LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY

WELL ITS BEEN A WHILE...LETS SEE...FROM OCTOBER WE WENT TO NOVEMBER TO OUR 49TH ANNIVERSARY AND A TRIP TO NEW YORK.  SURE..ON THANKSGIVING WEEK END WITH 50K OTHER TRAVELERS! GEEZ! ACTUALLY WEATHER WAS NICE..NO IDEA WHY I AM IN A COAT AND SCARF!  MUST HAVE BEEN EARLY MORNING..IN TIMES SQUARE.

 THERE REALLY WAS NO CHRISTMAS ATMOSPHERE..DIDN'T HEAR ONE CHRISTMAS CAROL UNTIL WE WERE RIDING IN A TAXI TO GROUND ZERO.  BUT TH IS SHOP..ON PARK AVE..WHERE A CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT WAS 450.00...HAD GREAT WINDOWS.

 THESE WINDOWS ARE NOT BIG PICTURES...EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THESE WINDOWS WAS CAREFULLY COLLAGED..GORGEOUS..UNBELIEVABLE.

 WE DID FEEL SOME HOLIDAY SPIRIT AT ROCKAFELLER CENTER.  THATS IT . YOU LEAVE THERE..YOU LEAVE CHRISTMAS BEHIND.  SORT OF SAD.  THIS WAS TAKEN NEAR THE SKATING RING. THAT BIG TREE YOU SEE ON TV ISNT' THAT BIG..ITS ON THE TOP PLATFORM OF THE SKATE RING..DECEIVING!

SO THATS IT ON PICTURES FROM NY..MOST OF THEM..GOT LOST IN MY S3 IPHONE..WHICH FELL IN THE TOILET IN STARBUCKS IN NY...YES I RETRIEVED IT..AND HAD TO RUN TO THE APPLE STORE 30 BLOCKS AWAY..BUT LOST MOST OF MY PICTURES.  NOW HAVE A NEW 4S..WHICH ISN'T AS GOOD..I DONT' THINK.
HEY I COULD HAVE SAID I LOST THE PHONE...BUT ALAS, I CANNOT LIE AND ANYWAY...FALLING WHERE IT DID ..IS PROBABLY MORE MY STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!


MORE ON THE BIG BIG APPLE STORE...IN THE BIG BIG APPLE..LATER!

 BUT OH THE STYLES...LOOK AT HER...SHE JUST THINKS SHE IS 'IT'. I AM GUESSING THAT OUTFIT IS ABOUT 3000.  THIS WASN'T MACY'S!  INFACT MACY'S WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING...LITTLE DECOR BUT A FLOOR FULL OF DECORATED TREES,, ALL LINED UP..NOT VERY ARTSIE FARTSIE!!

 BUT OH CENTRAL PARK. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO RETURN TO NEW YORK, UNLESS JOHN LETS ME WALK CENTRAL PARK FOR A WHOLE DAY..AND SIT IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION AND WATCH PEOPLE WALK BY...THOSE WERE MY 2 FAVORITE SPOTS!  THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BOAT HOUSE IN CENTRAL PARK..BY ONE OF 4 LAKES..AND WITH A DINING ROOM WITH WHITE TABLECLOTHES. GORGEOUS.

 WELL..WHAT HAPPENED HERE...NO IDEA...PROBLEM WITH THE PERSON DOWNLOADING..DAH...THAT IS ANOTHER WINDOW PICTURE FRM NY...AND MOM
WITH HER BEAUTIFUL NEW APRON...I THINK YOU WILL SEE THIS AGAIN...HERE...JUST HANG ON...

 WENT SHOPPING ON 7TH AVENUE IN PHX AND FOUND THIS ADORABLE ANGEL, DISTRESSED MAGNET BOARD FOR MY GUEST ROOM..WHEN EVER I GET THE GUEST ROOM...FOR NOW..IT WILL HANG FOR ME! HA.

I DID DO SOME ART..VERY LITTLE.  BUT I EXPERIMENTED WITH RESIN..SO THIS IS A PAINT..THEN RESIN..THEN PAINT..THEN RESIN..TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT LAYERS...
I LIKED HOW IT CAME OUT...YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT..BUT THERE ARE 3 LAYERS OF PAINTED OBJECTS...THIS WAS MY FIRST.  SINCE THEN I HAVE TRIED IT 4 MORE TIMES...WILL PUT PICTURES ON LATER.

SOMETHING HAPPENED IN MY DOWNLOADING...THIS PICTURE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOVE...BY ITSELF....AND MOM, SHOWING OFF HER NEW APRON FROM KIRSTIE..WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIRST!  OH WELL.
MOM JUST LOVED THAT APRON...SHE EVEN NOTICED THE PRETTY POLKA DOT BOW ON THE BOTTOM...SHE SAID SHE COULD WEAR THIS AS A DRESS!!

SO NOVEMBER CAME AND WENT...
MOM HANGING IN THERE...MISSED HER MY 5 DAYS IN NY...BUT..CAREGIVER SAID SHE DIDNT' NOTICE I WAS GONE UNTIL THE 4TH DAY...MOM QUALIFIES NOW FOR HOME RESPIT CARE, WHICH MEANS I CAN GO AWAY..AND MOM CAN STAY AT HOME WITH 24 HOUR CAREGIVERS...THANK YOU LORD.

UNTIL NEXT TIME.
PREPARE YOUR HEARTS FOR TODAY..AND TOMORROW!