On my return home, I was able to stop and visit with a former student and her significant other – and the cat. They have a house in a quiet neighborhood of older homes, with character! 
The interior of the house also has arches, delineating most separations between rooms. It was harder to capture those, though! Even the cat scratch furniture has character – 
Safe on the other side of the firescreen, that’s Ellie. I think! I didn’t write down her name, and my memory is not infallible.
Saturday we went over to Troy, across the Hudson River, to the farmer’s market and to walk the town; that will be the next post.
A Year of Kayaking 