Nurturing Thursday
The Museum of the Dog
The AKC- American Kennel Club, has opened a museum in New York City called The Museum of the Dog. I visited a few weeks ago as I am a dog lover (we had 2 Cocker Spaniels for close to 20 years.) The museum, has one of the finest collections of canine-related art. The current exhibition […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Timing is Everything
I had some fun at the beach yesterday, throwing scraps to the seagulls. As you can see from the photo, they were only about 2 feet from the blanket I was sitting on. Timing was everything, when it came to grabbing the treat- hesitate a second, and you lost your chance. Hover over the winner […]
Pull Up A Seat
PULL UP A SEAT
Be the Difference
Sometimes we think we have no power to change anything, that we are but one person in the grand scheme of things and what we do will have little impact or none. I would like to share a story with you about how one person was able to change things, quite unknowingly and with no […]
Photo Challenge Sepia
Sepia
Tuesday Photo Challenge :Rectangles
I spent the day in New York City, and it seemed everywhere I looked there were rectangles. The windows of many skyscrapers, or the shape of the buildings. An advertisement attached to a street lamp. Rectangles
Song Lyric Sunday: Movie Time
Let the River Run from way back in 1989 came to mind when I saw the prompt. It is Carly Simon`s stirring theme song for the movie ”Working Girl,” It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1989. The movie starred Melanie Griffith, (review courtesy of IMDB) who unhappy with her job and […]
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Sculpture
Seward Johnson is famous for his lifelike sculptures. We visited Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ a few years ago to see his wonderful collection. I wrote about it here. This sculpture is in the Newark Museum. When we came upon it and it startled us both- it was so lifelike. Sculpture
Sunday Stills: #Tastes of Summer
My tastes of summer…endless iced coffee (especially at the beach) and frozen yogurt…and shopping of course! #Tastes of Summer
Wordless Wednesday
Pull Up A Seat
This was a beautiful spot to pull up a seat. Overlooking the Hudson River in Peekskill, NY This man pulled up a seat a little farther along on the pathway, with a view looking North This man chose to pull up a seat on the rocks near the water’s edge. Wherever one chose to sit, […]
Back at the Beach
The forecast was 90 degrees and sunny so do you think I would waste a perfect day like that sitting at home? NO! I headed straight to the New Jersey Shore to plant myself in front of the waves and breathe in the salt air. What a glorious day it was! I situated myself in […]
Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy….
Summer has arrived! The day after the last day of school my friend Beth and I started a new tradition last year, of visiting our favorite gardens, Wave Hill. We go to Wave Hill throughout the year, no matter the season, but after going last year on the day school let out, we decided it […]
Nurturing Thursday
Nurturing Thursday
RDP Wednesday: Sibling
Sibling. Someone just asked me a few days ago about my siblings. Two sisters. One brother. My brother died 4 years ago, by his own hand, I wrote about him here. I am estranged from my sisters, none of us speak to one another. I am not sorry about this, it has made my life […]
The Weekly Smile
Trent hosts the Weekly Smile, asking us to write about something that made us smile this week. He says: Here is list of “rules” and guiding ideas. If you don’t have time to read it right now, just remember that this is an exercise to spread positivity. Don’t smile about the misfortune of others. Don’t […]
My Father Myself
My father was a complicated man; loving on one side, the other side a short fuse with a temper. Giving, but don’t cross him or his vindictive nature would come out. He could cut people off and out of his life. I share many of his traits, and often wonder if it is learned behavior […]
Father’s Day-My Father Myself
Father’s Day….. every few minutes a new post seems to pop up on Facebook or WordPress. Lovely reminiscences about fathers who are no longer here, fathers who played major roles in the lives of their children, fathers whose children are estranged from them. My father was a complicated man; loving on one side, the other […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Urban
Streets of New York City. An urban landscape. Old meets new A portion of Broadway closed to traffic and turned into a pedestrian mall to sit. This is 42nd street looking East from 6th Avenue. There had been a parade on 5th Ave so they shut the street down. It was fun to be able […]
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Road
Where road meets sky on the Driscoll bridge. One of my favorite views on our way to the New Jersey Shore. The Ocean Avenue Bridge, (drawbridge) over the Shark River connecting Belmar and Avon-by-the-Sea, N. J. My friend and I were invited to a party a few months ago. Despite using Waze for directions, we […]
Pull Up A Seat
A quiet and peaceful place a few miles from my home. I come and sit on this bench in any season. Pull Up A Seat
A Photo a Week Challenge: Smile
Celebration smiles Meeting strangers smiles Beach smiles Spending the day together smiles Shopping Smiles Kidding around smiles Outing Day Smiles Smile
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge: Shadows
Shadows
A Photo a Week Challenge: Nostalgia
Nostalgia: a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The older one is the more nostalgic they become I suppose. So much more to look back on than lies ahead. Loved ones dead and gone. I find myself becoming more aware of the things […]
A Day In The Life 
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