We spent the afternoon at the New York Botanical Gardens. They had pumpkins on display. (Sadly, we discovered they were all fake pumpkins). D seemed to enjoy posing for the camera, made some music, painted, watched (and laughed) at a … Continue reading NY Botanical Gardens – Pumpkins
Tough decision for D today… Long Island Railroad Museum’s Wooden Toy Train Play Day or the 25th Annual Bus Festival? Train Play Day it was! He got to ride the same train that was at the 1964 Word’s Fair. There … Continue reading Trains
Happy 12th anniversary Olessia! Time goes on and things wear out, like me and the paper this photo was printed on. But I’ll always love you! Continue reading 12th Anniversary
Visited 2 parks today. The scooter pics are at our local park (Hoover). The other pics are from Forest Park Carousel. Awesome park from what we saw. D LOVED the train. Continue reading Parks
It was tough letting him go! Continue reading Dmitri’s first day of daycare!
Today we were guests to our neighbor’s 4th birthday party at Billy Bees in the Bronx. It was a nice gathering and the venue was ideal for the young kids (and kids at heart). I think D had a great … Continue reading Birthday Party
I’m commuting to work and Olessia and Dmitri came along. Continue reading Here we all are.
D has been riding his tricycle for a while, but today was the first time using the pedals. Continue reading A pretty big day.
So for my birthday, Olessia got me a dash cam (thank you Olessia!). I needed to get a grocery item and put some gas in the car and on my way home, I caught this. I really don’t know what was going through this driver’s head… The light turned yellow and they appeared to stop. Then waited for it to turn red before figuring that was a good time to go. I get why car insurance is so expensive here… Continue reading Dash Cam + Red Light
The weather was nice today and I felt like taking a little road trip. I’ve been curious to see the far east side of Long Island so I ventured out to Montauk Lighthouse. Continue reading Montauk
Olessia, in this photo, is in the Moscow Metro. Shortly afterwards, she video calls me while she is walking around outside the Kremlin (near Red Square). I’m walking too – to the subway to go to work. It’s the afternoon … Continue reading Technology…
Instead of trying a long exposure photo from a shaking bridge, our balcony ended up working a bit better. First photo is an aircraft shortly after taking off at LGA. The 2nd one is the local traffic. Continue reading Long Exposures
If you’ve gotten tired of seeing me post photos of D or Olessia, you may now rejoice for there will be a 4 week break from my usual photos of them. As I type this, they are half way to … Continue reading Off to Russia
I took D to Central Park today. We went to the Adventure Park so he could play in the sand and the water. After have a good time, we went and got some NYC slices over at Francesco’s Pizza. He … Continue reading Central Park to Play
He was 18 years old. He enjoyed crickets and strawberries. He loved grazing and chilling in Olessia‘s garden when we were in Cleveland. Continue reading Mozi, our bearded dragon, passed away today.
Fun at the Queens Museum today with grandma and grandpa! Dmitri made a flag. Then made his own $100 bill, but appears to have had more fun posing with the money cut out. We checked out the museum and then … Continue reading Queens Museum
Here’s a couple photos from today. It’s an interesting place. They had a roundhouse with turntable and a good number of trains going. D loved it. We road twice and then had a snack and went back out for one … Continue reading Live Steamers
A small sampling of photos from our visit to Hoover Park this afternoon. A LOT of fun was had playing the hockey game. Watch out if you challenge Olessia. Prepare for bruised fingers, egos, and flying hockey pucks! She plays … Continue reading Hoover Park