Heaven and Earth: New York City Alaska Style

Monday, March 2, 2015

New York City Alaska Style

The crazy snow storms that are hitting the east coast in the US. Every homeowner in NYC is shoveling snow about 6 times per week due to the fact we got the most snow this winter in all the 30 years I have been living here. News report that we have not seen snow like this since the 1950's. NYC winters normally has about 25 inches of snow, but this year we got over 40 inches. NYC has a law that must keep our sidewalks clean and clear for public safety. If there is snow and we do not shovel it off the sidewalk, then the homeowners will get fined. If anyone slips or falls on an un-shoveled sidewalk, the homeowner can get sued. Here are some pictures of the snow that we are getting in NYC.

These pictures are taken during Snow Strom Thor on March 5, 2015. This scene with the orange snowplow trucks is an incident where the snowplow unfortunately plowed into the car right by the corner and caused a dent. These guys and the damaged car driver were there for over an hour dealing with this incident. The snow piles most of us shoveled off to the sidewalks are around 4 feet tall during this snowstorm.

I was going to upload pictures of the 100 plus feet of iceberg that formed in the Hudson River bay, but unfortunately it all melted the next day. But my FS neighbor Red Top was nice enough to sent me a link with pictures of the NYC icebergs. So please click on this link and enjoy! The pictures are amazing!!! I still can't believe NYC was colder than Alaska this year! But this also means that global warming is doing terrible things to our planet due to harmful carbon dioxide emissions caused by us. Please take a moment to read this article about carbon dioxide emissions and help to reduce CO2 emissions! I don't want another season of Alaska in NYC again, not matter how cool the iceberg looks!!!

And I just want to say hi to all my friends in FS!^^ And here is a picture of Zilly...hahhaa...Zilly's amazing winter boots from JCrew that kept my toes warm and dry in this crazy snow, rain, hail, and slushy winter:)

March 1, 2015

January 2015

This post is dedicated to my cute little BB:)
Happy Birthday!!!

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Poem by Desiderate

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann c.1920