at home in New York

Ensconced in our modest Brooklyn flat, we have little to record for posterity, or others. The 60 models for paper aeroplanes we brought as gifts were well received for a time, as was our souvenir day book from our train trip in which  the 5year old chef is giving instructions to his scribes to record his very original and very complete  recipes. For  example, chicken salad ingredients  begin with 1 farm.

The chef in a reflective outdoors moment.

Below is not the entrance to our abode,  but as the carved inscription says, the Brooklyn Library.

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A trip to Governor's island, an early 19th century fort now converted into an extensive area for diverse children's activities, yielded a close encounter with a flock of Monarch butterflies, and panoramic views of Manhattan. 

Of course we have also taken in the Top of the Rock views ( Rockefeller Centre) but they are too common to replicate.

Monarchs of all they survey 

Manhattan and Governor's Island in foreground .