New York City… day 3… part 13… why am I making that face… (or): a dick named Rump lives in New York…

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Why am I making that face?

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Because after my wife and I left Central park to meet my daughter and her husband for fancy drinks, we passed this place.

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Technically, the name Rump has a ‘T’ in it somewhere, but it still made me think of a huge ass.

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So there you go.

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It even looks a little like Sauron’s tower.

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And passing through a mall to get to the fancy drink place, we saw the man himself! Hello, Mr. President.

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I thought it would be more mushroom-shaped, but it does look like it has been polished by more than one porn star.

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Okay, that isn’t really Donald Rump. My daughter told me about this statue, after she heard the story of my son-in-law and I at the Museum of Modern Art, and all those penis photos I took there… and posted here… and she said this one was actually famous. So many people were rubbing his junk that it got shiny.  That guy to the left might actually be a security guard who is supposed to keep people from touching the junk. Watch out for that lady over there!

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I am pretty sure that is the last photo of a penis that I will be sharing… from this trip…

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Bye, Mr. Rump!

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Now, off for some excitingly overpriced adult beverages at… a place whose name I do not remember…

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But it was the kind of place that had a thing like that hanging from the ceiling.

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And a thing like that by one of the revolving doors.

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The kind of place that caters to the upper crust, who arrive by carriage.

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The kind of place where rush hour has more horses than cars.

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The kind of… hey, I petted that horse!

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Okay, they might let a Bentley sneak in now and then.

 

 

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Christmas is for the birds… part 2…

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I already explained why I am posting pictures of birds in part 1…

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So just enjoy a few more of them…

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Okay, just so you know…

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The turkeys were not in my mom’s backyard, they were on the street out in front.

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Okay, back to our regularly scheduled birds.

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I actually know the names of all these birds now, thanks to my mom.

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That one’s name is Joe. No, not really. I meant I know what kind of birds they are. But his name might be Joe. He looks like a Joe.

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And that’s Jay. Ha! See what I did there?

 

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Christmas is for the birds… part 1…

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I am back at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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That means that we fill the bird feeder, and I sit in the yard with my camera with the zoom lens, and take pictures of the birds we lure in.

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My mom loves birds, and I have come to love them too.

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But my mom is 96, and her eyes aren’t what they used to be.

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So I crop the photos down to just the birds, and show them to her on the laptop, and she tells me all about them.

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Don’t worry, I have lots of Christmas pictures too.

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And I am still not done with the New York adventure from last month.

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And I am having more adventures as we speak. Well, not right this second, but…

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But anyway.

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Yeah, birds.

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New York City… day 3… part 12… the last of Central Park… (or); okay, fine, this is just a travel blog now, dang it…

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I petted that horse. That was a nice horse.

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I could have taken my wife for a carriage ride on the last full day of our 3-and-a-half-day adventure in New York, but we had a few more things to do.

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The colors were truly amazing.

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I loved Central Park.

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I highly recommend it.

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Well, that is it for Central Park, except for the pictures on my phone, which I will get to sometime.

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We are now on the edge of the park. I did jump ahead to some of these photos, for the bird post a while back.

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Like I said, we had some place to be.

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We did hang around and listen to these guys for a while.

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I wish I had upgraded this blog so I could post videos. so you could hear this band.

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They were very active, but the music was awesome.

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Okay, two more adventures and we will finish this day up. I am actually sitting in my mom’s house in the Bay Area, after the Christmas bustle, so I have more things to mix in with the end of the New York trip. I will try to make it as confusing as possible for you. Ha!

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New York City… day 3… part 11… Central Park… looking at some animals…

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I do love tying a photo into the title of a post.

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Well, we are almost done with New York’s Central Park.

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And that means we are nearing the climactic ending of the third day of our 3-and-a-half-day adventure in New York.

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Which is good, because I leave in a few days for the Bay Area…

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And there will be more adventures to post about.

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Dang it, this is turning into a travel blog.

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I have to do something about that, but I am busy making gifts.

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Squirrel!!!

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Being all-art-side-of-the-brain makes me busy… and crazy…

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But that’s okay.

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That is why I have a  blog, after all.

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New York City… day 3… part 10… Central Park… without those annoying words I always add to posts that just distract you… part 3…

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New York City… day 3… part 9… Central Park… without those annoying words I always add to posts that just distract you… part 2…

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New York City… day 3… part 8… Central Park… without those annoying words I always add to posts that just distract you…

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And now for something completely random…

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I made three new friends at work.

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They are still pretty young, venturing out for their first time alone. Usually mom is with them.

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They don’t even know enough to stay away from strange-looking humans.

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My older daughter, Jessica, the one we just visited in New York, has started doing weekend dog fostering. If that works out, maybe she will see if she can keep a hamster alive… then… grandchildren?

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New York City… day 3… part 7… Central Park…

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I have to admit, Central Park is amazing, and I have seen a lot of nature in my time.

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It isn’t nearly as crowded and full of junkies as I thought it might be.

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A bride and her new husband. That is a nice piece of social commentary there. She is rushing on ahead, while he struggles to move all the baggage, and they are moving towards a garbage truck. Hey, simmer down, I didn’t invent social commentary.

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You can almost forget you are surrounded by a huge city.

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Squirrel!!!

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I just realized that I have to start posting photos of my Christmas adventures soon, and we are still doing this New York thing.

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Swirly rock!!!

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My wife and I were there just in time for the Fall colors.

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Oh, right, Fall, not Summer. That explains why it wasn’t too crowded. We were also there while they were setting up for the New York Marathon.

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Colors!!!

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I like colors.

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How about you?

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