Sunday 1st February 2015
Today we woke up at Judy’s place and had a leisurely breakfast. Then we took off for Monticello but as we had all been there before, we decided not to go in to see the house. We spent some time in the gift stores and the café where we had a sandwich and a drink. Drove to Ashlawn Highlands which is the home of President James Munroe. As time was getting on we also just visited the Visitors’ Center and the gift store.
On the way to and from Monticello we called at Judy’s sister Ming’s house to feed her cat as she is way visiting her mother in Washington DC. Ming’s cat ByeBye made a brief appearance and is a beautiful white cat which is now in her teens. Ming also has a goldfish which is 20 years old. Longevity seems to be alive and well in Ming’s house.
On our way back home we visited the town center of Charlottesville which is a pedestrian precinct. We visited some of the stores on the street and, of course, the cat store!!
On the way back to Judy’s we called in at the ASPCA where she volunteers some days a week, looking after the cats. We brushed a couple of cats and looked around the wonderful facility where all the animals have ample space and are well cared for.
On the way home we looked for somewhere to have a cup of coffee but everywhere was closed early due to the Super Bowl.
We called in at Ming’s place on the way back to feed the cat. When we arrived there we saw a stray dog wandering around the street. It seemed to take to is and came over and wanted to go into Ming’s house!! Fortunately, it had an ID tag his name was Benni and we were able to contact the owner who came and claimed him. She said “he doesn't like the food we give him so he wanders off to find better food”. This sounded a bit lame but at least we reunited him with his owner.
So we decided to go home and have dinner there. Ming had prepared some of her excellent Chinese beef stew and Judy cooked some noodles and Bok Choy to go with it. The meal was really excellent and very tasty, spicy, but not too much so and the noodles, vegetable and pickled vegetables were just right.
We watched the last five minutes of the Super Bowl which was as baffling to me as it always is. It seems that the New England Patriots beat the Seattle Seahawks in the last minutes due to some sort of catastrophic mistake by one of the losers. A last minute punch-up between the two teams did not seem to befit the occasion but, I don't understand it at all. We then watched Downton Abbey, me for the first time and I found that about as confusing as the Super Bowl.
That was enough for the day and we retired to bed.
Today we woke up at Judy’s place and had a leisurely breakfast. Then we took off for Monticello but as we had all been there before, we decided not to go in to see the house. We spent some time in the gift stores and the café where we had a sandwich and a drink. Drove to Ashlawn Highlands which is the home of President James Munroe. As time was getting on we also just visited the Visitors’ Center and the gift store.
On the way to and from Monticello we called at Judy’s sister Ming’s house to feed her cat as she is way visiting her mother in Washington DC. Ming’s cat ByeBye made a brief appearance and is a beautiful white cat which is now in her teens. Ming also has a goldfish which is 20 years old. Longevity seems to be alive and well in Ming’s house.
On our way back home we visited the town center of Charlottesville which is a pedestrian precinct. We visited some of the stores on the street and, of course, the cat store!!
On the way back to Judy’s we called in at the ASPCA where she volunteers some days a week, looking after the cats. We brushed a couple of cats and looked around the wonderful facility where all the animals have ample space and are well cared for.
On the way home we looked for somewhere to have a cup of coffee but everywhere was closed early due to the Super Bowl.
We called in at Ming’s place on the way back to feed the cat. When we arrived there we saw a stray dog wandering around the street. It seemed to take to is and came over and wanted to go into Ming’s house!! Fortunately, it had an ID tag his name was Benni and we were able to contact the owner who came and claimed him. She said “he doesn't like the food we give him so he wanders off to find better food”. This sounded a bit lame but at least we reunited him with his owner.
So we decided to go home and have dinner there. Ming had prepared some of her excellent Chinese beef stew and Judy cooked some noodles and Bok Choy to go with it. The meal was really excellent and very tasty, spicy, but not too much so and the noodles, vegetable and pickled vegetables were just right.
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| Ming's 20 year old goldfish!!! |
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| Judy holding BoyBoy |
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| A squirrel in the pedestrian precinct at Charlottesville |
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| Ming's spicy beef stew which is called Niu Rou Mian (that is the English phonetic spelling) |
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| A selfie of the three of us. |
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| Judy and her cat Boy Boy |
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| Ming's beautiful 14 year old white cat called ByeBye |
That was enough for the day and we retired to bed.
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