Libraries hither and yon

It used to be called Red Square--all that brick--before they added the grass and flowering trees and erected a bell tower in the middle. View from the second floor of the Library in late April at Suffolk Community College in Selden.

Entrance to the Huntington Library, Ammerman Campus. Typical 1960s architecture.

The reference collection (the non-cyber part)

The view from the reference desk at Ammerman Library. Students coming in the front door can't miss us. On the left is the circulation department.

The computer lab, before they rearranged it

The Reading Room at New York Public Library

Another view of same, June '08


[Smithtown Public Library, lower level]
Oops, this is actually the Emma Clark Library

From The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Our visit to the Met last September was so rich in images I never posted all the pictures I took. Now in dreary February I want to look at things that are not snow-related. How about you?

Snow and what can you do? Chicken stew

This is the Winter of the Chicken Stew. I started this one a week ago (chicken, onion, celery, carrots, new potatoes). The second day, after tasting a bowlful--bland--I added things (garlic, cooked rotelli, more celery, tomato sauce, Mrs. Dash) and simmered it. Hmm, some improvement. Added water, cooked it some more and had a bowl. Third day added more garlic, onion, carrots, celery, tomato sauce, drop of olive oil, cherry tomatoes, and removed potatoes. Next maybe a few raisins.
I love to tinker in the kitchen.

Mailbox

Oh well. There's always email.

Feeder, continued

Chickadees are smart. They found the upper restaurants.




Song sparrow

Piggy sparrow

He won't let the juncos approach even though the feeder has 5 more openings. I put this up yesterday just in time for the blizzard.

Here comes the bluejay, speaking of pigs

A pretty dinosaur

So now we learn they may have had gorgeous feathers!

Those dinosaurs!

Thirteen seconds of beauty

What an exquisite little bird is the Black Guillemot in its winter plumage!

Video made by Tyler Borsack in Southampton on New Year's Day.

This and other goodies about birds can be found on
Long Island Birds & Birdwatching

P.S. Just discovered this great birding blog
Birdingdude

They know something

I removed a rock from these an hour ago. Already they are straightening up. Snow is predicted for tonight.


Are they waving? Hi!

And these are Spanish Bluebells


And these are daffodils, of course