Annie's Blog

His eye is on the squirrel and He watches over me! Is that how it goes...not quite like that! and the birds of the air ...came to visit... Roses Roses...beautiful Roses he watches over the babies in their cribs... and even the grandmothers! Reflections of the hospital garden as I went home last night. Thanks for the offer of a private room for mother and father and baby last night... And I am not sure what this is doing here..another image as I walked home. So often I am photographing the beautiful parts of New York...and I miss the ordinary! Thanks God for watching over us all!

I just missed the Wednesday Post at Mrs Nesbitts Place http://mrsnesbittsplace.blogspot.com/ ....but I will post my violins anyway, cos I really like them... ... (from my previous Music Shop on the Hill post)

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW Baby Liam arrived last night, after an exciting day. It must have been the pineapple she ate! Now the real fun begins!

Here are some more images from around Columbia University I took the other day. I do wish I could remember all the names of the buildings! I really liked the inscription above, on the Natural Sciences Building. I wonder what they call that building today? Yesterday we went for a look at the Cloisters not far from here. An adjunct of The Met. It also is a great and interesting place. So much to see. (There will be photos of it in my next post here). And here is the one that would be most familiar to everyone. The Lowe Library, Columbia Uni, New York. Very impressive. What an inspiration to be studying at a place like this! Well, I have managed to drop two photos off here already. I better leave it there for the time being! Leave well enough alone, eh? One of the inscriptions at Columbia uni said the other day, "may Religion and Learning go hand in hand, and Character grow with Knowledge". Which reminded me of the verses I came across the other day, which have meant a...

Yesterday I went down to Columbia Uni proper at 116th Street, after seeing Jo to work. To get there I had to juggle trains, as some of them are express from up here. To cut a long story short, I found myself at the same place last year where I was lost in the middle of Harlem. Except last year it was a rainy day! Fortunately yesterday was much more pleasant so I was able to navigate my way through Morningside Park and up the steps. Here is the view from out my bedroom window. It was very kind of Jo and Andrew to move apartments to give me a much better view! This was taken as the sun was rising early the other morning! I don't know if you remember , but the last view was of some very crumbling paint on window sills and ledges. But I do miss the black cat. Even though it frightened me by sitting on an aircon four storeys up. And jumping its way to the nearest balcony. It reminded me then of the book we read The Cat who came for Christmas, by a fellow in NY. Here is the lovely ru...

Hi from me again. It is only 6.30am. Waking at 5.30am in the morning is a little better than the 4am of the last couple of days! At last the jetlag might be shifting! It is also nice now the heatwave has ended, and we can open the windows for a cool breeze. Ah lovely! Yesterday I managed to get not too lost and find the Historic Dyckman Framhouse just down the road. (I am having a little trouble getting my bearings again, especially in a new suburb)! Anyway, it was good to have a walk, even though most of it was in the wrong direction, after I came back from accompanying Jo to work. Good to read and find out a little of the history of the place. Hard to imagine this suburb way back when it was a farming area! Here is the photo of the storm the other night when I came up out of the subway. Except I didn't manage to capture the lightning..sorry about that! I managed to lose it off this post the other night. Some nice fellow showed me where the elevators were that night, and then wait...

A Few photos from my Big Trip.. AND I HAVE BEEN TAGGED..see below the usual looong plane flight... why are there all these round spots? This is a photo of...well, I will let you guess...until next post... a good old aussie train...at Roma Street Station That's not me, that is Judith from tennis, who kindly offerred to give me a lift to the station. I love going in the train..it is so stress free...no traffic to worry about! And here is Abbey. thinking of you! Now I will have to try to do these links and tags from the previous post, where just Joni from Morning Coffee http://justjoninjava.blogspot.com/ tagged me yesterday. (Thankyou!) Oops, it already looks like it will be more difficult for me to do than I thought...mmm... Anyway, the rules are: The Rules of the Tag Game: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. 2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to...