We hopped in our new car and drove to Shannon’s Nursery to buy some flowers for our fairy garden. What an exciting adventure! To drive a car as well as buy flowers to plant in our back yard! It was a very very hot day and so the flowers and plants were wilting under the […]
Sidewalk chalk, ice creams, clover chains and fairy wings…. This was our day today! Starting early we were up and out of the house by 9am. We wanted to use our sidewalk chalk and so made our way to the bandshell, an expansive cement canvas. It was a good time to draw, in the gentle morning […]
The secluded Vale of Cashmere in Prospect Park is located in the northeastern end just south of Grand Army Plaza. It can be difficult to find and were we not led there by a friend we may not have found it. People go to the Vale for many resons, and avoid it for many reasons […]
We had a glorious day yesterday for the Maypole Festival with Maya’s Waldorf Playgroup. It was balmy hot and humid, and we were all looking a bit like wilted flowers by the end. A wonderful time was had in the summer like heat, a mounting tempest to the storm that was predicted. Thankfully the thunder […]
I am currently reading Chapter Four of a book titled Simplicity Parenting. This chapter is titled Rhythm, and is dedicated to the importance of rhythm in a child’s life and how to create rhythm in your home to achieve family harmony. In this sense, rhythm relates to the tempo of your family life. The following […]
The New York Aquarium is a short train ride from our house. Located at the famous Coney Island. The combination of warm spring weather and my friend’s shark cushions inspired me to take the girls to the Aquarium. We had to go and see the sharks! We had a lovely stroll along the board walk, ate […]
PART 3 – Macy’s Flower Show Our third stop in the city was the 47th annual Macy’s Flower Show at Hearld Square. This is an impressive floral installation made up of millions of fresh flowers, that thousands of people flock to see each year. In 1947, the first Macy’s Flower Show was presented at the […]
PART 2 – Bryant Park Carousel Second stop, on our big day in the city was the Bryant Park Carousel. Shopping at the Chelsea Markets had given us an appetite and so we caught the train to 42nd St and met Cam for lunch at the Carousel. This is my favorite Carousel in NYC for […]
Yesterday the girls and I achieved a NYC Easter triptych. Three things that are great to do in Spring: Chelsea Markets, Bryant Park Carousel, and the Macy’s Flower Show. It was a big (long) day in the city for us, which involved me carrying Elle in her stroller up and down hundreds or subway stairs, […]
Yesterday we spent the day in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. We packed a picnic lunch, met with friends, Faith, Jasper and Carys and strolled through Prospect Park to the BBG. The Garden is a favorite place of our family, particularly Maya who has said three times since yesterday, “Can we go to the Botanic Garden again!”. […]
Snowdrop, snowdrop, waken up! Catch a sunbeam in your cup! Croucus Crocus waken up! Catch a sunbeam in your cup! Children, children, waken up! Catch a sunbeam in your cup! This is a song Maya’s class sing at playgroup, it is the prettiest little spring song, that I find myself singing as I walk along. […]
This Sculpture is on 2nd Street across from The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture garden entrance gate. I pass it on my way to collect Maya from school. It is in the yard of a private home and I often look at this marvelous tree, wondering who made it, and what the hands are signing? After […]
Today I found a brand new kite still in the box. It was on the street as I walked to collect Maya from playgroup. While it looked like a very cheap and not so good a kite, it turned out to be perfect for the kids as it was very easy to fly. Finding this […]
Recently while filling it time during Maya’s Ballet class, I strolled down 16th Street in Brooklyn and noticed this art like form of tree wrapping. It instantly looked Japanese to me, having seen this art in Japan. In addition to the wrapping, at the base of the trees handmade stick fences had been built. This […]
The Museum of Natural History in NYC is an awesome place and I do not say this lightly. It is the kind of museum that enthrals you from exhibit to exhibit in order to study the well curated animals and the impressions of their habitat and what they might be seen doing in ‘nature’. It is […]
On our walk through the Park on Monday (Presidents Day) we made a few great discoveries. It is intriguing to come across the product and results of personal activities of others on display in public spaces. It makes you wonder, who did this? We found a beautiful strand of origami paper cranes hanging on a […]
Looking out our windows yesterday we noticed very well formed icicles hanging from the fire escape. They were some of the biggest cluster of icicles I have seen yet (having not grown up with icicles) and they reminded me of stalactites (mites go up, tights come down). I could not resist taking a photo of […]
White wonderful snow, falling from the sky, swirling dancing snowflakes, enchanting you and I. The snow is so pretty I wrote a little ditty. A snow day for us and so Maya gets to go to play-group on her sled. We were out in the snow early this morning building a snowman, throwing snowballs and […]
