Thursday, February 23, 2017

It did snow

This is to prove it has snowed once this winter. Having just experienced a 70 degree day in February....this seems very strange but this was about two weeks ago.


This made me smile as it's a cushion...made of snow

We've had the most amazing mornings

Snow drops

And now to the main event. A weekend in New York. These are some trees on the way to NY and going through New Jersey

Birds not sure whether they are coming or going

All of a sudden a plane flies overhead and wow that was close. Actually that's just Newark!

This is a car freighter thingey and all the cars that are coming out of it!!!

Brilliant bridge

That would be New York

I know you know it, yes that's right the Empire State building, king kong is round the back having a snack

Lots of great murals

This one is spectacular and what about those water towers.

This building caught my eye

And so the sun goes to bed on New York

Amazing

The thing is New York just has just the most brilliant architecture and they are always building. It must be the most built upon land ever

Greenwich Village

Liked this pub sign

This garage is now for parking cars and they are stacked in here. Look at that great bay window

Super fashion window in Greenwich Village and this is second hand.Love that reflection

Did I mention the plaster work?


It's all fantastic

This is the library

Great bricks

Brilliant doors

Look at the porch cover

These bricks, are they Flemish style?

They obviously have a conservation thing, so the front is completely fake?

Fire house

Scary columns

Interesting expression on this one, but when you have snakes wrapped about your head you're bound to look a bit pensive

Great statue

This one had a bird nesting and I caught it about to hop down

This lady wearing a winter coat and pink fur I kept seeing her all the time!

To the casual observer it looks like a road but what that is, is cobbles and tarmac!

I think you can work out what that is and it is the reason for the trip to Greenwich Village :)

I think on top of this building is pigeon coups

What an outfit

This is the high line walk way. On a disused elevated rail line they have turned it into a park and we walked it. This was rather an interesting piece to read

How about that for sculpture

A view from the walk

There is some vegetation

Please also enlarge this picture, I thought that was an interesting poster and as I went to take it there is Empire State again!

Just such amazing lines in the building

Someone making a point. 

How beautiful and it's Witch Hazel

See they had snow here too


Another thing to read more than once and if the trees weren't in the way, the word would read "deadly"

Just wow

This was a bit cheeky and it made me laugh.

Grasses on the walk way

Past the factory areas, that chimney is fantastic

It was a popular day for a walk

But artful graffiti

Lots of building

Massive train yard

There is the Hudson

But wow so much to see

Going to Brooklyn

Speeding in an uber

Over the bridge

That's a great shot of Lady Liberty

So the obsession continues with the water towers but in my defense that's a spectacular one

Great famous shot

Look at that brick work

More murals

Inside a theatre in Brooklyn, preserved and then left in a raw state. It was quite startling. It really impressed us

Fabulous crumbly column

The old paint work brilliant

On our way to central park and more decorations on buildings

This was amazing. The front is completely fake and the real building is the glass one!!

Central Park

Yes February in central park!

Ice on the pond

Great topper

gold and shiney

Bye Bye Liberty....