Blue skies / Smiling at me / Nothing but blue skies / Do I see / Bluebirds / Singing a song / Nothing but bluebirds / All day long
Well, for a number of reasons we decided not to go to the Delaware Water Gap yesterday. We got a later start than we should’ve, the ground would’ve been very gross and muddy, and the places we like to hike are hilly and kind of remote and best approached when the ground is a bit more stable. But it wasn’t about the destination, anyway, yesterday. The goal for yesterday was simply to be busy, to get out of the house, to distract me from dwelling and ruminating. And what’s a great destination for that intent? CHINATOWN.
Chinatown is not what it seems. Nothing and no one in Chinatown is what it seems. There’s a lot of subterfuge being played out and you don’t even know it, unless you’re there to look for it. I wasn’t — I was just there to enjoy the gorgeous blue skies we had yesterday, and to watch all the goings-on. As always, we bought some fish and veggies, and we stopped for a bit of Vietnamese lunch. It was a nice day out. To minimize the length of the post in case you’re not interested in the photos, they’re here as a gallery – but you can click any image to see it full-size:
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- confluence of signs — if you look hard, you can see the old phone number under the top layer of painted sign (Canal something)
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- who can be too sad when they see daffodils?
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- love the reflections on the lower part of the building – and the blue skies, of course
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- yeah, we didn’t buy these fish. but we could’ve. they were still breathing. that freaks me out.
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- blue skies in chinatown
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- bringing crochet to Chinatown
And now it’s March 6, the brightest day of the year! Thanks for bearing with me. Today I’m doing some housecleaning and baking some bread, then I’m going to spread out my knitting and cast on something red. I have no business casting on a new project, but I find that I need something red, and you know how that goes.
winner of the best mullet prize
love my city. do you love yours?
It’s such a beautiful day today here in Manhattan, and I was in the mood for Vietnamese food. On holidays – especially in the summer – the city kind of empties out a bit so I’m more likely to drive downtown and hunt for parking. Otherwise, I just take the subway. So I headed down to Chinatown, to eat at Nha Trang One. It wasn’t as good as I remembered, but still: Vietnamese food. Pretty great, even when it’s ordinary.
I took my camera along and snapped some pictures. If any of the pics look interesting to you, click to enlarge them. What’s showing is just a thumbnail so you’re missing a lot.
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- old-fashioned firehouse in the midst of it all
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- doing a little reconstruction on a tiny street
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- this basket was so beautiful – luminous
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- haberdashery on the street
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- water tower, graffiti, big ad, chinese characters. SO new york.
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- not a B&W picture, just a B&W block!
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- looking up through a fire escape
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- busy busy busy
Hope it’s sunny and beautiful where you are, too. For now, I’m off to do a little spinning.
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