We started the day with a visit to the pop up carts in Aneka's Square Rosa bought a couple of amber pieces for her friends and then we went to the Old Market, the vegetable vendors and the meat market. I'm not sure the meat market was the very best idea, Rosa being a bit concerned about the idea of eating animals anyway, and she certainly has never been as closely involved with meat on the hoof as she was at the market. I bought chicken breasts and bacon. The bacon man was amused that I did not order 6 slices, as usual. He called over to his next door neighbor vendor "Not six." when I ordered ten slices.
By the time I had done everything I wanted to do at the market, it was lunch time, so we stopped at the bakery for cheese or chicken pastries, so we would not have to make lunch. Del carried home the groceries and put them away and the rest of us visited the felt store. Rosa loved it as much as I do and was eager to give felting a try. We were to meet Del at the information center, but he was not there when we got there. David, Tracy and Rosa bought post cards, stamps and a couple of gifts for friends, and he still had not arrived. I said that he had probably stopped to give a tour. When we rounded the corner, he was on the square across from our house giving directions to a couple who spoke English.
Rosa and I did a science experiment to see if the amber we bought today was real. It has to float in a 10% salt water solution. Ours did, so we are good. Then we did a bit of felting. We did not have success making balls, but our long ropes to make necklaces or belts turned out quite nicely. We have them hung to dry.
After felting, Rosa and I made dinner. She scrubbed the potatoes, washed the salad fixings, cut up the cucumbers, strawberries and bananas and got the table all ready with salad on individual plates. I made chicken and potatoes. II also made a sauce with broth, wine, and capers. We both were a little heavy handed with the pepper, so it is good no Lithuanians were coming to dinner. She werved and cleared and all that. It was such fun spending the afternoon with her.
After dinner we walked to the sculpture park to meet Audrone, Vladas and Joris. Joris fell in love with Tracy and Rosa, who he gave a new name, Lina. He let Tracy take his picture without complaining. He always tells me no pictures. I guess he knew he was in the presence of a professional. And Rosa was so sweet with him. He just talked to her a mile a minute in Lithuanian with a few English words sprinkled in from time to time. They took turns blowing bubbles and popping them and climbed on the sculptures. It is the expected thing in that park. At one point, Rosa threw up her arms and said "Oh, my gosh!" when a bubble flew way up in the air. Frequently after that Joris would fling up his arms and say, :Oh my gosh!" and it was always in the appropriate context.
We went to get hot chocolate after, because it ws chilly and drizzly, but the reataurant had stopped making it for the summer, so we had dessert. What a disappointment. It was after 9:30 when we left the restaurant, and Joris cried when we left them. He was so tired.
We came straight home and said goodnight.
Mark emailed that he thought Earl Hamner 3 would be a good name choise for Kindle 2, because it really is the same as jr, jr. I think Earl Hamner, Jr., Jr. will be perfect. Jr., Jr. for short.
By the time I had done everything I wanted to do at the market, it was lunch time, so we stopped at the bakery for cheese or chicken pastries, so we would not have to make lunch. Del carried home the groceries and put them away and the rest of us visited the felt store. Rosa loved it as much as I do and was eager to give felting a try. We were to meet Del at the information center, but he was not there when we got there. David, Tracy and Rosa bought post cards, stamps and a couple of gifts for friends, and he still had not arrived. I said that he had probably stopped to give a tour. When we rounded the corner, he was on the square across from our house giving directions to a couple who spoke English.
Rosa and I did a science experiment to see if the amber we bought today was real. It has to float in a 10% salt water solution. Ours did, so we are good. Then we did a bit of felting. We did not have success making balls, but our long ropes to make necklaces or belts turned out quite nicely. We have them hung to dry.
After felting, Rosa and I made dinner. She scrubbed the potatoes, washed the salad fixings, cut up the cucumbers, strawberries and bananas and got the table all ready with salad on individual plates. I made chicken and potatoes. II also made a sauce with broth, wine, and capers. We both were a little heavy handed with the pepper, so it is good no Lithuanians were coming to dinner. She werved and cleared and all that. It was such fun spending the afternoon with her.
After dinner we walked to the sculpture park to meet Audrone, Vladas and Joris. Joris fell in love with Tracy and Rosa, who he gave a new name, Lina. He let Tracy take his picture without complaining. He always tells me no pictures. I guess he knew he was in the presence of a professional. And Rosa was so sweet with him. He just talked to her a mile a minute in Lithuanian with a few English words sprinkled in from time to time. They took turns blowing bubbles and popping them and climbed on the sculptures. It is the expected thing in that park. At one point, Rosa threw up her arms and said "Oh, my gosh!" when a bubble flew way up in the air. Frequently after that Joris would fling up his arms and say, :Oh my gosh!" and it was always in the appropriate context.
We went to get hot chocolate after, because it ws chilly and drizzly, but the reataurant had stopped making it for the summer, so we had dessert. What a disappointment. It was after 9:30 when we left the restaurant, and Joris cried when we left them. He was so tired.
We came straight home and said goodnight.
Mark emailed that he thought Earl Hamner 3 would be a good name choise for Kindle 2, because it really is the same as jr, jr. I think Earl Hamner, Jr., Jr. will be perfect. Jr., Jr. for short.
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