Rose and I drove to Hoboken on Saturday and went to Shannon's lovely brunch/shower. We had a great time. We enjoyed meeting Shannon's friends from school and work, and seeing all the faves: Memrie, Miriam, Kendra and Rachel. We enjoyed getting to know Shirley Cook.
Suzi brought Grandma Dot to the shower and she deserves many thanks.
We went back to the hotel, rested and then went into New York and saw Gypsy. Jon and Shannon had gone and loved it. The production was amazing and we both enjoyed it. I loved the old lady strippers. They were just the best.
We got up at the crack of dawn and drove back to Wellfleet so that Rose could get to work sort of on time.
I've been playing YouTube versions of all the Gypsy songs and driving Henry crazy.
I came home to more cucumbers and made more pickles. I'm so done. I've made over 35 quarts of various pickles. I need a break. I put one of the sofas on Craigslist and a couple bought it. While they were tying it into their pickup truck the guy fell into the cucumber patch and made a dent in production, but not enough. Maybe he should come back!
It is amazing how the gardens have changed now that September has arrived. I'm so used to putting things in that I'm not sure how to take things out. There are still plenty of flowers, bees, and goldfinches. I haven't seen hummingbirds this week. The females and young are supposed to migrate now. The males leave early for the Caribbean and are probably sipping fancy drinks with umbrellas in them as we speak. So like males.
CB
