New York City

Dawn at Central Park

Sherry Felix18 Comments

Turned out to be a rainy morning. We didn’t find very many birds but the light was lovely.

  • Great Lawn, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Turtel Pond, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Belvedere Castle, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Central Park 8/19/2020
  • King Jagiello Monument, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Turtle Pond, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Mallow, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Squash Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Jimsonweed, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Flower, Central Park 8/19/2020
  • Jimsonweed, Central Park 8/19/2020

Afternoon at Pelham

Sherry Felix22 Comments

Last Friday we went to Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York in the afternoon and had a 3 mile hike around Hunter Island. The views are lovely, but it was hot and buggy. After that we drove to the Lobster Shack on City Island to buy a take out. While parked off the road in a driveway a crew cab pickup truck scraped the paint off the edge of our side mirror. The list of mishaps grows long for our little VW Jetta “James”. We’ve only had it a couple of months.

A related post: https://port4u.net/2014/11/26/gull-in-algonquin-mist-pelham-bay-1282013/ Inspired by a book on the place called The Last Algonquin by Theodore Kazimiroff.

  • Cicada Killer (Sphecius speciosus) plus 1 inch, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Fungus (over 12 inches wide), Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Horseshoe crab shell, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Gray Mare, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Panorama, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Danny Hat Island, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Danny Hat and Two Tree Islands, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
  • Sunset, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020

Bailey Arboretum

Sherry Felix4 Comments

After lunch at Glen Cove by the water we went to Bailey Arboretum, Long Island. A nice little woodsy place with a pond. Not many flowers though.

  • Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Bull Frog (Lithobates catesbeianus), Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis), Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis), Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Locust tree, Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Bailey Arboretum 7/24/2020

Coe Hall Doors

Sherry Felix13 Comments

Some of the architecture and doors of Coe Hall and the Camelia House in Planting Fields Arboretum, Long Island, New York.

  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Coe Hall, Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020
  • Camelia House,Planting Fields Arboretum 7/24/2020

Floyd Bennett

Sherry Felix15 Comments

We drove to Floyd Bennett field for me to have a practice session driving the car on the almost empty old runways. We had a picnic lunch by the community gardens there.

  • Cornflower or Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea cyanus), Floyd Bennett Field 6/29/2020
  • Daylily (Hemerocallis), Floyd Bennett Field 6/29/2020
  • Community Gardens, Floyd Bennett Field 6/29/2020
  • Floyd Bennett Field 6/29/2020

Three for No Show

Sherry Felix14 Comments

I framed these 3 for a show put on by Sierra Photo NYC that has been canceled.

  • Poppy, Wave Hill, NY 6/15/2016
  • Plant, Central Park 8/11/2017
  • Hermit Thrush, Central Park 5/2/2019
  • 4 of my photos on my wall 7/4/2020

Jamaica Bay

Sherry Felix7 Comments

We have a new car, a 2019 VW Jetta. I named it James in honor of my mother (her maiden name). We plan to look for a less expensive place to live in a more rural area, or find a summer place, and need a car to do so.

Meanwhile, we are having fun going to places we have trouble visiting. This trip was to Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Yucca (Agavoideae Yucca glauca), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Ospreys with young (Neognathae Accipitriformes Pandionidae), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020

Hudson Sunset

Sherry Felix14 Comments

Early in June I took these photos at the Hudson River Park near us. There was a family of Canada Geese on the walkway. A man gave the goslings a dish of water. They didn’t mind all the people passing by.

  • Horatio and Hudson Streets 6/12/2020
  • Hudson 6/12/2020
  • Hudson 6/12/2020
  • Canada Geese, Hudson 6/12/2020
  • Hudson 6/12/2020