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18^thMay

I have been on Etsy since January this year only. I remember very well fancying the pastel colors in the featured items on their page during my first visits before signing up. Being a photographer I tend to think of myself as a ‘visual person’. I respond well to color schemes, forms etc. And sometimes I just cannot get enough of one color. Or the opposite, I have seen enough of one, so that I need to …

15^thMay

Claudia

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A Camera Bag for Women – my new Epiphanie -

It was time for me, time to finally get a new one – a new camera bag. Not that I was really unhappy with what I had, but I have had my bags between three and six years. Not enough time for them to break or even look shabby, no, no – they look just fine, but I wanted a new one. The reason? While my old ones are 1) well made and sturdy and 2) convenient, they are 3) …

13^thMay

Claudia

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Whippany Railway Museum NJ & Arboretum Frelinghuysen

Last Sunday – my nieces’ last day here in New Jersey. There flight out was going to be late, at 7.30 pm, and we had already checked them in first thing in the morning. Next up for the two of them was packing all there new and old treasures while David and I cleared the breakfast table. Obviously we did not want to drive too far, but we still had tons of time before we had …

09^thMay

Claudia

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Delaware Water Gap & Brooklyn Bridge

The second and final weekend of my nieces’ visit was here. Day #8 – our plan was to try again to go kayaking the Delaware Water Gap, weather permitting. So, the first thing we did was to check the forecast. While it still not showed sunny and warm, it was supposed to stay dry, which was good enough for us. We wanted to go! After we had breakfast we packed our things and went for an hours drive up …

08^thMay

Claudia

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New Jersey Shore

Day #7 greeted us yet again with a pretty bad weather forecast. So, again we skipped the Empire State Building and instead went for a drive towards the New Jersey shore. Sonja & Sandra wanted to see it and I am always game to go to the ocean, even if the weather is bad. On the way there we did a very minor detour and stopped at the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets, because Sonja was still looking for shoes and, …

07^thMay

Claudia

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New York City, Flatiron Building, Chelsea & Times Square

Day #5 saw us taking a break from sightseeing due to increment weather i.e. rain. Instead we went shopping! But on day #6 we were back on track again and went to the City one more time, even though the weather still was anything but great. Our plan was: New York City, Flatiron Building, Chelsea – Highline Park & Times Square. This time we parked in Midtown and started our tour by looking for the Flatiron Building.

03^rdMay

Claudia

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New York City Central Park

Finally, on day #4 of my nieces’ visit we went to the City. To New York City Central Park. We were actually considering not to go, because the weather forecast was not very good. But it was supposed to get better during the day. Hence we thought to hit a museum i.e. the American Museum of National History in the morning to wait out any rain and then go for a walk in Central Park. I had a hairdresser’s appointment …

02^ndMay

Claudia

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Liberty Island State Park

On day #3 of my nieces’ visit we went to Liberty Island State Park. Late morning on Monday we headed onto the I78 and made our way through some not so nice looking neighborhoods around the park to get to the Liberty Island State Park. Why we went there and not to NYC? Well, when I visited the city last fall I saw the queue at Battery Park waiting in line to get onto a boat to be shipped …