Here are the backlit Harlequins.
Point Lookout 2 of 3
Lookout Point 1 of 3
On Thursday we went to Oyster Bay to Lookout Point by Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York to look for Harlequins (subsequent post) and other winter ducks. The back lighting was atrocious.
Montauk 3 of 3
On Saturday a brief visit to the cliffs. A nice closeup of an Eider Duck at the point with other ducks and gulls at a distance. On Sunday one stop was a walk through woods with poorly marked trails. Keeping up was hard for me and then Marc got lost. He stopped to take off his balaclava and we were gone when he looked up. Fortunately, Joe helped me find him and the three of us we want back to the cars.
Montauk 2 of 3
On the second day we went to the Montauk Point, Napeague 4×4, Ditch Palins Beach, and Gardiner’s Bay. The next to last photograph is of the group disppearing down the trail. I could not keep up. This was the case on all the walks. A few we sopped at locations close to the cars. Those I managed. Montauk Historical Society tells about the lighthouse. Marc took some excellent photographs.
Montauk 1 of 3
On the weekend starting on January 18, 2024 we want on a trip with the Littoral Society led by Don Riepe to Montauk. Long Island, New York. The weather was freezing. I arrived there with a cold which I am still recovering from. The cold (illness and temperature) dampened my enthusiasm so I didn’t take many photographs. Many of the photos in this post and the following are by my husband, Marc (signed Felix).
I loved the Montauk Manor – Montauk Hotel. Our room was full of nautical tchotchkes. I’ll spare you from the over 30 photos of them. When we arrived on Friday it was snowing a little. Our group went for a short trip to Montauk inlet by Montauk Lake.
Decorated Doors
Many townhouse owners and store owners in Greenwich Village decorate their entrances during the Christmas Holidays.
For Thursday Doors https://nofacilities.com/2024/01/25/more-doors-from-traffic/
American Dream
We went shopping in New Jersey for rain pants in December. The first Columbia outlet I went to didn’t have any. I looked for another one on Google maps and found one in a shopping mall called American Dream in East Rutherford, NJ. I had never been there before. It is the biggest, fanciest place mall I have ever seen. It is way more than a shopping center. Check out American Dream‘s website to check out the things they offer and to watch the video. American Dream is an indoor theme park, water park, ski slope, and has many luxury stores. Plus lots of dining opportunities. It is the second largest mall in the United States. with an area of 3 million square feet. The largest shopping mall in the United States is the Mall of America located in Bloomington, Minnesota. It has 5.6 million square feet. I would need a motorized vehicle to get around in that one.
We had a fairly decent meal there. I bought a sweater on sale at Eddie Baur’s. And I found the rain pants on sale at the Columbia store. We walked about a mile from the huge parking lot through the mall and back. I took a photograph of where the car was so we could find it. That was quite and experience!
Holliday Windows
Department Store windows along 5th Avenue, New York City, in December, 2023. And the tree at Rockefeller Center.
