Yesterday was beautiful in New York, and my sister was feeling fine, having been off chemo and radiation a month. New treatments start today.
We took the subway from the Upper West Side down to Chelsea, which she says feels like a whole different city to her. We went to a very avant garde museum, walked around, met up with childhood friends, had tea at an indy bookstore, and admired several subway mosaics.
In the first photo below, a New York crowd is watching a cameraman who is making a movie of the woman in the second photo. Then there are several shots of a long city-life mural. I was especially struck by the man in the red tie, who seems to be riveted by a miracle that only he can see.
Next come New Year’s Eve revelers. The added sticker is a sign of how very eager New Yorkers are to vote right now, longing for a miracle.
Next come two unusual church signs. The first is in the graveyard of the Basilica of St. Patrick on Prince Street. I’m guessing they wanted the sheep for mowing the grass. The second is from a Greek Orthodox church on West End Avenue that has a service called the Falling Asleep of St. John the Theologian.
Finally, someone’s tortoise is running like a hare from paparazzi.
That’s New York for you.
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Love this!
I should also try photographing the dogs, as you do. Some of them are pretty exotic, and some are wearing Halloween costumes just now.
That would be wonderful!
Love that.
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I was lucky to have such good weather, plenty of sunshine.
Wow–those murals are amazing! Such detail and color. Glad you had a nice time with your sister!
More New York photos later this week. So many photo ops in that terrifically walkable, interesting city!
So good to hear your sister is doing better! Enjoyed each painting; the tortoise made me grin though! The thought of it strolling down a N.Y. sidewalk….wonder what stories it told to its friends.😀
The tortoise was quite literally running! Can’t imagine it likes being in a city, but it gives a smile to a lot of humans.