The King and I with Mom
Mom and I went to see The King and I for her birthday this year. This production, being held at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, won the Tony award for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical by Kelli O’Hara, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a…
Cherry Blossom Trees Flushing Meadow Park
There is a grove of cherry blossom trees at the Flushing Meadow Park directly under the shadow of the Worlds Fair observation towers and the Tent of Tomorrow. You can see the trees from the Grand Central Parkway. I take this road often to visit my mother so I see the trees in all four…
New York Botanical Garden – Orchid Show 2016
Each year the New York Botanical Garden holds an Orchid Show showcasing thousands of orchids in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The exhibit leads you through a meandering path through the building. Large and small, the orchids are a wonder to see. The path leads you to an extraordinary display of orchids piled high into the sky. Beautiful…
Surprise Snow Storm
I was woken up this morning at 5:45am by an automated call from St. Bridgette Our Lady of Hope telling me that my child does not have to go into school. I appreciate the heads up St. Bridgette, but I don’t have any children. This is what I woke up to. I did one pass on…
Blizzard 2016
We survived #blizzard2016 Drifts of snow formed everywhere from the 30 mile an hour gusts of wind. The morning light bounces off the snow so beautifully.
Companioned
I walked to-day, but not alone, Adown a windy, sea-grit lea, For memory, spendthrift of her charm, Peopled the silent lands for me. The faces of old comradeship In golden youth were round my way, And in the keening wind I heard The songs of many an orient day. And to me called, from out…
Flushing, NY
Hicksville Train Station
NYBG Train Show 2015
I got a chance to go to the The New York Botanical Garden Train Show just after Christmas this year. It is an annual display of trains running through a strikingly realistic cityscape of NYC made of plants. This is a miniature of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory where the train show is taking place. The details in the buildings…