in fathers day fashion

dad,

wore your navy blue cardigan, the cashmere one from nordstrom.

wore your white whale tie tack from cape cod.

played your banjo tunes and your favorite jazz.

toasted to you,

and was given one red rose in the evening 

which i held up to the night sky

never saying goodbye

just goodnight! 

upper west side

 

the dance

dear dad,

once upon a magical time

we danced 

at el's wedding

beneath 

a scalloped

white canopy

on grounds

so green

you led

i followed

in my stocking feet

floating

in your 

elegant

embrace

lots of love,

deb

memorial day weekend, once upon a time...

 

on father's day

dad, 

'went down to the Seaport to see the tall ships this afternoon! 

the masts reached high, the clouds above like full, billowing sails. 

remember when we had one of your anniversary celebrations there, a brunch over Labor Day weekend?

then on a whim, walked to the Staten Island Ferry terminal on Whitehall, purchased a bunch of tickets and took a roundtrip ride, just to say we had done it?  Abigail and Charlotte were just little girls then! 

today, the Tin Building is a beautifully restored, Jean Georges gourmet marketplace.  i think you would approve and i will have to get Mom there to enjoy it firsthand.

i bought olive oil and sampled some shrimp, then wandered over to Fulton Street to browse the lovely new Mcnally Jackson bookstore before coming back uptown on the 1 train.

at sunset, i found you again in the golden sky above the Hudson. 

thank you for giving me this magical day of new adventures and special memories.

xoxo

at the south street seaport 

 

hudson river from my window

morning rain morning dew

on riverside drive ny ny

 

this land is your land

remembering Bob....

Earth Day, Mendham Commons

make a wish!

happy birthday, dear bob!

we love you (and mary) so very much,

more than vanilla spritz cookies;

or a chocolate ganache bakery cake;

or even your favorite lemon meringue pie! 

mary and bob

89 expeditions around the sun, so fun!!

make a wish!!

xxx 

boy meets girl

Dear Dad,

I am so glad things did not work out with that Smith or Holyoke girl you dated before meeting our Mary through Christy and John Rinehart in the spring of '57!

Happy Father's Day! Thank you for your grace, elegance, intelligence, humor, style and hard work!

Sunday allowance was always something I loved about you, too....

xx

Bob meets Mary, Georgetown, 1957

neighborhood watch

amsterdam avenue...

a butterfly backpack

West End Avenue...

gone fishing

happy father's day, dad! 

cape cod, april 2016