What Holiday Is It?

I posted about a month ago on the day after Halloween about the bizarre weather.  We had snow for Halloween.  It was nuts.  The holiday seemed to be all mixed up.  However, that was the work of Mother Nature, not the work of people.  People didn't go and dump snow on the ground outside.  People are, though, dumping Christmas ribbons, lanterns, decorations and the like on stuff.  Already.

Every year, people complain that the "holiday cheer" starts to be spread earlier and earlier, and I think they are right.  I took these photographs in Bryant Park this past Thursday, a full week before Thanksgiving.  The ice skating rink and Christmas market are set up, and open for business.  It's nuts.  Pumpkins decorate the park, and so do pinecones and bows.  So... has Thanksgiving become Christmagiving?  Are we skipping over the turkey and the gravy?  Don't get me wrong- I love the winter holiday season.  I celebrate Christmas, and it's one of my favourite parts of the year.  But, it is hilarious to see the mix of seasons decorating one place, to me.

The first photograph is actually from a store window in Grand Central Station, but I thought it summarized my point pretty clearly. Thus, it was included.

And, to sum it up...

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Inspiration Fridays: Autumn Falling

I am generally a warm weather girl.  I like the heat, as long as it isn't too hot.  A sundress with a blazer is my ideal style of outfit, or maybe jeans, a tank top and a blazer (like I'm wearing right now).  I'm also very affected by seasonal change emotionally and mentally.  Cold weather makes me sad and lazy, whereas warmer weather tends to result in a bright and cheery Emily.  So, when fall arrives, I am usually caught in a mix of emotions.  I'm sad that the weather is getting cooler, and the days are getting shorter.

 But, I'm happy for a number of other reasons-  pumpkin spice lattes, cute blazers and sweaters, boots, orange and red leaves, apple butter, being able to wear my hair down without sweating.  Hats.  Pies.  Halloween.  Thanksgiving.  Wearing decorative scarves without sweating. This year, I was able to be excited about school starting as well!  No, I'm not still in school, unless you count my martial arts school.  I do count that, but it's year-round, so it's not the same idea.  I'm teaching!!  I've been hired as a Voice and Speech Warm-Up instructor at the acting conservatory I work for.  I'm also the full-on Voice and Speech teacher for the high school students in the Outreach Program, which is thrilling.  Basically, I came up with a five-year plan in March... and I've achieved it.  My mind is a little boggled, but I couldn't possibly be more thrilled.  This is the best fall EVER.

Thus, I'm drawing my inspiration from the season today.  

Happy first day of Fall!

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Longwood Gardens Part 3

I'm actually posting this when I said I would!  Yay!

I'm acting responsible... does this make me a real adult?  Maybe.  In any case, please, enjoy the remainder of the good photographs (I try not to share the bad ones) from my trip to Longwood Gardens!!

I'm not going to lie- I don't think that these are my strongest photographs ever.  They're kind of mediocre by my standards.  But, I figured that I would share them regardless because the subject matter is pretty neat.

Plus... nothing can bring me down today!  Things in my life are going amazingly well.  Today, I joined Actor's Equity Association- the stage actor's union.  I couldn't be happier about it.  Well, actually, the one thing that does make me even happier is Danny's pending Off-Broadway debut!  He did the lighting design for O Night Divine, which is being performed at The Theatre at St. Peters in New York.  It opens tomorrow, and I'm rushing up to the city for the opening after my matinee of The Surflight Holiday Spectacular at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, New Jersey tomorrow.  Basically, both of our careers seem to be hitting the beginning of a high point.  And life just feels fantastic!  So, if my photographs today are sub-par... at least my life isn't, right?

Happy days to everyone.  Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times for your readership!

If you are anywhere near Beach Haven... come see The Surflight Holiday Spectacular!

And, if you are in New York City... go see O Night Divine!

If you aren't near either one, you still rock.  Like me on Facebook, I got a NEW PAGE. (If you click on the words it will take you there.  Or you can just "like" me on the sidebar)

But seriously everyone, this blog would be nothing without my awesome readers.  Thank you so much.

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA

Hey Pumpkin

This photo is from this past fall.  There was a wonderful street market in Madison Square Park in October last year, and the highlight, for me at least, was a wooden house structure full of pumpkins.  Some were the big meaty kind, perfect for a halloween jack-o-lantern, and others were like this, dainty and decorative.  

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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