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- The Straw
- Not Even One Partridge
- I think she's lovely here but looks so grown-up. ...
- Nixie.
- And the littlest fishy.
- I've recently learned to NEVER ask the Nixie to sm...
- Did ya notice that their heads are about the same ...
- Due to moments like this,
- this,
- And, mostly, this...
- This and one other "almost-there" had to suffice.
- She climbs now. Given our aesthetically pleasing ...
- Even though Dude and Dudette selflessly gave up th...
- And her feet.
- Stocking one.
- Stocking, two (too).
- I only made three kinds of truffles and peanut but...
- Millie and I were both sick and sleepless for a we...
- On Sunday, we took a train into the city (NYC, tha...
- Annika watching the blur of trees.
- Susannah looking out the window.
- Train Mildred.
- Millie and Papa chatting about trains.
- Train baby.
- She was sleepy and rubbing her eyes.
- Train family.
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- All alone in the big city.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral. Beautiful.
- Closer yet.
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- Here's Millie outside the entrance to the F.A.O. S...
- They had a candy section I drooled past.
- The dress-up section was unreal. This yellow one ...
- There were soooo many.
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- Workers get to dress up in fun costumes and get pa...
- F.A.O. Schwarz is a dreamland, and I love to marve...
- How much is that hand-carved horsie in the window?...
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- We walked past the library (on the other side of t...
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- Another John on the street.
- Me trying to still their wheels for a picture.
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- Occasionally, I clean my children.
- They love baths!
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- Sometimes she looks normal.
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- Woohoo!
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- Here's the house I entered to pay our ten bucks. ...
- Just before the sun left entirely.
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- We found it!
- She was so happy, I almost left her there for good.
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- ...watching Papa saw and saw.
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- Check.
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2 comments :
Hmmm...I thought the streets were supposed to be elbow to elbow here? Looks like plenty of room to me. But I would hate to parallel park there! Yikes!
The trick is to get to the city early on a Sunday morning. Once people woke up, the streets filled quickly, and by sundown, the crowds were out full force.
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