New York City's Central Park

In the autumn of 2008 my daughter was attending classes in New York City so every week we jumped in the Jeep and headed to one of my dearest friends that lived in the City. We would spend the night at her house and after escorting my daughter to class VERY early in the morning, my friend and I would spend the day exploring the city.

These trips were my first foray into the Great City and I was absolutely stunned. I immediately fell in love with NYC - it was the first place I ever visited that actually made me feel as though I had always lived there. Although it was my first visit it truly felt as though the community and it's people were saying to me "Welcome Home". I suppose everybody belongs to this City - and I am sure that I am not the first to feel as though I finally found a place where I "fit in".

  

One of my favorite spots, of course - esp. as a "newbie", was Central Park. We spent one whole morning in just a very small section of the park. We entered near the Zoo and worked our way back to The Lake. These are some of my photos from that day. Everything from the nature to the artwork in the park held me spellbound. The architecture made me feel as though I was wandering through another world - again, one I was welcomed in. The whole design seemed to be made to make me feel as though I was simply on a country stroll somewhere not in a city. But the city of course refused to be ignored. Glimpses of her skyscrapers can still be seen through the tree tops and her noise invades your senses throwing your perception of the country stroll off. But it's not invasive - it just feels as though it's one more dimension to the personality of this wonderful city.

  

Please be sure to spend some time in Central Park when/if you visit the city. It would especially be a good visit to make when you start to feel a little overwhelmed by the crowds, traffic or noise. It's the small break some of us "small town" or "country" folk need when we are in the city. The much needed opportunity to reconnect with nature and to help us remember that this world is not just about what man can accomplish - nature is a part of us as well and she can even survive in the midst of one of the greatest collections of mankind on the face of the earth.

  

You may view many more of the photos from this visit at my Flickr Gallery or purchase select prints at my online store.


Enjoy & thanks for stopping by.


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