Yesterday Wednesday March 4th

This week is rolling past at great speed!
Was going to list the days with happenings.  But my photographs tell the story do they not.

From Tuesday, the weather came down. But rain brings its own beauty...

Random from imperfect car photography with moving life caught on camera...

 Below the home of the late John Lennon..

And Strawberry Fields area of Central Park...

And Yesterday ... all my troubles seemed so far away... moment pinned in time, this song, 1989/90... In a coach coming back from a dog track in walthhamstow London.  The whole lot of us singing this song..

TTFN
Marian

Monday March 2nd

The Chrysler Building

I had never actually walked around the base of the Chrysler Building before!

Empire State Building

And coming from the bus stop I found myself right by Macy's! Where we'd stopped when we'd stayed here in Manhattan six years ago...

I paused for a while, visualizing us sat there.. drinking coffee.. I could almost see us, and I was thrown for a moment.. taken back in time.

The Vessel

I walked around to the Vessel.. but couldn't walk straight in, or up? Tried to get the free tickets online but was a two hour wait, so headed off up to Central Park.. I stopped for coffee in McDonald's! Sat upstairs and rested a while.. I walked up 7th.. my old familiar route.. pausing again in Times Square...

Random bee!?! Near the Vessel

This is the code to use to get tickets booked on line, no fees, free tickets! There are machines on site, but this is definitely the way to go ahead of time.

Times Square

Beethoven Statue

The old photo was taken about 1933.. mom in her father's arms.. I wanted to get up close and exactly where my mom and granddad were.. no chance! A fence all the way around now!

Then above the Bethesda Fountain.. apart from now no water, the area wasn't so far away.. mom is like ten foot away from the fountain! Now it looks like miles! Well, you know, not near enough.

I was saddened.. couldn't scatter my mom either, way too many Canadian geese right where I wanted to be! That was a no no for obvious reasons!

Then couldn't get to these two places and take photographs that would be exactly where my mom and grandparents had stepped..

This was on Monday, I bussed into the city, from right around the corner.. I had the change, turned out it was Metro Card only! A lady near the front said don't worry use my Metro Card and give me the cash.. she did, and I did.. I was so thankful, I thanked her so much, and again when she left the bus.. then when I got off the bus I said to the driver that the lady was an angel, he said most of the people on his bus were angels...

TTFN
Marian

New York - Day 2

Today, I was up and down early for breakfast, brought it back up to my room, I'd paid for a double room, no price difference than a single but more comfort, also meant I had a double breakfast!! Lol

And after eating, I stashed away the bottles of water and a muffin to eat with me! Camera and waist bag, and back pack!! Lol off I went! Turning right up 7th, all the way.. paused a while in Times Square...

Then, onwards and upwards! Reached Central Park and walked to the area where I scattered mom, it's a bit overgrown there, apart from the two trees where I scattered her about... They are neither overgrown or grown! Or even there anymore!! 

I could not believe it!

What the hell!!?!!

How bizarre is that!! If mom was alive she would be freaking out about this! Off all the tree's these young ones are gone!! Why....

So, I sat on the rock I also left her in.. I sat for a couple of hours and read, actually, one of her favourite books, she read it to me when I was a small child, maybe not the right thing? I don't know, but if fired up my imagination, and kind of links also to all the Egyptian books and stories I also heard..

Oh the book! Lol sorey!
She by H. Rider Haggard


I strolled then back out of the park and headed for Christopher Columbus!

And hence back down 6th Street... To a Burger place I wanted to visit!

All the way down... Down down down... To 19th Street! One helluva way... That day I walked 6.5 miles!!

So.. I reached the place the Burger & Lobster, absolutely wonderful! Great place!

After much time in there, and plenty of coffee to fuel my long walk back, I did!

By way of 5th Street and Madison Square Garden Park, where I sat and either read or people watched in equal measure!

Then I continued down and made my way across back to 7th and the hotel, where I collapsed! Happily!