Central Park

Mostly here's the view of Park Avenue on the side of Central Park. You can get a glimmer of green by the road side where bicyclists zipped past, alongside of the cars. My hubby and I were sitting on a bench just to the right of the road. On this particularly warm (for March) Tuesday, nannies were pushing babies in their stroller or playing in the playground between this edge of Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We had taken the subway and walked quite a few blocks to get here, so the respite of the bench, bicyclists and babies were welcome entertainment for me. It's not a life I would want to live, even given the second chance to go for a "do over", but I can't deny the constant energy of NYC, colorful street characters, and merchandising, merchandising, merchandising from shops along the sidewalks.

What a contrast to Tucson today, eating lunch at Baggins, buying used magazines at Bookman's and picking up a roasted chicken for dinner tonight when all our chores are done. We've put up new Ikea curtains in prep for new window shades (from Lowe's) going up Tuesday--hoping that with more "R" and "UV" factor, the coming summer sunshine will be diffused and our west-facing home offices won't become ovens by July.

Maybe, by then, other travel options for summer getaways will have emerged. We can hope for that.

And, at the beginning of this Easter week--on our early morning one mile walk, we saw Flopsy, Mopsy and Peter Cottentail hop across the road. What a treat! Happy Spring, whether you are in NYC, NJ, Tucson, NM, or even B.C.