Where to start? It appears to be about 2 weeks since the last post, so I'm playing catchup here. Last weekend we went down the Fells Point Festival round the corner, where they had shut down most of the streets for stalls and music and stuff. It was a really fun atmosphere and goregeous weather too. On the way back, we saw some Monarch butterflies on a hanging basket, which have probably just started their long flight down to Mexico for the winter. Amazing.
Earlier in the week, Mel saw a praying mantis on the outside of the window. I wanted to claim that it was climbing up the sculpture and was 5 ft tall, but that would have been dishonest, so I didn't. Fortunately it didn't get in the apartment and nobody died - another close escape. It has yet to return to our window (it may have been traumatised by the enormous pink hand), so I am still waiting. It joins 'the beaver' on my sublist of maryland fauna that Mel has seen and I haven't.
In the evening, we went to an allegedly impromptu birthday party for Rich Dowd, husband of Patty, ,who is a friend and colleague of Vicky, who went to school with someone from St Andrew's in Impington (who starred in Point Break with Kevin Bacon). It was a really fun night - featuring many animals. Patty is looking after 5 kittens for the animal shelter to get them used to people while they are still tiny. Very cute. And they also have 2 turtles (box turtles?). Not so cute.
In non-animal related news, we have learnt that our shipment doesn't arrive in Boston until the 30th (seriously?) and presumably not here until a couple of weeks after. It is starting to feel like a race to get it at all before we go back for Christmas.
Where to start? It appears to be about 2 weeks since the last post, so I'm playing catchup here. Last weekend we went down the Fells Point Festival round the corner, where they had shut down most of the streets for stalls and music and stuff. It was a really fun atmosphere and goregeous weather too. On the way back, we saw some Monarch butterflies on a hanging basket, which have probably just started their long flight down to Mexico for the winter. Amazing.
Earlier in the week, Mel saw a praying mantis on the outside of the window. I wanted to claim that it was climbing up the sculpture and was 5 ft tall, but that would have been dishonest, so I didn't. Fortunately it didn't get in the apartment and nobody died - another close escape. It has yet to return to our window (it may have been traumatised by the enormous pink hand), so I am still waiting. It joins 'the beaver' on my sublist of maryland fauna that Mel has seen and I haven't.
In the evening, we went to an allegedly impromptu birthday party for Rich Dowd, husband of Patty, ,who is a friend and colleague of Vicky, who went to school with someone from St Andrew's in Impington (who starred in Point Break with Kevin Bacon). It was a really fun night - featuring many animals. Patty is looking after 5 kittens for the animal shelter to get them used to people while they are still tiny. Very cute. And they also have 2 turtles (box turtles?). Not so cute.
In non-animal related news, we have learnt that our shipment doesn't arrive in Boston until the 30th (seriously?) and presumably not here until a couple of weeks after. It is starting to feel like a race to get it at all before we go back for Christmas.
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