extra long weekend

I'm home today.
I took Youngest, this morning, to have his wisdom teeth scooped out. All four! In much the same way that all tweens have braces nowadays, kids typically have their wisdom teeth extracted during the summer between junior and senior year in high school. Dentists check with x-rays and take the teeth before they form roots and become impacted and we've known about it since Youngest first got his braces.
Middle had his out (it wasn't fashionable when Oldest was their age and his are still paining him as they break through - though Oldest had four molars extracted as part of his orthadonture) during his last high school summer but Youngest has had a remarkable growth spurt in the last six months and felt his teeth shifting. Long story short, today was the day.
He's snuggled in with ice packs and Vicodin and I'm catching up on the newspaper with a cup of tea from Harrods.



The tea starts off as a spidery little ball, smaller than a ping pong ball, bigger than a marble and unfolds as it steeps.





Tiny jasmine flowers were threaded in a little loop that floated up after a few minutes.



And the newspaper?
Almost as interesting.



Eileen Fisher has successfully changed their image.
There is no Eileen Fisher store near me. Maybe that's a good thing.



I'm too short for Ralph, but that's a lovely bag, don't you think?



Did you know that Bill Cunningham has been shooting street style since 1978? He has. He's a fascinating individual and I cannot wait to see the documentary about him.



I love reading the Vows column and the follow up columns too but seven years doesn't seem especially "long running" to me.

Okay. I'm off to get ice packs!