Autumn


According to my fitbit, I took over 20,000 steps yesterday.
Today I will be stir crazy as I am waiting for our new dining table to be delivered. As I wait I shall be shampooing the living room carpet.
It's a case of the real world muffling excitement today me thinks.
To cap it all , it's raining buckets.

Today the world seems very claustrophobic and small.
In a few weeks, it will feel a whole lot bigger.
New York in early November
I hope the trees in Central Park will be still in leaf


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  1. Do you wear Fit Bits on the wrist? (That sounds like a loaded question to do with onanism, but it isn't, I just have never seen one)

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    1. Yes most look like digital watches. Mine is a very basic and thin version which looks like one of those charity bands trendy people wear

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  2. 20,000 steps? You must be becoming the incredible shrinking man.

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  3. Autumn in New York, and Central Park in particular, is said by some to be the most eye-pleasing time. I was there 48 years ago, alone in central Park, when there was an attempt to pick me up. (Did I really look that available? - and cheap?) Sometimes now in my dotage I wonder if I ought to have gone along with him.
    Hope that by the time you go the leaves haven't all fallen for you. If they have, get that imagination exercised!

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    1. I guess New York looks very different than it did then raymondo

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    2. I dare say. For one thing, if I went into Central Park now I doubt if there'd be any 'takers'. :-)

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  4. Cader Idris is a lot nearer than New York. From the top of there you'll see if the world is small.

    Reward of gwrw in Dolgellau.

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    1. It just seems small inside a rainlocled cottage

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  5. Autumn in New York will be wonderful.

    Autumn here has come hard and fast hasn't it. The leaves are tumbling down along with the last of the apples. The chooks run round like little mad things ready for a feast every time one drops :-)

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    1. Yes, everything is looking much darker. As they say on Game of Thrones ...." Winter is coming"

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  6. Central Park in Autumn. Bliss

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  7. I like the signpost photo at the top of this post John. Nice one.

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  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO2Ij1eO-GQ

    listen to that whilst waiting for your new table!

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  9. Wow - sounds fabulous - Autumn in New York. What a great trip to look forward to and having a new kitchen and dining table. Looks like you're in for some wonderful times - Enjoy!!

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  10. Unless there are huge rains and a major cold snap, early November should be a great time to see the trees. Looking forward to pictures of the new furniture.

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    1. Now all i need is the kitchen to go with it

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  11. https://68.media.tumblr.com/c2672e16f653a8813d457a5a1ccb8ef6/tumblr_on0vhnfBPY1qgju3co1_500.jpg

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    1. my computer is being difficult but this photo is Autumn in NY

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    2. Thats EXACTLY what i want to see

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    3. https://68.media.tumblr.com/ed8e513412962a2a6b6830be0e335bd6/tumblr_oqxzcfouX31qgju3co1_540.jpg

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  12. Autumn in New York... isn't there a movie out there with that name that has Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in it?? Nobody liked that movie but per usual i thought it not bad... not great but not bad.. I envy you your travels... Hugs! deb

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  13. Ah the anticipation of the culmination of your retail therapy fantasies. I hope you plan on sending us pictures of your newest acquisition.

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  14. Think of all the people who would give their eye teeth to be in your charming Welsh cottage on a rainy day. Don't think of it as being claustrophobic ... small in is the mind.

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  15. There's something to be said for enjoying the smallness of home! But NYC is ALWAYS fun.

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  16. are you crazy?? 20K steps will get you in shape. you should just eat more scotch eggs or something!!!

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    1. Ive had one scotch egg in five months! It was a little bit of heaven

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  17. New York moves so fast--except Central Park.

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  18. I'll be sending welcome beams down in November. I'm three hours north of the Big Apple.

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  19. You're going to New York? I'll get out my binoculars and see if I can spot you from Cleveland.

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  20. This morning was a hint that Fall is coming. The air felt very soft (after the very hot summer ) with a slight breeze. It was a cool morning at 70 when I was up with Winston. Only 90 today, I think Fall is really coming tomorrow. Thank goodness.
    Hope the table comes soon rather than later.

    cheers, parsnip

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  21. The temps for early Novemeber in NYC show daytime high 50* to mid-60s* F, very pleasant; chilly at night, bring a jacket. Unless we have a hurricane the trees should just be changing to yellow in the park, maybe a little red. We usually consider mid-Nov peak fall here.

    Isn't it a bad idea to wash carpet on a rainy day? Too humid/ damp, they'll never dry properly.

    lizzy

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  22. Each to their own, I find NY, well Manhattan, extremely claustrophobic - way too much of a concrete jungle. Thought about moving there once, even looked at apartments. Decided it was not for me. Looking back on it now, I cannot understand why I even thought about it. Too cold in winter, horrible in the heat of summer.....though November is not a bad month.

    As I said, each to their own. I hope you both have a fantastic time.

    If you haven't been to the Frick, it is lovely

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  23. Rainy days can do that to a person. Hope your new table helps take the morose out of the day! And thinking about New York, of course.

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  24. 20,000 steps - that's amazing John. Well done. I struggle to manage 10,000 so I am in awe. And I love my cheapo fitbit too. It is made me so aware of how little I move. Anna

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  25. Good chance most of the Central Park leaves will be gone, John...I've got tons down outside already, to rake up....

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  26. Aline in Michigan11:17 pm

    As a new reader of your lovely blog, John, seeing all the beautiful photos of Wales and the smattering of Welsh words has made me go online to try to learn a bit of the language! ( I must say it's been rough sledding so far.) I look forward to your blog every day.

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  27. Summer has returned (finally started?) to New York so hopefully the leaves will hang on a bit longer for you.

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  28. Enjoy. I wish the Mayflower Hotel was still there, and Carnegie Deli were still serving their Ruben sands and cheesecake.

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  29. 20,000 steps!
    WOW . . .
    I cheer for 10,000 . . .
    New York in November . . .
    Weather should be pleasant . . .
    Not sure about the leaves though . . . maybe some!

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  30. Early November is a good time to see foliage in New York City, a bit past peek leaf color but not bad. I live on Long Island. If you want the thrill of taking the Long Island Rail Road from horrible Penn Station to see Queens or the isle, let me know. I could take you to Levittown, America's first suburb (there's a museum) and drive you past the house where Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby. I live on the north shore, called the Gold Coast, so there's still some lovely Gilded Age mansions to see. And then there's sun set on the Sound which you could watch while drinking a Long Island Iced Tea.

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  31. P.S. I'm serious. I live 15 miles east of Manhattan.

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