First Sunrise 2019

 

My annual tradition, of viewing and recording the new year sunrise, continues.

Starting in the year 2000, I began taking a photo of every New Year's Day sunrise. 

Remember the Y2K panic, when we thought nothing would be the same if the computers couldn't figure out the new numbers? 

Sounds so ridiculous now, but it was discussed as a real threat back in 1999. 

It seems like yesterday, but that was 19 years ago!

...before smart phones, and Facebook, and well, you get the idea.

So I woke up and went down to the water, surprised to see so many other people, and I took a photo.

I had one of the first digital cameras, a point & shoot, where you saved the photo on a floppy disc in the camera and it was less than 1mp in size.

I thought it was really neat that so many people were down on the beach, watching the sunrise of the first day of a new year, and decided I would do it every year.

Now, I have friends who wait for my photo. I can't disappoint them or myself.

So, here is the sunrise January 1, 2019. 

I'm still alive, the world didn't end, and the sunrise is as beautiful as ever.

I'm very fortunate, I know, and will appreciate the new year as long as I can.

Happy New Year!

Robert Moses Causeway Bridge

A beautiful day today. 

Yesterday's storm "Hanna" did not live up to its reputation. 

I woke up this morning to a clear sky and perfect temperatures.

The above photo was taken from the town of Babylon.

People were fishing and boaters were out for the day.

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Robert Moses Causeway Bridge

robert moses bridge, originally uploaded by Alida's Photos.

This photo, and the next two, were taken on the same day, 2 years ago!

I was going through some older photos looking for a specific image and realized that there were some I missed.

...just a small sample of some of Long Island's images.

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La Salle Military Academy, now St. John's University

Almost every night after dinner, my husband and I search for interesting places to take sunset photos.

We decided to drive into the grounds of the old La Salle Military Academy which is now St. John's University. It is a spectacularly beautiful place.

There is an old mansion with a long line of trees leading to the main entrance of the estate. The photo above shows a quaint little bridge over a pond, actually a river tributary, that flows into the Connetquot River.

At sunset, it is spectacular!

The main building, the mansion, has this huge chimney extending up above the roof-line.

It now contains the nest of an osprey.

This is the third osprey I've seen this spring that is nesting in an old chimney.

It is wonderful to watch them fly into the nest with a fish or eel for their young.

And, it is a great sign to see the return of the osprey...a healthy Long Island! Don't you think so?

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