vernal equinox

 
photos from walking home after helping ellen earlier today . . spring officially in nyc at 11:06 pm eastern daylight time.

our lady of pompeii . . 

(callery pear trees blooming . . )

(and the magnolias . .)

happy solstice and our lady of pompeii

 

casa italiana zerilli of nyu included an interesting video about our lady of pompeii (seen in the photo above) in their latest newsletter (i visited the church with charlotte in january of 2020) :

(in other news . . i've been running errands for food items for our christmas celebration with my sister's family, and also wrapping gifts . . and yesterday it felt dark so very early . . at 3:30 pm to be precise.)

our lady of pompeii

charlotte and i attended the 9 am mass at our lady of pompeii on carmine street this morning. it was a quiet and pretty service. by the time we left, the sun was streaming through the south facing windows.