AMANDA'S BASKETS: WALKING BY THE HARBOR

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

WALKING BY THE HARBOR

Today is another beautiful day. The temperature is already in the high fifties and should hit sixty today! The snow and ice are melting.

I went out to walk in the park across the street from my apartment building and, of course, I took some photos...

You can't even see the Belt Parkway from the top walkway!

The walkway is very, very, very long. And if you want to walk further, simply take one of the walkways the stretches over the Belt Parkway and you can walk right on the water.

There is still some snow in the lower part of the park.

The large Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

An island just outside the New York Harbor.

A ship on the way out of the harbor.

Last night it must have been foggy because I heard the foghorn blast every few minutes. A comforting sound to me...that deep, deep rumbling sound.

Remember I showed you the typical floor patterns in New York City...

Well, this is the design on the walkway in the park across the street...

Look familiar?

Tomorrow I will be traveling to the Bronx for lunch at a high school with an excellent culinary program. (Of course, one of my children runs the program!)

Hope you are having a great day...
Also hope that spring is arriving at your place of residence...
Thanks for visiting...
Talk to you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.