We spent a few days in NYC with Fred and Val. On Fred's itinerary was a visit to the taping of a DR. OZ TV show which is done in Rockefeller Center. Show should air in 2 weeks and will be announced on the website. We all participated in this and had a lot of laughs as we learned how tedious a process this is.
We ate lunch on our first day at a market housed under the Queensboro Bridge. The roof of this market is made of shiny cream-colored brick.
Whenever we go to NYC we like to watch a part of the Today Show when the stars come outside to talk to the audience and to tape part of the show in front of this audience. Today it was about rescued dogs and Meredith Viera professes to be a dog lover. (Love her shoes!)
Elevator Day celebrates 25 years of knowing our friend Don Benjamin (we met on an elevator). Deb Koehler (right front) and I were on a committee to find a pastor for our church. One of the candidates was Don (with Cindy in this picture) and we met for the 1st time on an elevator in NJ. After that initial meeting and a long Presbyterian process Don became our pastor. Better friends we will never have than the Benjamins!
We traveled to Rochester this weekend to help my dad celebrate his 88th birthday! Fred and Val helped us and as usual, Dad was happy with the spoiling we did. Ate great burgers and subs, cheesecake and homemade ice cream....all Rochester-style and yummy.
Went to the Rochester Public Market....same place I remember going to with my grandfather years ago. This time we did not bring a puppy home, but I bought parsnips and a lavender plant promised to grow into a beautiful bush.
And since it is springtime and Rochester is known for its lilacs in Highland Park, we visited some of them as well.
And, oh yes, temps were warm and unseasonal and who remembered that it had just snowed there on Tuesday?
This weekend saw us attending an open house in this restored World War II bunker located in nearby Cape Henlopen State Park. To the right is a 12 " naval gun pointed out across the Delaware River, protecting industries up river such as Dupont and shipyards in Philadelphia. The bunker has been meticulously restored and will soon become a living history museum.
Phones were used to communicate with the 3 nearby lookout towers. Nine lookout towers can still be seen along the coastline. Personnel working here are dressed in 1940s attire.....quite a walk back in time!
This afternoon we drove to Assawoman Wildlife Area, practically in our back yard and yet hidden to our knowledge until Jim's camera club picked it for the site of some spring photo shooting. What we were looking for, pink lady slippers, have not bloomed yet, but Jim took some lovely shots of the water areas and an eagle in flight. We had a nice drive through the 2000+ acres of this park and particularly liked the well kept picnic and observation pavilions built during the Depression.
Here are my birthday people, Jenni and Will who share a birthday on April 11th. This year Jenni turned the big 4-0 and Will the big 0-2!
Just look at that cake! Yes, it was all edible!
I left you off with Jack on the beach in Hilton Head. Here are Layne and Eva enjoying one of the pools......weather-perfect! Except for the pollen which messed with Jim.
Home for Easter and a visit from Jenni and Will and Lisbeth and Kylie, Keelyn and Ella and bulldog pup, Khloe. We had an Easter egg hunt and Will tried out his new butterfly net scooping eggs out of our backyard swamp.
Again perfect weather which got warmer as the week went on, so that we were actually sitting on OUR beach in early April!
