Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I am supposed to do ten each of two exercises, three to five times a day. Today I did them either three or four times. I am sure of three times; I may have done them once in the morning, before we headed out to walk a bit, buy ice cream at JP Licks, and return home before it got too hot for my comfort.

The trip was downhill from our place to green line C, which is shuttle buses instead of trolleys this week, and that bus to Coolidge Corner. adrian_turtle returned a library book, while cattitude and I waited inside Brookline Booksmith to save me some walking in the sunshine. I didn't really browse books, because even paperbacks are heavy; I did look at a display of chocolate bars, where the words "Rainier cherry" caught my eye, so we now have a "Rainier cherry dark chocolate truffle bar."

We had lunch at Rami's, which Adrian and Cattitude have been referring to as "the shwarma place"; I had a flaky mushroom pastry (boureka), and a falafel ball because I felt the need of protein. After eating, we went to JP Licks and I got a pint of cucumber ice cream and a pint of black raspberry.

I still like the cucumber ice cream, but not as much as I did a few years ago. I don't know if that's a change in the recipe, or in my tastes. I expect to enjoy this pint, but not to hurry back for another before the end of July. Cucumber is a monthly special flavor, though I remember one year they had it in July and August. Some of the specials are seasonal in terms of what ripens when; some have other associations with the time of year, like candy cane in December holiday associations (candy cane) or odd tie-ins. Another of this month's specials is "King Tut," flavored with turmeric and coriander, which does not tempt me.

The unpacking continues, and we are trying not to wear ourselves out in the process.