yippee.. we saw the sun today..

not for the entire day but from mid-morning thru mid-afternoon with temps getting up to 67* as we drove down to Myrtle Beach for some shopping--our usual weekly adventure.. it's only a half-hour 25 mile ride south of us and e-z to get to..

it is what it is

 cloudy..cloudy..cloudy.. every day since driving back from Brooklyn after Christmas.. sun finally broke thru for a lil' while this morning with a forecast of rain thru tomorrow.. temps at 66*.. not bad but dropping like a rock on Monday  ..only up to 47*

roundtrip Panama Canal 28 days--Maasdam

roundtrip Europe 42 days once again--Rotterdam

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

a Happy and Healthy New Year to all my friends ....had to watch the ball drop in Times Square for 2016

after a wet and foggy drive home

still trying to recover from that trip to the north..the southbound drive was a mess and took an hour longer than usual..then again it's always 'fuglee'..plenty of mist.. fog and a deluge of rain as we went by the Richmond area along the I-95 corridor.. traffic just made for a miserable drive home...... ringing in the New Year tonite with Denise and Tom coming over for our annual New Year's Eve dinner--Prime Rib on the menu... missing Fran and Bill this year--wherever it finds you guys--have a Happy & Healthy New Year

Delaware Memorial Bridge

Rt 1 Bridge Newark, Delaware

a 'must'  a DD stop in Delaware

Annapolis Bay bridge on Rt 301/50

Nice Bridge over Potomac River Md to Va border on Rt 301

James River Bridge I-295 near Richmond

Brooklyn Bye Bye

left Brooklyn this morning..headed south back home.. the sign is still there at the foot of the Verrazano Bridge on the Belt Pkwy.. it says it all

an early morning walk thru Sheepshead Bay

no sunrise again..haven't seen the sun for more than a half hour since we got here..took an early morning walk down to Emmons Avenue and the Fishing Boat docks.. picked up some Brooklyn Bagels at Emmons Bagels across from the docks .. Randazzo's Clam Bar still hanging in there among all the Russian restaurants that have taken hold over all these years..walked across the newly repaired Ocean Ave walkway bridge that connects Sheepshead Bay to Manhattan Beach-- the hoity-toity neighborhood... essentially the old neighborhoods are gone-- here in name only.. what a shame.. as I always say these last few years.. 'MEMORIES' are a lot better than being here these days.. and so it goes

Merry Christmas to all

a very Merry Christmas to all my friends on this joyous Holiday..may there be peace in the world..may all your wishes come true..a lil' bit of Church on this Christmas morning

he's on his way

ho..ho...ho.. ..he's on his way..he even had to hitch a ride with us on the Maasdam for the Atlantic crossing..BTW he ain't happy..all this rain coulda been SNOW..  and a CLASSIC 'Twas da Nite Before Christmas'---da Brooklyn version  https://youtu.be/Y3fgRV5N_qQ