Fire Island

Back from the states now... Clothes washed dried and put away... cases cleared...

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Some beautiful flowers on this tree above at a cousins home out on Long Island...

Great wall plaque on their home too! Could do with one of these here...

Yes, looks like I stalked their home...

Fire Island, and its lighthouse, was a good walk along from the car park to the lighthouse, looks small here... considering the real height of it though!!!  And everywhere I went Cardinal birds were with me, word on the street was that to see a Cardinal means someone who has passed over is nearby... Hmmm just checked this out on the net, there are so many meanings, I guess all it really means is... I saw lots of Cardinals!

Just a tree near the lighthouse... I liked it, its here!

A view from the top of the lighthouse, up there was a man, I said 'hello' and inquired about the place some more, turned out he had been to Neath! He was someone best man back in the 1970's... small world then!

What a view from here... Also from here you can see the city...

The beach was quite empty up until nearer the car park when it really got packed out, lots of people sunbathing, lots in thongs! Men only seemed!! OMG!! NO!!!! Really????

We were the most dressed people there! Me and cousin walked with our feet in the warm ocean... beautiful day, beautiful ocean... Just Beautiful...

TTFN
Marian

Carlo's Bakery

Buddy Valastro we came, we visited, we bought cannoli's!

We got the bus, then the F train to 23rd Street, and onto the PATH, that's Port Authority Trans Hudson line... Taking us under the Hudson River and into New Jersey...

He was on his way home from China!

I did not expect the huge crouds and line in the store... Silly me! Everyone and their brothers aunt was there for pastries and more...

We only bought cannoli's, a travel cup and a big coffee cup!

Poor Baz was sat outside for over half hour! Ate my cannoli out side the store! Mmmmm! Delicious indeedy!

TTFN
Marian

Port Jefferson

A couple of days ago we visited this beautiful town, Port Jefferson...

There were a few of us... And bizarring came a visiting by way of a local funeral parlour, sadly someone in the family HSS lost their father...

This small town was packed to the gills with happy tourist's on Father's Day...

We were a large group for passers by to contend with forsure, and a few locals gave us short measure with our ramble!

Off the the main road we saw some really beautiful homes and shops...

Sadly, for us at least many of the old style American cars have gone, replaced mainly now by smaller cars, much more like ours back in the UK...

The port here was pretty, much like Swansea in size of port and boats... But with the beautiful weather and the amazing back drop from this old world town...

Coming next: Buddy Valastro the Cake Boss

TYFN
Marian

Prickly pears and cactus leafs side by side on our local store shelves...

Yesterday morning we four went for a walk around the local park, snapped up a frog, faces in trees and random swamps...
 Went to upload here this morning to remember they're in my camera! So... Bear with...

The New York City courts, with the bail bond offices beyond...

Soup menu above, we bad breakfast here, want to go back and have clam chouder!

Yesterday one pm, we were collected and took an hour and half journey up to Carmel...

We had the most wonderful day, the Bonelli clan gathered, over thirty of us, Franco now realises now why I am so loud!  I love them all... I miss them all already, all the lost years, the lost family gatherings... The lost time... I am in exile!!!

The food was better than any you could have in an Italian restaurant, my favorite wine Woodbridge... Huge photo shoot!  One poor guy, had a whole pile of cameras and had to repeat the shots!!

We had a dramatic thunder storm the evening before, thunder lightening... Street flooding! crazy weather... Then we notices how warm it was getting upstairs... Turned out the heating was on up there! It was so hot, took so long to cool down... My frozen mole came off!

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Marian

Caught in the mist last night

My favorite store! Por su  puesto!

Madison Square Garden last night! As seen from Roy Rogers!

Good morning from my homeland, lucky and fortunate girl I realise truly that I am...  Born in this great country of America, I am proud to be an American, I may have been pulled out of here kicking and screaming, mom told me very loudly for the while journey apparently!  I wish in some ways I had been here longer as a child, to know my family better and for longer, including my dad... But for the greatest of reasons everything stay as it is...

We have had a long journey, leaving on Sunday we went up to Nottingham to collect Barry, road works everywhere, and within two minutes of reaching him, we started to get further away due to more road works!  We drove then to Heathrow airport, about quarter hour from anyway, found hotel easy, and everything was great, some of the reviews weren't nice, but we found it excellent! Baz had an early night, so Franco and I went out, had to not get jet lag today! So we walked... And walked, there was method in our walking, so as not to get lost, and only on exiting Macy's the second time did we! But it was a good get lost, we had coffee, WiFi free, tables and chairs! And it was ten pm... We had broken through the jet lag barrier! Three am GMT ... But we were fine!

We have awoken early today non the less, all ready, nearly, Baz! To go for breakfast, I am starving, had breakfast in hotel, lunch and light dinner, ie sandwich and snacks! on the plane, then a fast food meal here in the evening!!!

Madison square gardens is over the road from the Hotel Pennsylvania where we are for these two nights, and last night a big big hockey game was happening, the New York team arrived on their coach, the streets were heaving with fans, everyone, nearly wearing the team colors! And traffic! It was yellow and black, yellow for the cabs and black for the limo's!

Okay, time for breakfast, its not even seven yet!

TTFN
Marian