Autumn in the Neighborhood
One of the things I've been remiss about is posting about (my) everyday life in New York. When I first started blogging (January 2009) most of my posts were about daily life. Over the years I've blogged less and focused more on events and special times. But most of my life/our lives is the day to day, and I've decided it's time to get back to more of the day to day. There will be special events, posts from travel and milestones, especially in the weeks to come. But come January -- not very far away -- it's back to New York City.
Today really slipped away from autumn to almost winter. It was cold, sunless and the ground is covered with leaves. But last Saturday I took a walk in the neighborhood and captured a few moments of what may be one of the last days before the leaves are completely on the ground.
West Side Community Garden at the end of the season
My walk to Trader Joe's passed our local community garden. From March to early November there are flowers cultivated by my neighbors. It's one of my favorite places to sit and read or simply drink a cup of coffee. It's beautiful in every season -- even the bleak beauty now -- but I love it best in the spring, when the tulips are in bloom.
Tulip Festival, 2025
My local independent stationery store
My last stop on the way home was my neighborhood stationery store. We do have the big box stores, but I like helping to keep our neighborhood stores in business. This is my stop for a ream of paper, Sharpies and my calendar for each year. It's also the place I treat myself to some of the most fun pens I've ever found.
Thanks for the good wishes about my leak. I've gotten the estimate -- about what I figured -- and the search is on for the parts. I have a very garden variety Whirlpool, so I'm optimistic that the parts are easy to get. The estimate is two to three days and then, I hope, all be well again in my kitchen. I know I won't ever take a working dishwasher -- or any major appliance -- for granted. Ever. I know it could have been a lot worse and I'm grateful that I wasn't away when it started to leak. As my mother always said, "If that's the worst thing that happens this year, you're very lucky." Agreed!
As ever, thanks for visiting and take good care.
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Many of our trees here in Texas are srill green.We do have a few that drop leaves with out changing color at all. It is very dry here and we need rain. Ido love stationary stores. I could browse there all afternoon and probably buy too much. Your city's does have a lot to see! Enjoy what remains of fall!
Our leaves (in Georgia) are falling like crazy, although many are still hanging on with their lovely colors, Carol. Wonderful photos from your neighborhood in NYC!
We are seeing the last of the colorful leaves as well. I also would love to sit there and have coffee. I want to visit that stationary store.
Keep us posted on the leak. I love that you are blogging more! And your color looks about the same as ours -- well on the wane. I'm with you on keeping smaller stores busy!
Your lovely Autumn photographs show the same colours as ours ... and goodness don't the leaves fall!
All the best Jan
Youe fall photos are lovely. All our leaves are gone here in western MD.
Beautiful photo of the West Side Community Garden. It looks like a painting.
My daughter used to live on the west side New York and I loved visitin her there.
Blogging about daily life and adventures have always been featured on our blog and reading about the same from other bloggers always broadens my view of the world. Looking forward to seeing NYC soon and a meet-up.
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