Rice day today

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Yesterday we went on an adventure to find rose petals. P called around the
local middle eastern groceries but came up empty; I googled for herbalist
supply shops and got a hit in Bloomfield. Very woo, but very well-stocked.
There will be a lot of extra that I’ll probably send home and use for bath
tea or something.

We also went to the Italian bakery and got ricotta pasticciotti, a small
domed filled short-crust pastry that substituted nicely for the big ricotta
pie they were out of. Also got a large cherry tart, which the cashier
assumed had food coloring (“I don’t understand why you *wouldn’t* put food
coloring in it”) but which P didn’t react to on taste test so maybe not.

Spent the rest of the day reading and knitting and chatting. Lunch was
difficult; dinner was easier. G put a fire in the fireplace, which was
nice. M got another pizza from another local place. I think he’s trying to
work through them all before he goes home on Sunday.