Beauty Holds The Muggles At Bay ...

Originally we were going to pitch our tent in Happy Cove and make a day of it. But the humidity actually increased since yesterday, and there was a band of storms scheduled to roll in mid afternoon (and roll in they did) so we changed course and spent the day at the Cloisters & Met.

Of course, more than half of the Cloisters is outside, so the humidity was still an issue, but once we got to the Met, things were climate controlled, mercifully. We walked a good chunk of it, visiting old friends and making a few new ones. 100+ visits, and it never fails to lift my spirits.

Leaving a little before closing, we circled around a bit in the vicinity of 3rd Avenue, so E could get sushi and I could get Papaya King. We headed back towards home intending to stop and see a blow-'em-up movie, but the Muggles were swarming on 4th of July Eve, so we came home.

I will take a fair amount of pleasure hiding away from them these next few days. The summer malaise is claiming me, faster than usual this year, and I am smart enough to know that crowds + heat + me do not mix. I'll celebrate my own independence up here in The Womb, then.

Good night.