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I’ve got 181 photos still to review/delete/edit. It’s been raining since I got home, sometimes heavily (it’s pouring again at the moment). This is just shortly after the time we arrived in Córdoba last year and learned that November is the rainiest month of the year. It’s dreary. But it’s home. And I’m grateful.
I had breakfast at 10 this morning and went back to bed at noon until 1:30. Now I’ll keep myself awake (if it kills me) until it’s time to tuck in for the night. I was too lazy to take the trash and recycling down last night, so I’ve got twice as much to take down tonight. I did laundry Thursday and Friday and decided to take the day off today. More tomorrow, and then I’m overdue to change the sheets. Domestic bliss.
I mentioned while I was in New York that I went for a walk on a beautiful sunny afternoon and thought I’d take photos of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Bridge Park on the East River. Unfortunately, I left my camera in the hotel room. So, I enjoyed a briefer walk along the river (I was too tired to do much more anyway). But I went back Tuesday afternoon before flying off. Skies were mostly gray and cloudy which made for more interesting photos, I think. Winds were cold and gusty. I wore my cheap and ugly scarf and hat (you will eventually see a photo of the scarf), braved the elements, and had an incredible walk. I’ll have to map it and see how much walking I actually did, but it seemed like a lot. I have the photos to prove it. So I’ll share some of them today.
Todavía tengo 181 fotos para revisar, borrar o editar. Ha estado lloviendo desde que llegué a casa, a veces muy fuerte (ahora mismo está diluviando). Esto ocurre poco después de que llegáramos a Córdoba el año pasado y nos enteráramos de que noviembre es el mes más lluvioso del año. Es un día gris. Pero estoy en casa. Y estoy agradecida.
Desayuné a las 10 de la mañana y me volví a acostar al mediodía hasta la 1:30. Ahora me mantendré despierta (aunque me cueste la vida) hasta la hora de irme a dormir. Anoche me dio pereza sacar la basura y el reciclaje, así que tengo el doble que sacar esta noche. Lavé la ropa el jueves y el viernes y decidí tomarme el día libre hoy. Mañana lavaré más y luego toca cambiar las sábanas. ¡Qué maravilla!
Comenté durante mi estancia en Nueva York que salí a caminar una hermosa tarde soleada y pensé en tomar fotos del horizonte de Manhattan desde el Brooklyn Bridge Park, a orillas del East River. Desafortunadamente, dejé la cámara en la habitación del hotel. Así que disfruté de un paseo más breve a lo largo del río (estaba demasiado cansada para caminar mucho más). Pero regresé el martes por la tarde antes de mi vuelo. El cielo estaba mayormente gris y nublado, lo que, en mi opinión, dio como resultado fotos más interesantes. El viento era frío y racheado. Me puse mi bufanda y gorro baratos y feos (algún día verán una foto de la bufanda), desafié el clima y tuve una caminata increíble. Tendré que mapearla para ver cuánto caminé en realidad, pero me pareció muchísimo. Tengo las fotos para demostrarlo. Así que hoy compartiré algunas.
• Al llegar al borde del parque y mirar hacia atrás, hacia donde había venido.
• Entrando en el extremo sur del Brooklyn Bridge Park (Parque del fuente de Brooklyn).
• Governors Island (isla del gobernador). Ahora es un parque público de 43 hectáreas que también alberga numerosos eventos culturales y educativos.
• Originalmente, los Lenape la llamaban «Pagganck» o «Isla de las Nueces» por la abundancia de nogales americanos y castaños. Los neerlandeses le dieron el mismo nombre (curiosamente, en neerlandés): «Noten Eylandt». Los británicos la denominaron Governor’s Island (Isla del Gobernador) a partir de 1698, ya que allí residían los gobernadores coloniales. Estados Unidos la oficializó en 1784.
• El Bajo Manhattan con la terminal de ferry y el ferry de Staten Island a la izquierda.
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I just love a city skyline photo, no matter the city, and the pictures of the park are gorgeous with the leaves turning.
But my interest is mostly piqued by The Scarf™ and I cannot wait to see it.
We spent the morning doing recycling and the afternoon slowly putting the kitchen back together as it’s getting closer to being done!
Bob:
Don’t get too excited about the scarf. It wasn’t something I would pick out but it really wasn’t all that bad. You’ll see it one of these days. Can’t wait to see your kitchen. It must be so nice to get the house back to normal.
It’s good that you managed to tread a bit of old ground – on your own – before you left! I agree, the lowering grey skies make the photos somehow more effective. Jx
PS Spain, even in the rain, is better 😎.
Jon:
SO happy to be home. It’s not raining right now and the chance of rain is low for the next several days. Tomorrow, a walk! The walk Tuesday really helped my attitude before the long trip home.
No end of interesting sights to see while walking there, I’m sure. A lifetime’s worth.
You’ll catch up on everything from sleep to laundry eventually, I’m sure. Take your time.
Ms. Moon
Ms. Moon:
Sleep is getting better. Not perfect, but I haven’t even had a siesta today. I woke up at 8:30 from a god-awful dream that I thankfully can’t remember. I yelled out. SG heard me from his office and asked if I was OK! Still laundry to be done!
Happy you were able to capture these locations in this iconic city of yours.
Jim:
I was grateful to have that walk Tuesday before leaving.
I’ve been to NYC a few times but never really saw much, didn’t even venture into Central Park. Once with my father when I was 18 for a few days, once for work to do an installation, once for a glass art conference.
ellen abbott:
It is a truly amazing city. But I could NOT live there anymore. The crowds, the traffic, the noise. I never used to be aware of that before. One bad day, it almost overwhelmed me before I reached my hotel.
It’s hard to believe you’ve been there a full year now! Wonderful photos… so totally “foreign” for me.
Kelly:
We can’t believe it’s already been a year. We hope this year will be the turning point in making local friends to do things with. Amazingly, New York City is almost foreign to me these days.
That final skyline shot is superb!
Debra:
Thanks. I have a LOT of skyline shots. It was hard to choose.
The skies aren’t all grey. I see patches of blue here and there.
Kirk:
I really should have said cloudy, not gray.
Glad your trip home was uneventful! Rest.
Rade:
I think I’m getting back to (my) normal.
As you may know, my brain has some odd wiring. I saw the photo at the very top and went “Damn he’s a good swimmer!” 😵💫
wickedhamster—J:
Yes, swimming took me less time than walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. You should try it. Or maybe leave it to David, the swimmer! These blog sites drive me nuts. Lately, I can only comment on some while on Safari. Others only on Chrome.
The above comment was from your favorite hamster, WP is being unfriendly to me for some reason.
Hey! I just learned the Spanish word for nuts this morning! I recognized it right away.
Urspo:
Yes, nueces is the generic word for nuts. However, it specifically refers to walnuts although it is used as the generic term for all nuts, which can make life very confusing.
Man, you take some good pictures!
Judy C:
Thanks! Are you read for another 200 or so?
Love the skyline.
And the history of New York is fascinating. And Lower Manhattan seems to be IN the water (which It probably is). Love the story about Nut Island.
XOXO
Sixpence:
Highwater has no where to go but over Lower Manhattan. It was flooded in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy and projections are that high tides will flood the area. Apparently the City is working on ways to protect the area.
This just showed up now on my feed, so I’m late. I used to go to the city (local parlance for Manhattan) a lot, but it’s been ages. Nice to see it’s still there. I get exhausted by the racket though. A day is a lot. One visit I made to stay on the upper west side nearly drove me nuts! But there’s a lot to see. Boud
I never got to visit Governor’s Island in the 10 years I lived in NYC. I’m not sure it was even open to the public then. I think that came later.
Steve:
Governor’s Island was a Coast Guard station until the late ’90s and didn’t open to the public until 2005. I’ve never been there either. Maybe next time, I’ll see if I can get Chuck on the boat to see it. (Not likely.)