Sunday night already and almost time for bed? I can't believe it. We got a lot done today, but mostly just chores around the house. The biggest news was that we went and got a rug for the dining room. Here's a shot of the room (notice the dictionary on the floor flattening out the rug where it got folded a little). And here's a detail of the rug. Isn't it pretty?

Our day in New York yesterday was lots of fun. It was very crowded but Marty and I had a good time anyway. We went to the Museum of Natural History, where we learned about Vikings, space, and evolution. No, we did not enter the hall of the dinosaurs. Then we went shopping at FAO Schwarz and Opane. We also had lunch at Cafe Mozart, which is a great little coffee and pastry shop at 70th and Broadway. All in all, it was a good day, but I had a few suspicions about the accuracy of the displays at the Natural History Museum. I lived in South Georgia for years and I never saw any birds who looked like this: