Wanderings in NYC pt 2

From the library I walked down 47th St a few blocks to take a peek at Grand Central Station then I walked down 5th Ave to 59th St which is where Central Park begins. It was getting late in the day and since I was alone and walking I opted to save Central Park for another day.

the front of Grand Central Station

collection of flags in front of Grand Central

same grouping of flags just vertical

the Chrysler Building

Rockefeller Center

St. Patrick's Cathedral

there was some restoration going on

on the front so it was hard to get a good picture

I wanted to go to F.A.O Schwartz but I got there

just a little bit too late, so I settled for taking a picture

of an extra larged sized teddy through the window.

How much would you be willing to spend on this adorable little bear??

can you read the tag? it's $99.00, yup a hundred bucks

for a silly little bear

the Plaza Hotel

since the toy store was closed and I was tired I sat down for a little while and called Mom to talk to her not realizing at all that I was sitting across the street from the Plaza Hotel. Absentmindedly I snapped a few pictures not knowing what I was photographing. When I got home I was looking through my guidebooks and it hit me, I could have smacked myself for not getting a picture of the Plaza but when looking through my photos, it turns out I did manage to snap a photo of the famous hotel.

Wanderings in NYC

So I was bored last Sunday afternoon, sick of driving around Long Island and it was a pretty nice day so I decided to venture into the city for an afternoon of wanderings and picture taking. I'm going to split this post into two just because it'll make it easier to post the pictures. So here's part one, I wandered from Penn Station on 33rd St down to the New York Public Library down on, I believe its 47th St and 5th Ave. So here's just a few pictures from the Library.

Carosel in Bryant Park, right behind the library

view across the Great Lawn of Bryant Park to the backside
of the library. Clearly the lawn isn't so great right now, I'll
have to go back later when there's green grass for another picture

details on the outside

inside the main entrance

a long empty hallway

umm,

a good book

is the precious lifeblood of a

master spirit, imbalm'd and treasur'd

up on purpose to a life beyond life?

I think that's what it says

Well that's all from the library I'll put more up later from the rest of my wanderings

A Weekend At Home

Well I was home for a weekend, well not home exactly but Isaac and Jo's is close enough to home, especially when the whole family is there. Anyhoo I went home last weekend as we all gathered together to see Isaac one more time before he had to leave. We didn't really do much, mostly just hung out around the house eating freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and enjoying each other's company.

The boys spent a lot of time with their electronics, especially Eli, I think he might be slightly addicted to that xbox.

This is how I found Dad every night. lol

Surprise! Hi, Dad.

He'd shift positions every now and then.

Mom and Jo joined Dad on the second night, while Isaac and Eli zoned out on the xbox.

Eli's curly head.

Halfway through the haircut. Eli claims this'll be the last haircut he has until Isaac comes home, so we'll see if he holds true to his word.

He got a little worried at one point

Jo and Isaac playing the Game of Life

Jo, Isaac, Me and Dad "the white guy" (lol, that's what Jo called him) on the road of Life

Wow Two Posts in One Day!

It was another beautiful day and since Rhys has no school all week we went to the beach. Hooray! I think this is going to be the first of many trips to the beach this summer. Today we drove to Crab Meadow on the North Shore. There's lots of rocks, which Rhys definately enjoyed, he likes to throw them into the water. There's also a really nice playground set up that even Sylvie can enjoy.

Let the Adventures Begin!!

So I went to the beach yesterday and made a decision, from now and through the summer I'm going to try and go to as many state parks and beaches as I can. There are quite a few of them on the island and some even that are not on the island that I'll have to take a ferry to. Some are as close as 20 or 30 minutes away and some could take a couple hours to drive to. But it's absolutely gorgeous out here and since I haven't really got anything to do with myself on the weekends I'm going to go on some adventures. So yesterday, since I had the day off was my first adventure. I drove about 30 minutes to the South Shore of the Island to Heckscher State Park. It was a positively beautiful day, the sun was shining, the wind wasn't blowing and it was nice and warm so I spent the afternoon wandering along the shore. I need to remember to bring my rainboots next time so I can actually walk in the water rather than trying to keep my shoes dry and hopping along on the rocks. So here are a few of my favorite pictures from yesterday. Enjoy!

A really funny piece of driftwood, it reminded me of a donkey.

A piece of sea glass I found, took a picture of and pocketed to take home

there were a lot of bushes and brambles along the shore, of course everything is still brown, grey and dead I can't wait to see it again when its all green.

Nothing much interesting

its been a couple weeks since I've posted anything on my blog, but I haven't got anything interesting to post. Life is work, work is life, the kids are great. Sylvie is an absolute hoot wandering around the house on her newfound legs and babbling like a crazy baby, she's quite entertaing to listen to even though you can't understand a word she says except for "no" and "mama" Rhys is kind of sort of finally figuring out the whole potty training thing (thank you Jesus) but is still a bit of an annoyance. Don't get me wrong I love this kid but his two favorite phrases have become "Why?" and when he doesn't like something you are saying or doing "I'm very mad at you" which he says quite sternly with a scowl on his face. Any kid who consistenly repeates these phrases throughout the couse of a day can certainly be deemed a bit of an annoyance, wouldn't you agree?

Good news though, I do indeed get to go with the family to Germany for a week at the end of March so I'm definatly looking forward to that. I'm not really sure where we'll be staying or what we'll be doing but does it really matter? I'll be in Germany :D

and finally a couple pictures. I looked out my window on Sunday night to see an incredibly bright full moon up in the sky and decided to play around with my camera and see what would happen, and here are a couple of results. I was most definatly pleased although I think if I were to play around with the settings on my camera a bit more I'd get even better results.

Cold Spring Harbor

This is Cold Spring Harbor the next town over from Huntington, I was driving around the other day and pulled over to take a photo. The sunshine is deceptive in this photo, it was remarkably cold that day, really windy too.

So I have to say, I just finished reading the book Marley and Me by John Grogan, a wonderful book. Books never make me cry, I may get a little misty or slightly emotional but books never make me cry . . . until I read this one, I sobbed and sniffled my way through the last few chapters of the book, I could barely see the words on the pages, my eyes were so teary. If you are a dog lover or if you've ever owned a dog you have got to read this book. It will make you laugh, cringe, cheer and cry. Read it, you'll be glad you did.