Elizabethwix

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• Thursday

  

  Looking South waiting for the rain to arrive. Looking down - always a bit dizzy-making. Planters on the roof with too much thyme and rather healthy mint. And... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Excellent Dumpling/Little Italy

  

  On Thursday, one of the first warm evenings of the year, we head down to Canal Street and Lafyette amid whispered choruses of "Rolex. Rolex.Rolex". Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• First Avenue and 10th Street

  

  Quite enough wandering round in the woods - so back to the city. It's odd how very parochial and local one gets - so the East Side seems an exotic country to... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lazy Blogger at Your Service

  

  It has been some time since I last wrote my blog. I expect you have been wondering what I have been doing and what I have been thinking about.This is me thinkin... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Joys of Spring Continued!

  

  A garden on Long Island must have at least one dogwood tree. When children pick flowers dandelions are a sure fire hit. So gloriously yellow and bright. Then... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• More About the Woods/Long Island

  

  When I first moved to America, I was always surprised by the fact that so many woods were virgin and untended. In England woods were much neater altogether.... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Lisa and Elizabeth's Excellent Adventure/Long Island

  

  In the early 1950's the artist James Lewicki decided to build a house on the north shore of Long Island. I've written about him before. Anyway, his daughter Lis... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Cloisters

  

  I'm afraid this blog is turning rather horticultural. Anyway, the Cloisters medieval physick garden is a delight of dappled cowslip and woodruff... ... with a... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Everything Good Here and I Get a Parcel

  

  You will be happy to hear that everything is good around here.The leaves are coming on the trees and there is a new dog called Lola that thinks I am important a... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cherry Blossom Festival,Sakura Matsuri,at Brooklyn Botanical Garden

  

  A beautiful sunny Saturday so we set out for Brooklyn along with large numbers of others lured by the thoughts of cherry blossom and people dressed up in... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 13th Street

  

  How crisp and bright NewYork light is! (How very different from soft English light.) How angular and hard-edged. I look west onto a little bit of The High Line... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Some Thoughts About Food and My Friends

  

  As you may already know, most dogs like food.Here is a lot of us hanging round James. Dad says we should be ashamed of ourselves, but it is just what we do.... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hammering Violas

  

  This year I chose violas with their delicate colors. I pieces the flowers between two pieces of watercolor paper and taped them together to prevent the flowers... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• City Spring

  

  Almost cherry blossom time on 22nd Street Daffodils and a glimpse of grape hyacinth More formal tulips A miniature woodland garden: iris, pachysandra,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Spring Bouquet

  

  It has been a long hard winter. Last year spring came much earlier so it's extra thrilling to see magnolia on 22nd Street the trees outside the Plaza and in... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• My Childhood, Some Fun Things and A Skippy-look-Alike

  

  My puppyhood is a dim memory now, but people at the park were showing dog baby pictures the other day. Here are some of mine.Here I am pensive.Here you can see ... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pets Rule

  

  One of the perks of being a blogger is getting invited to fun events like the National Pet Home & Gadget Media Showcase held on Lexington Avenue. I was... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Spring Has Sprung

  

  I expect you were wondering when I would get my hair cut.Well, I did! This is me before itand this is me after it.Apparently I look like a new dog, but, on the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Day at the Beach

  

  Spring -- at last! Crescent Beach in Huntington, Long Island, with the Sound crystalline clear. A young man on the shore... with his mother and sister who... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fun with Food

  

  My cell phone died yesterday, so I had to walk down to the Apple store via Chelsea Market where they have super photo shows. The current one is winner. Funny... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL