Photo: L. Weikel
End of a Long Week
When Karl started up the stairs tonight, he encouraged me to write about an adventure he had with The Girls, our neighbor’s chickens, earlier today. He basically said, “It’s the end of a long week, Lis. Write about something funny.”
So I’ve been sitting here, struggling to capture the humor of today’s avian escapade, but the words just aren’t materializing.
My feeling is that I need some photos. I don’t want to write about The Girls without being able to point to their feathered finery and surprisingly hefty girths. It’s obviously been a while since I pet sat The Girls because they really seem to have grown up since the last time, which may have been either this past fall or – more likely – last summer.
Wow. How time flies. And how things can change in such a short period of time.
Stunning View
So I’m going to wait on writing about Karl and The Girls. But I do want to share a stunning view I had the other night as I drove across the Williamsburg Bridge in NYC. The lights approaching and leaving the city were brilliant. The night was perfect for taking in the depth and breadth of the enormity of this place on Earth – with all it color and tremendous diversity.
My heart felt like it was expanding beyond my rib cage as I crossed the Williamsburg Bridge the other night. Perhaps it’s my naiveté or perhaps it’s my delight in the simple pleasures of bright and colorful lights, iconic architecture, and glistening water. Whatever it is, I wanted to capture it somehow, even if the magic barely registered it.
Yesterday was one of the few times I’ve ever been happy about traffic coming to a standstill. It gave me the opportunity to put down my passenger side window and take a couple quick snaps of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building shining forth in the night.
So Lovely
Perhaps I’ll manage to snap some photos of my chicks tomorrow. In the meantime, please indulge in the lights of the city that never sleeps. Don’t forget to indulge your delight wherever you find it.
Chrysler Building from afar – Photo: L. Weikel
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