While we were travelling together I had an opportunity to get some great pictures of my parents. We enjoyed spending the week with them cruising the Carribean, seeing the sights, and getting dressed up for dinner.  Hopefully it won’t take 5 years before we find time to make another trip together!

by now you have probably guessed I have a fondness for carousel ponies.  This one was at Saratoga Springs. Unfortunately the carousel was closed for the season and all I could do was admire the ponies from outside the glass.

Jane’s Carousel, in Brooklyn Bridge Park, near the Brooklyn Bridge, along the East River, housed in a glass pavillion is the historic carousel has been completely restored.  For just $2.00 anyone can ride the ponies.  The day Bill and I were there it was a quiet day – opening at 11 am on Sunday only a few parents were out with their small children to experience the magic.

Bill and I visited Brooklyn, on a rainy Saturday. A blogger friend had recommended a coffee shop, the Brooklyn Roasting Company on Jay St.  Dispite the weather we set off to see the area,  here is Bill walking down Jays St. –  with the cobblestone streets, and old rail lines.  After a warm cup of coffee we headed out to walk along the river.

One last picture of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City,  this time the exterior – I wanted toget in close enough to eliminate a lot of the background, yet still show off it’s unusual shape, to make the photo more about the geometry, and the lines. I converted the image to a high contrast black and white, the building is really quite dirty and the black and white reduced the amount of dirt that can be seen in the image.

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I have returned from New York City with dozens of pictures from the our trip, while the Guggenheim is usually one of my favorite places to visit while in the city, this trip was a bit of a disappointment. They had just closed a major show, and were preparing the major exhibit halls for a new show – lots of painters – not paintings!

The Guggenheim opened in 1959 was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and is one of the cities most notable architectural landmarks.

walking around Grand Cayman a couple of ofweeks ago I spotted these two lizards sitting together in the sun. as you can see they were very conscious of me – they were sitting in the sun just watching the tourist stroll by! That is about as Romantic as things get these days – Happy Valentines Day to everyone.

Ellis Island and the Ellis Island Museum is one of my favorite places to visit while in New York City. I never get tired of hearing the stories of the Immigrants. As a Canadian, the people who came to this country share similar stories to those told at this museum.  To understand their life, and their struggles is to understand where we come from.  To realize that what we have is built on a foundation of their hard work, their determination and the strength.

This piano, now sits in one of the displays on the third floor, of items left behind when the Immigration Center closed.  It was played by may of the immigrants waiting to be processed, to pass the time and to entertain those that waited.  I can only image the variety of music that was play, love songs, ballads, dance songs and kids songs from so many different countries.

Erin at the whispering gallery, Grand Central Termial, New York City, using the fish eye lens I was able to get the gallery!

grand central terminal whispering gallery

One of the displays at Ellis Island Museum, a sample of the luggage new citizens to the United States brought with them.

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