Annie's Blog

Yesterday we partook of our delayed Mother's Day outing. I am not sure either of the parents got more sleep than the day before Mother's Day, but anyway, perhaps they are just used to that good old sleep-deprived feeling. Erg. I can barely think about it. Anyway, someone was off and running the minute we were in the gate. He was after the tram! I think he probably would have caught it, if we hadn't wanted to detour through the Children's Adventure Garden first. after a bit of discussion, we were off past birdhouses wonderful flowers the azalea garden was magnificent. In full flower. How lucky we were! some funny creatures appeared along the way and then we had our tram tour through the whole Botanical Gardens. It certainly would be worth visiting again...for a much longer time too. Trouble is it is right next to the Bronx Zoo...decisions decisions. (Glad they found that cobra) On the way out I just had to take a photo of the tulips at the front entrance and I rather th...

the lilac was just beautiful as I passed it tthis morning, tucked away high, almost out of sight and the leaves on this tree looked like they were on fire Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Lazy days with kids and grand kids Brunch in the cafe A walk in the park skype chats with more grandchildren from afar A daughter back in the kitchen cooking up a storm A baby sleeping 6 hours in the night A little boy whose cough is getting much better What more could one wish for? Thankyou God.

on a busy corner in NYC there is an original old farmhouse The garden there is a delight to behold and it affords a few moments away from the business outside where one can stand and be still and enjoy God's creation and reflect. And in the busy-ness of family life with a new born, there have been many precious moments ...especially those spent cuddling a tiny tiny baby, and spending time with a precious 2 year old. How precious the little lives are that have been given to us to care for. May God make us ever vigilant and always loving in our doing so. Two other special moments came today... One, when I was finishing the book I started here last time I was visiting. The Blue Sweater . by Jacqueline Novogratz (see sidebar). I would like to quote a small passage that I read this afternoon: (The woman writing the book is working to help women in developing countries by giving them small loans to operate a business and earn money). When Ann asked one of the village women if she cou...

We all enjoyed watching the royal wedding the other day. Even the toddler was captivated by the music and choirboys. Grandma enjoyed making her version of the royal palace since some of us (well make that all of us) are not well with varying forms of flu/hayfever we do the essentials but try to make it out to the park and playground to play with friends and have a swing with Mummy and baby While the blooms have looked beautiful, they haven't been too kind on our respiratory systems. Unfortunately. Some of us worse than others. Horrible coughs are the order of the day. Ugh.

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...