dinner with clyde

our very good friend clyde came to visit today. he comes into town every summer to paint and museum hop. this is c's short, little cinema verité of our evening. the ending is poignant and amusing . . just a bit of sisterly love!

later on in the evening the chair in which clyde was sitting collapsed with him in it. unfortunately, i couldn't stop laughing. he looked so funny as everything toppled . . it all seemed to happen in slow motion. i don't think clyde thought it was quite as funny . . i guess this is a warning if you come and sit at the table with us . .

chili

we had red bean and quinoa chili today when m's friend came over for lunch. it's been cool enough to finally cook something so warming. it was kind of a special day for m and her friend. he has asthma and is very allergic to dogs and cats and normally doesn't last longer than 20 minutes in our apartment. however, for the past year he has been drinking certain special herbal remedies, and has refrained from eating starch; the result being that he was able to stay and eat with us and have a fun time with m and c for 3 and 1/2 hours in the apartment. of course it probably helped that it was a beautiful crisp day and the windows were flung open to the breeze from the river. hopefully, in the winter he'll do just as well, or almost. his asthma attacks have also subsided.