Around here...the Cloisters...

On our way to almost anywhere from here, the Cloisters is in view...an adjunct of the Met downtown, it is a special place to visit...
on Sunday we went past, down to the playground...Grandma is most impressed with the playgrounds...especially this one...
I even managed to get the young lad to keep his mittens on for a while...(and then I managed to get them on the wrong hands)!!! At minus something feels like minus 12 degrees Celsius, he seemed happy enough to leave them on for a change.
even aspiring actors can act out their parts here it seems....
and I think this impressive building might be the bathrooms, but I am not sure....
even places for the adults to exercise...
and in the our usual park today, there was still ice in the river and pond. Perhaps not as much as some places in the US or Canada these days..but enough for me ....
there's something about this manhole cover that gets to me...
and the little lad was quite determined he was going to take this home to Daddy! He would have too...except I persuaded him to leave it there for tomorrow!

have I lost him now...where is he hiding from me....
ah, there you are, scally wag.....
even snow still lies on the tennis courts....a great photo to take home to the height of summer in Australia....from 32 degrees F in the US to 34 C and above in Australia! What fun it will be! At the moment they are having rain and floods back home, which is terrific for easing the drought breaking conditions they have been having over the last many years!

Shadows and Reflections

on the Harlem River....
in the playground...
large shadows ....and....

little shadows all.....

It is such fun to have the time to hang around with this little guy every day....so much time to ponder and reflect and enjoy...and photograph. Thanks little fella.

For more shadow photos, try joining in the fun at Shadow Shot Sunday on Hey Harriet 's every Sunday.

the skies...what a difference a day makes...

Sunday we went for a walk...blue skies...
Monday we stayed at home...
Tuesday night it snowed...
so on Wednesday we went for another walk...
in the snow
and we tried out the new sled....

and today it was blue, cold, but sunny skies again....
Inwood, (Manhattan) , NYC

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Snow again

It snowed here yesterday.
This looks like a hut in the woods doesn't it?
In fact it was taken out our apartment window yesterday morning.
Stay tuned for more snowy photos, every day!
Hope you are having a good day too!

A walk in the woods cont

up over Inwood Hill...
presume these things actually work?
and down again...
plenty of rock...what Manhattan is built on....and caves too....
icicles frozen over the rocks....
and a commemorative plaque to mark the buying of Manhattan Island ....
down by the lake again....where the Harlem River meets the Hudson.
looks like a lot of ice in there at the moment
a quick chat in the sun
before we head home through the park, and past the baseball fields, tennis and basketball courts, and playgrounds.