NUDE SUNBATHERS enjoy my Dish Garden

My garden is covered with SCAFFOLDS……[building repairs]……..so I planted a “DISH GARDEN”.

 The planter is 30″ diameter…….and 5″ deep.

Midge and Mike are sculpted from poly plastic.

It is a perfect place to enjoy a good read.

There is no fear of “Limes Disease” in this garden paradise.

Dwarf plants cover every inch of my garden.

The SCALE of the garden is 1″ to 12″…….so the watermelon is one inch.

I sculpted the cats from FIMO CLAY.

Tiny Tommie……scultped from FIMO……is 4 inches tall….

and he LOVES WATER MELLON.

TOM’S TERRACE and the Scaffold Guys

The guys are working hard at pointing the bricks on my terrace and I am working hard on the other side…..trying to plant my garden.

FLOWERS on my Terrace • PHOTOSHOPPED

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JARA and SASHA dropped in for Tea and Madelains

Sasha and Jara are ballet dancers with the Gelsey Kirkland Company here in New York………….they popped in for tea and madelains

Sasha looking “loverly” in my Easter bonet.

 

And Jara……………as enchanting as ever.

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Saturday lunch with friends on the TERRACE

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BREAKFAST on the TERRACE with Beatrice

Waffles and peaches with Lapponia Cloudberry liquor.…………shared with a lovely couple………..my artist friend Beatrice Caron and her husband Warren.

 

CLICK ON the waffles…………enjoy Tom’s cooking

 

The cut flowers bouquets are from my friend Chris at Emmerich Nursuries in Warwick New Jersey.

 

CLICK ON her website……….to see her incredible cut paper art

 

www.beatricecoron.com/

DINNER on the TERRACE with James and Jack

James and Jack are on their way to the theater to see “THE KING AND I” at Lincoln Center.

James [singer, actor, dancer] in London is in New York on a holiday.

Jack is in New York on a three month holiday ………. takings a lot of dance classes…….and working as a waiter at Ruby’s Cafe.

Both are having a ball in Manhattan.

WHAT”S FOR DINNER?  

Corn chowder and a hot berry compote with Trader Joe’s French Vanilla

 

LUNCH on the TERRACE……..friends from London

 

Yesterday we had lunch at OLIO e PIU in the village………….today it was lunch on the terrace………..with the same darling dining companions………..

with a lovely family who live in London……….and are in NY for a quick two-day vacation.

Artichoke & Rosemary pasta with a mascarpone & peas sauce.

Jara is studying  at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet Company in Dumbo.

 

Jara and Donald…………trading their ballet stories………

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Michel……..Baudina and their lovely daughter Jara.  They are on their way back to London……

“Bon Voyage”

 

MARGO……Fashion Designer…..dropped in for lunch

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NYC WATER TOWERS………….every high-rise has one

 

WHERE YA GONNA GET THE WATER………..[that is a Jack Lemmon quote].

From my terrace I watched this one being constructed on top of the Bancroft apartments.

Every high-rise apartment building in NYC has one.  Even the skyscrapers.

PUMPS pump it up from pipes under the streets…………

and GRAVITY brings it into your faucets….and toilets.

They are mostly made by hand……………new wood………..that gets water tight when filled up.

It is not possible to hoist a wooden tower up by crane………

There are only a couple of companies in NY that build them….and they only take one day to construct………and cost about $30,000.

A metal water tower requires a crane…………and costs about $130,000 so landlords go for the cheaper wooden towers….and they only need to be replaced every 35 years.