I Love New York Travel

Oh the photo is teeny tiny… can you see it?

It’s my son’s bass guitar and amplifier. LOL, he took a photo of it! He created a nice new blog, MarshallBrickster.blogspot.com. He calls it “Marshall Arts” after his amp. LOL, very creative. He’s young, but he’s a very good writer, a surprisingly good writer. Makes me wonder what may develop from it…. Maybe if I get him an apogee duet he’ll create another blog?!

He, like the other kids (and me, lately) have not had much time for creative outlets. We’ve been very busy with school and house cleaning and, now that spring approaches, yard work and such. I also see that I have to get some projects done around the house, too. *sigh*

How is your time going? Do you have any spring plans?

I’ll be going back to New York City again sometime again soon. I’m really looking forward to it, as I like the city. But it can be very stressful. First, there’s the loooooong drive. Then there’s the loooong train ride (which is otherwise very pleasant, just long). Then, after the relative peacefulness of the train ride, you are dumped into Manhattan with millions of other people. The place is like a living, squirming organism. Pretty hectic. Then, there’s finding your equilibrium so you know which direction to go. Whew, I’m tired remembering it!

But it’s a birthday gift to my daughters. Their birthdays are near each other and it’s therefore easy to get package deals. Of course, we do celebrate their own days separately. Thank God for redenvelope promo codes, too– gifts are SO much easier when you get a nice little discount along with it.

As the kids get older, it seems they like the more meaningful gifts. Instead of trinkets, a nice gift and a trip or something memorable are terrific.

It’s a wonderful thing when you find some photos you didn’t know you had.

The photo is from my son’s camera, when we hiked up Blue Mountain in the Adirondacks last September. It seems like a million miles away now. It would be SO COOL to make a photo like this into a huge wall mural or a tiny one into metal switch plate covers or something. The scene is just breathtaking.

I hope we can get back to the Adirondacks in the near future.

I got an odd email today. Someone from a new fashion magazine asked if I knew of any old house near New York City that would be suitable for a photo shoot.

LOL.

I wish I could offer detailed advice. Upstate NY is almost ALL old houses, lol.

Do you see it? AHHHHH!!! Spiders give me stenosis of the spine!!!

The photo is from the Adirondack Museum. We visited in September 2012. It was a wonderful time. It cost us almost $100 in admission, it had better be wonderful, lol!

Anyway, I thought the hairy spider was cute on the garden gate. This was the area of the “typical” Adirondack garden. HOW these people were able to grow anything up here, I don’t know. The growing season is, what, only 4 months long? People had to eat a ton of protein, too, because life in the rugged wilderness was so tough. It’s still rather difficult, I think. In the winter, the ADK park practically shuts down (except for skiing and snowmobiling). I never saw any large grocery stores anywhere we traveled, only a few convenience stores with astronomical prices. I still wonder where people get their groceries.

It’s a lovely park, well worth visiting. Just beware of the big stuffed spiders!