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“Seeing Red” on a Snowy Sunday in Central Park

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 16, 2014| 6 Comments »

I had a difficult time coming up with a title for this post.  I wanted to use these photos while we still had fresh snow on the ground (although I’m sure we’ll have snow for a while just not so fresh).  Murray took these photos and the red just popped out against the snowy white canvas of  Central Park.  As I said yesterday, EVERYONE comes to play in the  snow in the Park.  

First and in my opinion best of all is the sight of a brilliant red Cardinal perched on a snowy branch.  These birds are beautiful at any time of the year but in the winter their bright and perky looks stand out in the bleak winter.

He Just Sits

He Just Sits

A Spot of Red

A Spot of Red

A Little Tipsy

A Little Tipsy

A Wood Duck in Winter

A Mandarin Duck in Winter

What to do? Build a Snowman!

What to do? Build a Snowman!

New Boots

New Boots

Royalty

Royalty

Standing Out in a Crowd

Standing Out in a Crowd

Is my face red from the cold?

Is my face red from the cold?

Red Tags, Blue Eyes

Red Tags, Blue Eyes

To the Rescue

To the Rescue

Ready to Rescue

Ready to Rescue

Left Behind

Waiting Patiently

All photos courtesy of Murray Head

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5 Good Reasons To Be In New York City When It Snows!

Posted in Thursday's Top Ten, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 23, 2014| 1 Comment »

We had a snow storm and although we were supposed to go to the shore, my husband vetoed the trip.  Bummer because we had invited company for the weekend, I want to go shopping and who’s feeding all of our little squirrel friends and feathered friends?  The rationale behind this decision is that life is much easier in the City when it snows;  Here are 5 reasons why:

Dinner's here!

Dinner’s here!

1. You can always order out-You don’t have to rush to the grocery store only to find that all the milk, orange juice and bread are gone.  They bring you food here! It’s so cool!

2.  You don’t have to shovel your driveway.

3.  You don’t have to drive in the snow, the buses and subways continue  to run day and night, rain or snow.

4. The sidewalks are basically kept clear.  The superintendent and his staff shovel the sidewalk in front of their buildings. The store owners shovel off their sidewalk.

5.  If your car is parked on the street like ours, when it snows the City suspends alternate side parking rules.  We haven’t had to move the car for days now.

Keeping the sidewalks clear!

Keeping the sidewalks clear!

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Central Park Snow Scenes -19″ Snow Fall the Day After

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 29, 2011| 7 Comments »

The Northeast is getting slammed this winter with snow storms, blizzards, snow lightning , you name it and we’ve gotten it.  This past Wednesday night we had yet another snow storm.  By morning 19 inches had fallen in Central Park.  Central Park is Manhattan’s emerald jewel in the summer  and alternatively a sparkly diamond and an iridescent opal in the winter.

As my regular readers know, many many of my Fab Foto Friday photos are taken in Central Park.  There’s just so much to see at any time of the year.  The birds, the flowers, the trees, the ponds, the landmarks, the bridges, the kids, the artists, the playgrounds, the picnicker, the runners, the skaters, the mimes, the jugglers, the acrobats, the break dancers, the gardens, the sculpture, the boats and ever so much more!

This Friday (and yes I am once again a day late) our Fab Fotos are from Central Park in all its beauty enhanced by 19″ of snow! This is what life in the City is when it snows!!!

Central Park, Bethesda Fountain, blizzard Jan 2th New york city
Bethesda Fountain Stands Alone

Photo by Murray Head

Central Park, San Remo, bow bridge, new york city, snow storm Jan 27th

The San Remo Bow Bridge Central Park

Photo by Murray Head

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Footsteps in Freshly Fallen Snow

Photo by Murray Head

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Bundled Up Against the Storm

Photo by Murray Head

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Escape! Going Over the Wall

Photo by Murray Head

central park, new york city, snow storm snow man, January 27th

A City Slicker

Photo by Murray Head

 



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Thursday’s Top Ten Things To Do When You’re Snowed In!

Posted in BY THE WAY, Ha-P 2 B in OG, Smooth or Crunchy, Thursday's Top Ten, tagged , , , , , on December 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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The Blizzard of 2010 arrived as predicted (so we can’t say we didn’t know it was coming) and in less than 3 hours our world was blanketed in a white powdery mantle.  Oh it looked so pretty coming down in big flakes.  And I noticed how quickly it was accumulating and decided to chronicle the snow storm – see previous blogs beginning with: Chronicle of a Snow Storm  .

Taking pictures from the front door or the back door only took a few moments so uh now, what do I do?  The photos in the Chronicle blogs tell the story of how white your world can be when 28″ – 30″ of snow fall in 24 hours but what was going on inside the house.  Well when you are house-bound for four days, you gotta do something!!  It was definitely easier for me than my husband, basically because I always do more things AND I have my computer.

  1. Playing on my computer has to be number one because I was on it a LOT every day;  I played  Scrabble with my Facebook friends, checked email, wrote blogs, cruised through Ebay and read other blogs.
  2. Nothing like daylight and the reflection of bright snow to show you where all the finger prints on doors and drawers are.  I spent some of each of the four days with Simple Green in one hand and paper towels in the other.
  3. Paid a lot of bills online.  Actually wrote out a couple of checks but couldn’t mail them!
  4. Because I was sleeping later and really had no where to go, I made breakfast for my husband. Yeah, really, bacon and eggs and coffee and an English muffin.
  5. Watched Dr. Phil and Judge Judy every afternoon – love them both!
  6. Ate Christmas dinner left-overs.  We had dinners of soup, stuffed shells, salad and broccoli. And dessert every night!!!
  7. Started to put away some of the Christmas decorations;  I would have done much more except that we couldn’t get to the garage to retrieve the bins.  But I did get to the back of the closet and organize a couple of boxes.
  8. Wrapped each piece of the Christmas china and packed in the one bin I had in the house.
  9. Knitted – I am way behind on a project, a gift for my new granddaughter, Francesca.
  10. Cut up the newspapers I needed for another little project.  Couldn’t seem to get beyond that part though.

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Chronicles of a Snow Storm, er Blizzard – Day 3

Posted in BY THE WAY, Ha-P 2 B in OG, Smooth or Crunchy, tagged , , , , , on December 28, 2010| 2 Comments »

Cabin fever reached a high point last night with my disgruntled spouse.  He wants to be back in NYC and that’s that.  So we decided he should really attempt to go home today by train.  He was hesitant to leave me here with a snow bound car and two cats but I’m adamant about not leaving the car here and/or taking it back to NYC and we can’t park it.  This is what Day 3 looked like from my vantage point behind the door and in my warm cozy cottage.

 

Ocean Grove, La Vie en Rose, December 28

Chunks of Snow Piled Up

 

Broad, Ocean Grove, December 28

Look What Drifts the Winds Hath Wrought

We did attempt to get to the train station and without going into the myriad lefts, rights, detours, traffic jams,  a side-swipe and numerous stops and starts I’m pleased to report that we are now safely back in the cottage.  The adventures of the afternoon included going the wrong way on a one-way street just so we could get back because we never did get to the train station.  It’s not safe out there for man or beast.  We are hunkered down for a couple more days.

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Six Word Memoir Monday

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , , , , on December 27, 2010| 3 Comments »

Ernest Hemingway's 1923 passport photo
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Blame it on the snow storm (we’ll be using this excuse for at least another week), that’s why this blog is so late.  I only received  three responses this week (blame it on the holidays) and I am pleased to share them with everyone.

Lucky me, my own Peter Pan – Heide

Happy New Year to the Memoiristas! -Gail

Need a better back up plan – Weez

Christmas at last; warm,cozy memories! – Susan Celtic Lady

It’s the drifts that get you.-Me

I know another holiday is coming up and that means a little more time off sooooo won’t you please put on your Ernest Hemingway caps and with the advent of the New Year, commit to summing up this life we lead in just six words, no more, no less.

Happy New Year!!



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