Below is Olana. It is the home of Fredick Church, a famous landscape painter that studied from Thomas Cole in the "Hudson School" style. There is a lot of Persian style in the architechture of the home - influenced by his travels to the Middle East. There were many great peices of art in the home - besides the home itself.
Below is the girls on their first day of school in New York on September 3, 2008. Dagny is starting 4th grade in Mr. Schifano's class and Tessa is starting 2nd grade in Mrs. Hoover's class. They are standing in front of our house. Daddy is very proud of his flag :) The girls are excited to ride the school bus for the first time going to and from school.
Joel's Aunt Charlene and Uncle Tom came to visit us. They stayed at our house for a night and then we moved into the city. They had never been to NYC before. We only had a day and a half to see the city. We went to Grease on Broadway and took the Grayline double-decker bus on the uptown and downtown loop. It was a great overview of the city (below we are on the bus with Times Square behind us). We also went on the Circle Line Cruise around the Statue of Liberty. The art exhibit "the New York Waterfalls" were in the river (four of them) when we took the tour. We love having visitors now that we are so far away!
Below is Sunnyside Manor on the Hudson. It is Washington Irving's home. He is the author of Legend of Sleepy Hallow and Rip Van Winkle. This house is only a few miles from Sleepy Hallow. We spent the day here at the Children's book day. There were over sixty children's authors and illustrators at the event to autograph the books. What an incredible event!
Dagny (and Cozy Bear) with one of the many tents of authors at the Children's Book Day at Sunnyside Manor.
The girls are with Susan Jeffers, author and illustrator of My Chincoteague Pony and many other beautiful books.
Dagny and Tessa with Bunnicula with the book in hand...
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