Lunch

Poached egg with green beans, fried green tomato and sweet potato. Minestrone soup and papaya on the side.

Lunch

Chicken breast with butternut squash, green beans and plantain. Pear and apple wedges on the side.

Just finished John Hankshaw's Letters Written from Colombia during a Journey from Caracas to Bogotá and Thence to Santa Marta in 1823. (1824) Well-written account of the author's seven-month trip from Caracas to Bogota, then down the Magdalena River. Especially interesting in that the revolution was still going on.

Antonio and Mary brought home baked salmon from Fusion Cuisine for lunch. Not bad.

Mary and I then had coffee and played Chinese Checkers. My trembling hands barely let me move the marbles. Seems even concentrating on a game can make me nervous. Caffeine may have added to it.

I escaped outside, taking a chance on my bronchitis. Came back in when a cool breeze came up and my folks began blowing leaves all over.

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Rock Creek Park

After getting Mary's passport pictures at Walgreen's, we headed for the park. Perfect combination of sun and breeze. I got a good shot of the Passion flower or Maypop (passiflora incarnata) fruit, but not of the flower.

Maypop (P. incarnata) leaves and roots have a long history of use among Native Americans in North America and were adapted by the colonists. The fresh or dried leaves of Maypop are used to make an infusion, a tea that is used to treat insomnia, hysteria, and epilepsy, and is also valued for its painkilling properties. Maracujá (P. edulis) and a few other species are used in Central and South America for similar purposes. P. Incarnata has aromatase properties due to the presence of two flavonoid compounds: chrysin and benzoflavone moiety, the latter being more potent. -- Wikipedia