Wet Indeed

Like lots of other parts of the country

we have had a great deal of rain. So much rain that all the raincoats and jackets are soaked

and my welly boots have sprung a leak. These photos were taken from the M4 bus

going down 5th Avenue by Central Park on Wednesday afternoon. 

They were taken on my phone since I know from experience that

 getting a camera wet is not a terrifically good idea.

But you get the general idea

I think. More rain forecast today!

Bike Path, Central Park and Under the Bus Terminal

Looking towards New Jersey. Such elegant decay.

More of the same  --with a tower!

Looking down towards the boating lake in Central Park

This last picture a sort of visual conundrum.

We were waiting for a taxi outside the back door of the bus terminal

and I looked up! A sort of Where's Waldo effect.

Random Curiosities/Uptown

A horseman in Central Park.

A dress with faces on it. Bergdorf window.

A mosaic with palm trees and skyscrapers.

East 60's.

A poster commemorating the Society of Illustrators Costume Ball 1922.

I'm sure Dr.Seuss had studied this artist.

Enlarge to see all the people who attended the ball.

People should have stashed their Christmas decorations by now.

Artificial poinsettias in June are not cheerful.

East 60's

Tuesday: People around Town

Sisters shopping in Macy's.

A sundress with the subway map on it!

I really wanted to take a picture of the uptown doorman with his swanky uniform.

Then this character said," What about me?"

Everyone wants their photo taken in Central Park.

And after Central Park, Bergdorf Goodman's windows.

What impossible elegance.

How one can gaze and gaze.

Quiet New York

There is so much going on in New York

 and so many people rushing about  doing important things.

In the late afternoon Susanna and I reached the relative calm of

the beginning of the Central Park. 

These serene faux-medieval maidens haunt 53rd Street....

...looking very peaceful indeed.

Climbing a staircase at Moma -- 

where a gazillion people eagerly drink in art.

The models in Bergdorf Goodman's windows who

 inhabit a rarified world of elegance and butterflies.

Season's Greetings

A volunteer pumkin that grew from the seeds of one that went squishy on the stoop.
Photo courtesy of Claudia Schmid.



Has anyone ever actually read Walter Scott? I think I ought to have done.
He seems quite pleased with himself in Central Park.



And who is this strange figure striding through the twilight?



He looks up at the bare overarching branches.



Happy Halloween!

Sunday in the Park with .........Everyone

After a wet and blustery Saturday, Sunday dawned fine.
So we went to the park - along with almost everyone else in town.



The young man just learning to walk.....



And the young woman taking photographs.........



The architectural bits are very picture -skew as one of our children used to say.



I don't think the swan was very impressed by these two young girls and their dogs.



The park is a good place to read the paper.......



.............or play music........



..........but most people wandered about.........



.........and eventually had to go home.

ps. this entry goes against my usual principles. I try to keep them to 5 pictures or fewer.
Since I have the attention span of a flea, I get tired reading long, long posts.
Once someone posted a list of 100 things she intended to do........I lasted about 15.....
Obviously, blogs are utterly personal and we all have very different tastes.
Thoughts?