All four Cygnets hatched over the weekend, 41-42 days after Victoria started to incubate them, spot on time.

It seems to me that when Albert sat the first two eggs for seven days, he wasn't actually incubating them. I am wondering if his feathers were to well insulated to allow his body heat to start the incubation period ?

It was the perfect summer night for a sail or a stroll along the new New York waterfront. Pics taken from Pier 6 in Brooklyn

At Kennebunk, ME

This tends to be the way they hang out--one or the other on top of each other. #grassforcats, #classycatscatnip, #dianewillowdesigns

Isn't this house magnificent? The year before my father passed he took me on a tour of streets I'd never been on in the town where he grew up--Norwich. Just a block or two away is where my great-grandparents owned a home. It's still there. The day he and I toured the area he was so excited showing me the back street where we stopped to get a good look at the property. There were all sorts of stories. I drove there over Thanksgiving weekend. Norwich had several factories in it's day. This house was probably built by one of those factory owners. I'd love to see the inside. It's so grand.

Canon Film Camera A1, 1980s

Open Air Amphitheatre, facing the Hudson River inside the Walled Garden at Untemyer Gardens, Yonkers, NY

Canon A1 Film Camera

Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning and decided to hop in the car to see what I could find. Have only been on this road maybe 5 times in my life and don't remember seeing this barn before. Loved it!

Barn on Route 6 in Brooklyn, CT

Early rose!

Scan of my slide from 1977 of the pool at Hearst Castle in California.

I combined the buildings and the sculpture into a swirl of color. Chase Plaza, Downtown, NYC

Part of Buttonwood Farm in Sterling, CT

Catamarans beside Swan Lake, Cudmirrah, on the NSW South Coast.

From the tram overlooking the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at NYBG

At NYBG. 3 hours a week I volunteer to photograph the plant specimens gathered from all over the world. Last week the specimens were from Brazil and dated in the 1920's. This specimen is from 1973 and somewhere in New York. I forgot to write down the name. :( For their digitized files we are using all sorts of professional cameras. This shot was for me so I just used my iPhone.

Part of the Dale Rogers Studio in Putnam, CT.

Part of Gantry State Park looking at mid-town Manhattan. These tracks must have been part of the pier system removing cargo from ships. Most of the piers are gone--although there are two to the right of this photo that you can walk out on.

The Kiku exhibit at NYBG was not the largest they have hosted, but there were still lots of beautiful blooms to enjoy

The real and the reflection!

Berwick Harbour.