Annie's Blog

An interesting building I encountered when in Boston with my daughter recently. This was at MIT in Cambridge, just down the road from where my daughter's conference was held. I was lucky enough to go along and help mind the baby for her. It was good to be back in the States again. Although it was quite different this time, minding a baby. Not a lot of time for sightseeing in between baby's sleeps. But fun anyway. This building mirrored one I saw in a painting on the wall in our hotel room. Quite strange when I saw it and recognised it from the painting! Or was it a photograph? Gosh my memory is bad. When I get to go through through the photos I took, I'll try to remember to post it. It reminded me very much of a Jeffrey Smart painting. I will also enjoy posting some photos of the art gallery exhibition I went to today. I have to check first if I am allowed to. A wonderful collection of old photos and paintings, of the buildings that were built here on the Coast, sinc...

fun on the beach waking on the rocks even despite the bluebottles good to spy a pool and some flowers on the sand dunes what's over here? spied on the beachfront.

Isn't it lovely when something surprises you in the garden. The other day I saw the frangipani was trying to bloom, and I forgot that that one is pink! How silly! sorry spider, but I just couldn't cook the dinner and have you under my feet at the same time...argh....all in a day's work! Normally they don't particularly bother me but this one was extra Frisky and Large and errrrr....k going to take the car into the garage yesterday, I was stuck in traffic. Not too bad when beside the river. Other drivers must wonder what on earth I am doing with the camera! past the bridge....I wonder whether the traffic was bad because they were trying to transport a certain young American from the prison here to immigration detention in Melbourne. They said they were leaving the prison about the same time as I left home. Hope they had a better run to the airport through the traffic than I did just to get to the local garage. A drive that would normally take seven minutes, took me about...

along the esplanade... around town.. at the resort...and below, clock tower with palms...

A few images from a trip down to midtown on a warm saturday afternoon, and Monday lunchtime down at Union Square (see about half way). striking architecture and a relief on a church... more striking apartments... and another two contrasts in my looking up series these windows got to me down near the passenger ship terminal more apartments....... and past Fordham university..... art work near Columbus circle and some interesting lighting effects Co;umbus circle by night on the way home and on Monday morning, all bright and cheery....let's go shopping... down to union square.... where we saw these funny little art works....at the subway station.... before we found Babies r Us...aha..here it is... some more art work along the way, just as we emerged from the subway.... more flora of New York...beautiful roses! loved these bananas...didn't notice the prop underneath until I got home and looked at the photo on the computer...... we wandered along a street of brownstones... whe...