Annie's Blog

some little person had a nice easter day he received some easter presents and enjoyed playing with them before we took off for church it was nice to have an old friend to visit over easter...hope he got back to london via iceland ok the puppets at church kept the littlies absorbed in the story singing the hallelujah chorus outside church on the way to have a picnic lunch walking along now leafy shady streets lined with old houses past ornate doorways to the hudson river and riverside park where the spring flowers are blooming and little boys can play in the hippo playground brmmmm brmmmm galloping galloping and then off home more doorways and different houses... this row of houses is part of the pomander walk between w94th and w95th streets on the upper west side of manhattan built in 1921, see the wikipedia reference for more info after our busy easter we went to run around and have fun at the gym and for a nice walk down to the park where the green leaves are growing we were there i...

On Easter Sunday the baby got to open his first Easter present. Then we all went off to church down at W86th St. The kids came bounding in at the end waving banners while the congregation and the choir all sang the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah. The banner at the front of the church, is a very apt description of how this congregation sees it's role in the community. The flowers were very beautiful. I love the simple stained glass windows. After church, and fellowship over coffee afterward was over. we strolled over to Central Park...it was a little cool...should I say cold...with a nasty cold wind blowing, but we were well dressed for the weather, luckily! the spring flowers were looking gorgeous and the apartments too It seemed a great day for photography.. Here is a shot of the blossoms on the east side from the Jackie Onassis reservoir and the Guggenheim seems as if it is still under wraps...well, at least only the roof this time! And here we end our lovely walk in...