Theatre catch up

What with work and some work being in the Virgin Island during this past school year getting to the theatre has been difficult. I know the theatres are in my street and just around the corner but the traveling really knocked the stuffing out of me during the year. Note to self - Plan it out better next school year!
Keeping up to date with my blog was another thing that drifted badly but now the school year is nearly over here in NYC and I have had a few days to myself, not working so I have been able to catch up on the theatre going.
And so in the past two weeks I have caught up with some theatre..

 

 

Basically if it is Sunday I'm at a play and if it's Tuesday I'm at a musical.... except things change this week a little.
It has been great- I've caught up with shows I have been wanting to see all year and had a great time!

Lesson learned

 Trying to take a shot of the view from my window this morning. It is interesting how one's eye can take account of shadows and light but the camera light meter struggles unless you can help it.
I wanted to get the shot of the "chick with the stick" The Statue of Liberty which was a clear as clear today be it ever so distant between the two buildings.

This was the first attempt- she's there in the distance but the shadows in the foreground...eek. So I took the next shot

Now you can see the buildings in the foreground but the Statue of Liberty and NJ in the distance is completely washed out.
So I remembered my photography lesson- use the metering and take a halfway point- set the exposure at that and took a shot...

 It worked! Not perfect but enough to serve my purposes of a snap of the view.
Wish I remembered all this when i was trying to get this shot from our balcony the other night. Not perfect at all but it was a glorious view.

Heading to the Botancial Gradens

In a side street a fire hydrant was releasing water for some reason so... what was a smart girl to do on a hot day and with plenty of water around???

Yep- make the most of it!

Finding my muse

It is possibly not the best decision in the process of getting to The Met to and looking at my favourite friends there, to also decide to walk up Park Avenue on a 90 degree plus day. However that is what I chose to do so that I could photograph all of the Nine stainless steel, multicolored sculptures of various geometric shapes will tower over Manhattan's Park Avenue in an art project by Venezuelan sculptor Rafael Barrios. The works, each weighing about 2,200 pounds and standing more than 20 feet tall, will be installed from 51st to 67th streets starting Saturday, organizers said. They'll be up until June 30. (New York Times)

St Barts garden area

They are actually from 50th St to 68th Street an easy walk and I made sure I walked on the shady side of the avenue.
I happened upon them on my walk home from 59th St the other afternoon. I posted a picture on my facebook page and it wasn't until I saw them there that I realized how surreal they look.

Putting all nine photos seemed a little excessive so just a couple...

Contemplating which doors are opening and which are closing for me... even if temporarily

Seemed to be an appropriate sign at an appropriate time

 I spent time looking at the details of things and found a couple of photos here that seemed to work well.

Mothers' Day.... late I know...

Michele's Mothers' Day blog made me cry.

And she managed to get it done on the day itself. I have to plead technology issues for why I didn't get done what I wanted done.

I have always struggled with Mothers' Day partly because Maddy always said "Why should you only be nice to me on Mothers' Day you should be nice all year!" True but it wasn't until coming and living here in NYC that I have had a bit of a mind shift about Mothers' Day that is it isn't about thanking and being nice to your mother but more about celebrating the mothers of the world and the relationship and caring they provide. So Michele's celebration of the Mothers in her life is exactly what it is about I now think.

I had planned to post this photo of my "Mom" tag (I know, I know! slippery slope. But I refused to write the word incorrectly on my tag) from the tag swap with Manhattan Scrapbookers.
The instructions were as follows:
Size is 3 inches by 5 inches or within an inch or so.  One of the smaller edges should have a bit of a diagonal cut on each side with a hole punched in the center to look like a shipping tag.  We won't specify an angle for your slanted end so choose your style.  The hole will allow us to thread our collection onto a binder ring, if desired.
The theme is "Mom".  Good moms/bad moms (picture Joan Crawford & her wire hanger), your mom, my mom (no, wait...you can't do "my" mom!), step-moms, TV moms, fairy tale moms (h'mmm...Snow White or Cinderella's step-moms or Jack in the Beanstalk's mom?), famous moms, stay at home moms, any kind of mom.  You must have a Mom on your tag.  She can be stamped, hand drawn, a photo, etc.  What can you think up?
Use stamps, paint, ink, paper, drawings, magazine pictures, photos etc.
You will need to make 5 Tags. You will receive 5 tags in return. 
Due date is May 16. Send them to me at the office (Please wait for the reminder email with the address before you send them).  Include $1 to cover return postage and I will mail 5 different tags back to the address you provide. 
Tags arriving later may be returned unswapped!  If you sign up but find you cannot make the deadline just change your RSVP to no (and email me if you are canceling at the last minute).  We'll see your art another time.
Requirements:

• Size must be a shipping tag shape of approx. 3 inches by 5 inches.
• There has to be a mom!
• The Tag should be at least as thick as cardstock.
• Tags should be close to identical (to prevent whining from people who think other people received better tags!)
• Please, put your name on the back.

So  here is mine....  I took the photo of the tag with my phone and I didn't cut the corners as I was supposed to (Oops) but did punch the hole at the top and I am really pleased with it. I am happy with the layering I did and the use of washi tape as well as getting a photo of Maddy but even more so the sentiment and tribute to her.

An "interesting" innovation

Staff were required to clock in using finger print recognition. They punched in their ID number then inserted an index finger in the "finger print recognition thingy". This is a far cry from the old style factory clock in device that is in many schools in NYC.
I guess it prevents people from clicking in for each other. My thinking is centered around the issue of trust.


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Trying a different way to blog

Sitting and enjoying the boardwalk in Christiansted VI.


I've posted this on my facebook age but plan to try different ways of posting ideas and photos.
Let's see eh?!

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Location:King Cross St,Christiansted,US Virgin Islands