Un-bee-lievable

Scenes from my yard on the last day of January.

 I still can't believe I saw a honey bee!

The cats love to follow me outside and munch on grass.

And just a few random shots from this week. 

Susquehanna River from Chiques Rock. 

My daughter Zoe hiking back from the scenic overlook at sundown. 

Sunday Sunset

Mr. Owl and the Christmas Moon

There's a great hiking path near me and I was told 2 weeks ago I would see a lot of owls. 

Well, I did but I didn't have my camera with me. 

Fast forward to tonight and I am so happy I was able to get a few shots!

‎"To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and 

dancing shadows."

 ~ John F. Carlson

The full moon was incredible tonight. At first it was really orange, much more so that this photo. 

This is the Christmas moon or also called yule moon, long night moon, bitter moon or, in English medieval times, the oak moon. 

Another woodland creature I recently came across...

Beach Weekend

My Mother-in-law says I 'step in it' all the time and buy 'it' she means luck. 

This past weekend we were fortunate to be given a stay at a friend's parent's beach condo in Avalon, NJ.

What a wonderful time to visit the beach, there is no one there!

I felt like we had the whole town to ourselves.

On each day we visited Cape May, NJ. 

Most of these photos were taken around Cape May and the light house. 

Such wonderful memories...

Can you believe I saw I jack o' lantern sitting on the beach? I almost died!

It's like he was waiting there just for me.

New Colossus

Friday, August 12th marked the first time I ever really got to see the Statue of Liberty. Sure I may have had a quick peek from the highway but I've never really seen her. Aboard the Staten Island Ferry (awesome & free) you can get a really good look at her and I think the best time to go is at sunset. It was a magical ride with the near full moon coming up on one side, Manhattan at the stern and Lady Liberty and Ellis Island to our right.

Ellis Island above, Verrazano Narrows bridge below.

An awesome view of NYC.

Loved the sailboats.

An incredible site!

"Where liberty is, there is my country." ~Benjamin Franklin

 I thought this lighthouse was cool but it's just part of the Bayonne Golf Club.

Liberty through the Brooklyn Bridge.

The New Colossus - by Emma Lazarus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"