Category Archive for 'Senic Spots'

Cherry Blossoms2-DC 2010

Some of you may know how much I love gardening, flowers, and the fragrance of some flowers and the bounty of colors provided by a beautiful garden.  So we decided to head down to Washington DC to the 98th National Cherry Blossom Festival®.  In a word, wow!  It was beautiful and truthfully some [...]

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The weather was absolutely spectacular this past weekend!  On Saturday afternoon we couldn’t wait to jump in the car and head out on one of our famous “day-trips”!  This time we headed south (shh, we ventured outside of the Hudson Valley, LOL) and went to the beautiful Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. 
On one hand, we were amazed [...]

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As February draws to its end, I look back and can’t believe the month is over already.  I know it is the shortest month but golly, seems like it flew by and at the end of the month the Hudson Valley saw one of its biggest snow storms in years!
I was treated to long stem [...]

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A visit to Olana

As much as I love our famous “day-trips” they are not as frequent during the winter months  as I find it more difficult to deal with the colder temps.  My poor hands and feet get chilled so fast the older I get LOL!
Today was a blustery cold and windy day here in the lower Hudson Valley [...]

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Weekend in Newport, RI

We spent the weekend in Newport, RI and loved it!  Mapquest said 3 1/2 hours – thanks to Friday evening traffic on I-95 coupled with rain showers we didn’t arrive until closer to ten o’clock but we were then ready to enjoy our time away.
First on our list was a helicopter ride over RI [...]

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