I Love New York Travel

I had no idea!

Sturgeon are wild-looking fish. I saw some in a tank at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY.

They look like tiny dinosaurs. They remind me of the stegosaurus!

So I was a little surprised to see that sign, that warned about fishing sturgeon in the Hudson River. What do those fish eat, anyway?? What do they do? Why are they endangered? I’ll have to do some research. I also wonder what they taste like? lol… I love fish. Eaten regularly with plain vegetables, fish are veritable fat burners.

I will definitely have to look up these fish. My curiosity is piqued!

Snapshot of seagull at Dutch Landing, along the banks of the Hudson River.

It was the first time I used my “sports” feature of my Nikon D3000, and I think it came out rather nice.

I was going to sell the camera. It’s my first DSLR and I can’t say I’m terribly impressed. I’m not much of a photographer, not knowing all the zillions of settings and numbers and etc of what they mean. The whole thing is puzzling to me. Plus, the camera was wicked expensive. I’m pretty happy selling the thing and buying a point-and-shoot, as well as puttering around with payday advance loans or something.

But the daughter likes the Nikon. She doesn’t mind it’s weight, it’s bulk and it complicated settings. Maybe she can figure the thing out!

I’m so glad the sports feature worked for me, though. Maybe this is the start of a beautiful friendship… lol.

I finally visited Olana Historic Site, the home of famous artist Frederic Church, in Hudson, NY! What a wonderful trip! Read about my review and see more photos at New York Traveler.net.

Green and blue are not my favorite colors in the world, but together in nature, they are strikingly beautiful. Look at my bright green apples dangling before such a brilliantly azure blue sky! It reminds me of our trip to Lake Ontario, several years ago now, when the sod was so beautiful and green and the lake absolutely breathtaking blue.

Gee, that reminds me– we haven’t been out and about is SO LONG. I have got to do something special for these kids before summer ends. We traveled so much when they were younger (before the days of digital baby monitors), but the past few years have been pretty sparse.

Another post on my visit to Trinity Church in Manhattan. The place oozes beauty and history!

This photo shows one of a set of bronze doors that house the gift shop in one corner of the church. I have no idea what the room’s original purpose was– a small chapel? A small office? Don’t know. It must have been something important because the doors are so elaborate. The panels told the story of the discovery and settlement of Manhattan. It was like a mini-series of New York. The work was beautifully done.

The front doors to the church have such carved bronze doors, as well, but they are more… European? Is that the word? There’s an immodest lady on one and the others strike me as somewhat Grecian or Roman with their hints of pagan mythology. I only got a quick glance at them, as people were streaming in and out of the doors….

The doors are very well done. I wonder how old they are? I can’t imagine the fledgling church had them way back when… the British would have melted them down, anyway, when they invaded New York during the war for independence. Nothing like a war to shake up a settlement’s economy. No www.wholesaleinsurance.net back then!

Trinity Church is lovely every where you look.