A cool Sunday

 The chilled air makes for lovely blue skies and lots of steam

Then the light in mid afternoon gives such great long shadows.

Going home

We had a long day with these intrepid folk traveling to Harlem via very unreliable public transport.

The day after...

The day after the snow storm the impact was felt!

Walking back home from meeting with Maria I spotted this piece of street shopping! Who has a church pew in their apartment and decides to piff it out onto the footpath- getting ready for the Epiffany ?

The daily commute in particular. The subways were running but the problem was the uncleared snow on the track and the freezing of the switches...the upshot for me was a bit of a long wait and the crowd on the platform. 

The frozen remnants from the melting snow

Snow Day

 It was a day i wasn't going to go to work anyway but it was declared a snow day. A northward shift in the jet stream in the Northern Pacific around Alaska was the cause. The Arctic jet stream is an area of fast-moving wind high in the atmosphere that acts as a barrier between regions of cold and warmer air.

The northward surge in the jet stream around Alaska means temperatures are actually warmer there than normal. This movement then caused another section of the jet stream to dip into the Eastern US, bringing with it freezing air from around Hudson Bay.









The second factor is that a “bomb cyclone” formed off the East Coast of the United States.
It means there’s a weather system dropping pressure very, very quickly. When pressure drops, storms intensify and spin counterclockwise (a.k.a. form a cyclone). The drop in pressure is due, in part, to the strong differences in temperature between the warmer Gulf Stream in the Atlantic and the frigid temperatures on land.

This is my glass bird with the level of snow build up on the window sill of my bedroom.

One month at a time

 It would seem it was in 2010 that Tami began to develop layout and sketches for One month at a time pages. I'll have to check my albums in Australia (now) to see whether I started at that time if so it's been 7 years that I have created these albums for.
I finished my 2017 one before New Year's day and have plans to do the cover page this coming weekend for the 2018 album.

It's all part of my 18 in 18

1 One month at a time

2 Challenges a month

3 AFDs per week

4 Host crafting events

5 $5 saving plan

6 Lose 6 kgs

7 Hours of sleep  

8 Tourist spots

9 Facials or mani/pedis

10 Mixed media scrapbooking pages

Days of social conscience 

11 Skype/facetime Michele

12  Months of blogging

13 Journals of Maddy

14Conscious acts of kindness

15 minutes a day creatively

16 th the day to track important metrics

17 minutes writing on the train

18 books read and documented

Kids art

 In one of my Bronx schools I was strolling along the corridor and there they were...these gorgeous portraits by some of the kids. They are primary school/elementary school kids. Lovely stuff!

Brave, my word for 2018

It seemed appropriate to use a reflection photo to begin my year and my 18 in 18

Here's the list:

1 One month at a time

2 Challenges a month

3 AFDs per week

4 Host crafting events

5 $5 saving plan

6 Lose 6 kgs

7 Hours of sleep  

8 Tourist spots

9 Facials or mani/pedis

10 Mixed media scrapbooking pages

Days of social conscience 

11 Skype/facetime Michele

12  Months of blogging

13 Journals of Maddy

14Conscious acts of kindness

15 minutes a day creatively

16 th the day to track important metrics

17 minutes writing on the train

18 books read and documented

And to my through word for 2018 ... BRAVE.

: having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty

: having or showing courage
a brave soldier ; a brave smile

: making a fine show 

: colorful

brave banners flying in the wind

: excellent, splendid
the brave fire I soon had going
—J. F. Dobie