left. But it didn’t work out that way. Most especially it didn’t work out because I wanted to help out with the wedding preparations and wasn’t sure when or where I would be needed.

I was able to get some really cool pictures. They were cool for me, anyway. I have recently learned to focus my camera instead of relying all the time on autofocus and autoflash. So I was able to take some shots that probably would not have come out for me in the past.

clouds from above

As added bonus, another friend from high school, not attending the wedding turned out to be in town at the same time. So I was able to see her and her sister too.

When I got home I got another surprise. DH and DD had been doing crafts together all weekend. How cool is that? They carved a pumpkin and DD painted a lot.

Now I’m trying to get back into my normal schedule of writing, cleaning the house, sewing, blah, blah, blah. I haven’t yet. Prior to the wedding, I was rushing around trying to compensate for the fact that I have neglected my own wardrobe. Now I’m volunteering in an ESL class once a week. And next week the school schedule is weird again. So I am trying to get back on track with fewer hours but the same amount of tasks.

Oh yeah, and I did some alterations for pay last week. And this Monday DD was home all day because DH and I forgot that my keys were in his car. So he left for work And DD and I were stranded for the day.

Yeah, we can be so organized sometimes.

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Christine Eclavea Mercer — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:43:16 +0000

The corn is on a Dora placemat, because DD wanted to eat all of it. She did eat all but one half piece. Three and half ears of corn is a lot for a kid who only weighs 30 lbs!

Close-up of the corn, though it is difficult to photograph its sweetness – for me anyway.

Cherry Tomatoes

Roma Tomatoes

I made a tomato salad with the roma and cherry tomatoes. I have decided that I prefer it with heirloom tomatoes. We have basil too. I just left it out because I was not in a basil mood at lunch.

Here are the tomatoes and squash waiting their turn to be eaten. They look pretty don’t they?

DD is very fond the the striped squash. The variety is called Beautiful. At Halloween every year, she wants something similar for her pumpkin.

Farmer’s Market

Frog In North Georgia » pumpkin

New York NY

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