tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post6952938825770987705..comments2024-03-09T00:25:22.754-08:00Comments on City Views, Country Dreams: City Views, Country DreamsFranceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-9780623572774965242016-06-03T02:01:35.499-07:002016-06-03T02:01:35.499-07:00New York is looking gorgeous and busy! Good to hea...New York is looking gorgeous and busy! Good to hear that you're planning paintings as well as your amazing knitting: retirement is suiting you and very well deserved it is too. Gretelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-10405013027698019772016-05-30T11:10:54.740-07:002016-05-30T11:10:54.740-07:00Linda, thanks very much for your visit and kind wo...Linda, thanks very much for your visit and kind words. Central Park is a such a gem right in the middle of Manhattan, and a pleasure to share. Hoping you will visit again.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-56692399556854453742016-05-30T10:33:07.987-07:002016-05-30T10:33:07.987-07:00Hi Frances, your photos are absolutely stunning! ...Hi Frances, your photos are absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for sharing this lovely tour. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada. :)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-26643957898766803562016-05-29T06:06:29.756-07:002016-05-29T06:06:29.756-07:00Around this time every year we get a sudden rush o...Around this time every year we get a sudden rush of hot weather. Yesterday and today it was and will be around 30 C. Lots of rain tomorrow as a storm's leftovers move up the Atlantic coast, messing up some Memorial Day beach plans. <br />I think that the Park will benefit from the rain.<br />It's great that your daughter and son-in-law have wisteria! It would have been so good to have been able to visit the Hodgkin show with you and Tom. Best wishes to you all...happy sailing. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-20346056913546322992016-05-29T04:54:03.301-07:002016-05-29T04:54:03.301-07:00It's been a plant week - I've been watchin...It's been a plant week - I've been watching Chelsea on the TV and my sister was lucky enough to visit on Friday so could tell me what the gardens looked like for real. Having been fortunate enough to visit your city I can almost imagine your photographs for real - although not the warmth! My younger daughter and her husband have just discovered that the unpromising-looking branches on the side of their new home is a wisteria so they are delighted. And how lucky you are to have visited the Hodgkin exhibition. Cxx<br />Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-75254986330421898372016-05-28T07:23:07.580-07:002016-05-28T07:23:07.580-07:00The current Hodgkin exhibit is shown in one room, ...The current Hodgkin exhibit is shown in one room, and most of the paintings are small. I liked the hanging arrangement. First I walked around the room to have a good look at each painting, and then went back to the front desk to pick up the check list with the titles of the paintings and took another walk around the paintings, having their names in front of me.<br />Aside from a dark-suited security man, there was only one other person visiting the exhibit. As usual, some of the paintings were completed over several years; however, some were dated 2016.<br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-68963917566711354902016-05-27T23:05:49.930-07:002016-05-27T23:05:49.930-07:00How very lucky you are to have all that on your do...How very lucky you are to have all that on your doorstep. Very lucky too to have a Hodgkin show to visit; he's a favourite of mine, although I've not met him.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-47182050989079862016-05-26T17:24:11.062-07:002016-05-26T17:24:11.062-07:00It's funny, in years past, I thought that this...It's funny, in years past, I thought that this particular area was bluebells, but recently thought another area that blooms earlier are more like bluebells. I like them both, as blue flowers are so pretty. Another favorite is the forget-me-not.<br />Thank you for the link!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-70617980415769686872016-05-26T16:28:29.311-07:002016-05-26T16:28:29.311-07:00Frances, your 'Agapanthus' looks more like...Frances, your 'Agapanthus' looks more like our Bluebells. See this - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Agapanthus_Postbloom.jpg<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-84292836432218381292016-05-25T05:15:42.104-07:002016-05-25T05:15:42.104-07:00Vicki, it's interesting to learn that Central ...Vicki, it's interesting to learn that Central Park's wisteria shares something with the wonderful Biltmore House. I've never been there, but am very glad to have seen it via your posts.<br />I hope that your husband will yield to your requests and build a trellis. I find wisteria a very fascinating plant. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-3181545737527037992016-05-25T05:12:57.644-07:002016-05-25T05:12:57.644-07:00Jeri, I am so glad you've enjoyed seeing the P...Jeri, I am so glad you've enjoyed seeing the Park views...and also glad that I am able to visit your fabulous site.<br />Bicycles may be ridden on the roadways that pass through the Park, and lots of times those roadways seem like bicycle raceways. The real meandering possibilities remain on the pathways just for foot traffic.<br />Yes, that wisteria has been around for a while! I promise to show some watercolor flowers...when I do actually get my paints out again. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-45694252101477861142016-05-24T13:25:58.568-07:002016-05-24T13:25:58.568-07:00So much beauty! The wisteria is wonderful -- the B...So much beauty! The wisteria is wonderful -- the Biltmore House has a similar trellis and I've tried (unsuccessfully) to convince my husband to build one for us. Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-91139811177101127512016-05-24T08:02:48.216-07:002016-05-24T08:02:48.216-07:00Frances, I would love to rent a bicycle and glide ...Frances, I would love to rent a bicycle and glide through that park. I cannot fathom the size of the wisteria vine, it is massive and must have some serious age. The little blue flowers are what we call Spanish Bluebells here.. I DO hope they are invasive. I love invasive plants... they can always be moved to another garden. It will be lovely to see how you express the violas and pansies in your watercolors... you will show us?jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-39696690370905566922016-05-24T05:59:36.456-07:002016-05-24T05:59:36.456-07:00I think you would also enjoy a visit to that speci...I think you would also enjoy a visit to that special library that was my East 79th Street destination. The Members Reading Room looks like something out of Agatha Christie.<br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-72985894908814391992016-05-24T00:13:02.880-07:002016-05-24T00:13:02.880-07:00How beautiful and lush everything looks in May. As...How beautiful and lush everything looks in May. As ever it is a pleasure to join you on a walk.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-88011423246874081442016-05-23T13:37:37.191-07:002016-05-23T13:37:37.191-07:00Weaver, as you probably guess, I usually just poin...Weaver, as you probably guess, I usually just point and click my camera as I walk through the Park, without taking too much time to think about composition. When I get home and upload the pictures into the laptop I am often struck by just how much the Park allows us to have an escape into nature.<br />I agree with you about those roots.<br />Glad that your broadband is strengthening. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-66351360359551236522016-05-23T13:34:27.872-07:002016-05-23T13:34:27.872-07:00Shane, thanks for persevering with the comments bo...Shane, thanks for persevering with the comments box. Yes, I am sure it was your agapanthus mention that I remembered on my Park walk.<br />It's so much fun to see how spring's advances bring changes to the color scheme. Each change is a beauty, from the snowdrops all through the roses. I do try to absorb all the hues for my knitting. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-28146925547339887592016-05-23T10:50:38.879-07:002016-05-23T10:50:38.879-07:00Looking at your pictures it is hard to realise tha...Looking at your pictures it is hard to realise that you livein New York City.<br />I love those gnarled roots - they look quite primaeval.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-19219150534114256792016-05-23T10:36:17.045-07:002016-05-23T10:36:17.045-07:00Dear France's, I couldn't edit my comment,...Dear France's, I couldn't edit my comment, the new comments platform is not forgiving!<br />I noticed the agapanthus blooming very happily and it may have been one of my posts you read about them being invasive and now considered a noxious weed here!<br />I still love them and all the other blues like the wisteria and of course the magnificent jacaranda trees.<br />So lovely for you to feel the sunshine and find inspiration for your knitting!<br />Happy Spring<br />ShaneRoses, Lace and Brocantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821168025062104166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-710336882814549572016-05-23T10:29:08.417-07:002016-05-23T10:29:08.417-07:00The Central Park green belt is an oasis amid the t...The Central Park green belt is an oasis amid the the city buildings and I see it provides hours of happiness for New York dwellers! Roses, Lace and Brocantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821168025062104166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-53054183416096322912016-05-23T06:36:00.739-07:002016-05-23T06:36:00.739-07:00I completely agree, and really appreciate anything...I completely agree, and really appreciate anything that makes our world nicer. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-66614010903290633422016-05-23T06:34:29.694-07:002016-05-23T06:34:29.694-07:00Elizabeth, I thought of you when I took those flow...Elizabeth, I thought of you when I took those flower pictures along 79th Street. The color mix is very good...the touch of Dusty Miller helps don't you think. Let's have another Park stroll soon...bet that the ice cream stand will be open by Memorial Day. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-63190578344136800852016-05-23T06:32:26.221-07:002016-05-23T06:32:26.221-07:00All this green and colorful flowering is so, so we...All this green and colorful flowering is so, so welcome. It really does soften the city's sharp angles. Best wishes!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-17947948941608288082016-05-23T05:58:00.611-07:002016-05-23T05:58:00.611-07:00No matter where you live, city or country, there i...No matter where you live, city or country, there is nothing like spring to make our world look so much nicer.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28203207265144759.post-88509782085110601292016-05-23T03:12:15.408-07:002016-05-23T03:12:15.408-07:00Makes me think I need to get up to Central Park so...Makes me think I need to get up to Central Park soon!<br />Haven't ben there since our post Breuer early spring lunch!<br />Seems like a long time ago now!<br />Yes, the pansies are bliss indeed! and a great color illustration.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com