Frogs Live

A quick stop at American Museum of Natural History to see the frogs before they turn to princes.

First stop the gift shop.

Skeletal stegosaurus $375.00.

Skeletal spinosaurus $550.00.

Sabertooh skull is $450.00.

Finished models are $98.00 each so I left with no souvenirs.

Golden Poison Frog with enough skin poison to kill 10 people.

Yellow-banded Poison Frog

They look like toys but they move, so maybe robots. Nature is wonderfully colorful.

No wonder they weren't turned into princes yet, poison.

Some leaf frog looking very alien.

Such great camouflage I can't tell if this is a ahead or backside shot.

Blue frogs just chillin' or heating up.

That is such a nice green, it would make such a nice coin purse.

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Prince Harry & Me

So HRH Prince Henry of Wales, Prince Harry to all the common folks, came to New York City today and went to my favorite island. He was there to play a charity polo match with a VIP section at $50,000 a table or $500 for a piece of lawn. Luckily the free section was just my price.

Lines to the ferry were ridiculously long.

The tents for the elite which included LL Cool J, whom I did not see.

The lawn was packed but everyone was decent while sporting their phony British accents.

The Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic was a fundraiser for charity that helps poor children and AIDS orphans in Lesotho.

The national anthems were played.

Then the games began.

Look Prince Harry, no really right there behind the hat.

There he is again number 1 on the horse. Hey, Harry turn around! No, okay.

The changing of the horses prompted me to leave early as the elusive Prince would not listen to my plead to hold still for a decent shot. His team did win.

A nice image of the Statue of Liberty from Governors Island.

One of the bus-trolleys that tour the island.

At South Street Seaport they had a Texas on Tour display, seriously.

The Christmas store was not as busy as last December I have yet to figure out why.

Beautiful day, big bridges, blue sky, fluffy clouds, and a plane to round out this future postcard.

On top of the Peking ship some girl was doing something slightly dangerous.

My souvenirs:

One Woman's T-shirt: $22.00

One key chain: $5.00
One wine bottle stopper: $12.00
One box of matches: Free
One bag: Free with purchases
One yellow wristband: Priceless...wait no free at the entrance

It was a great time but heat and sun were a bit much and $30.00 for an sun-umbrella is a bit much. After some hot coffee all was better but time to go home and prepare for the next mini trip.

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Valley Stream

Let's take a quick trip to Valley Stream and their famous mall. I'm always hearing about it on the news but I never been there before. Wait don't I hear about it in the crime stories...oh well here we go.

The trains are nicer than your average NYC subway car.

Out the window are some scenic if not ominous views.

Okay some quaint homes, covered in graffiti.

Finally an old fashion foot bridge.

This must be the Stream of Valley Stream.
Reminds me of every movie where the find the body.


A modern Long Island road.

Thanks for the welcome but I don't think there is enough time to read all your club sponsors.

It was foggy I hope to catch the increasing creepiness of the day.

Hey at least the spelled the sign correctly, know who do I email to repaint the grass green.

Middle of the day in spring and not a soul is in the one green park.

Well I think this was part of the mall, I'm guessing it's a Staples.
Good opportunity to write a sticky note reminding me never to come back.

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Macy's Flower Show 2009

I'm back armed with a Canon A1000 and a 4GB worth of memory. To test the camera I went down to the Annual Macy's Flower show on until April 19th.

This year's theme is Dream In Color which has colorful flowers arranged in dream-like scenes plus lots of lawn flamingos.

A dream-like ceiling.

Flower flamingo.

Flowers and pond.

Flowers and Coach.

Flowers, flamingos, and crowds.

Blue flowers on a ledge.

Bridge to nowhere.

Lawn flamingo.

Flower dress.

Dooney & Burke purses, not on sale.

Flowers hidden among the merchandise.

Fake pool, fake birds, and real patio furniture.

It looked like a party.

Very colorful.

Then back on the bus to go home.

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