these trees are blooming everywhere on long island

I don't ever remember seeing so many of these trees with budding white flowers at springtime! it seems like there are much more of them than usual.

van gogh's postman

a little blurry, I know - but still lovely to look at. and I love that he is hanging at MOMA so I can go see him in person whenever I like. happy monday everyone. do you believe it is march 5th already???

working the mountain at bromley

check out the ponytail on this guy. pretty cool huh?

bromley, vermont's sun mountain

even though I know ahead of time that they are there, I am always surprised by the mountains when I visit vermont.

a mellow yellow house and a mellow yellow breakfast in vermont

it snowed in vermont! and it was bitter cold there too. but we had a fireplace in our room so all was well. this breakfast scene may look familiar. we've made it a tradition to visit "up for breakfast" whenever we visit vermont. everything you see on this table tastes as good as it looks. the butter is so creamy and the syrup is pure. the bacon is meaty without being chewy and the orange juice is extremely fresh. don't even get me started on the waffle-though I did have to shake off some of the confection sugar before I could eat it!
please visit more mellow yellow monday posts here.

winter 2011

does anyone remember last year when the snow didn't leave the ground from november 2010 until march 2011? and then when we had that freak snowstorm last halloween - I felt a shiver go down my spine as I thought, "here we go again!" then, nothing. it almost feels as though winter never happened this year.

this is so funny

long beach in winter

every january my family and I visit long beach in memory of my brother-in-law paul. it seems like the sun is always shining when we visit.

saks 5th avenue light show

a few days after last Christmas while visiting the tree at Rockefeller Center we found ourselves standing on a very crowded sidewalk watching this beautiful light display.