Aromatic herbs. What would one do without these savory, delectable, fresh plants. Rosemary, thyme, basil, parsely, oregano, cilantro, dill, chives, mint, lemon balm, lavender to name a few that are growing in my garden. 
rose which is quite dense. Their nesting period is about two weeks. They nested twice this year. 
of Commerce building, and the last at the Rose Garden. While downtown we picked up a box lunch at The Sugar Plum Shoppe and headed for the rose garden to have lunch. The roses were beautiful 
and oh so fragrant. After we left the rose garden we headed for Starbucks. Had to have our coffee. We sat outside and enjoyed the afternoon.
Wilson. 
so we stopped in to see her office. We met some of her co-workers and her boss and visited the memorial room which is a small room dedicated to the hemophiliacs. This was special, because my father had hemophilia and was the oldest living hemophiliac in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania when he died at the age of 56. It was nice to sign the book in his memory. 
The park was huge, lots going on there, horse trails, a lake, ball fields, picnic areas ~ so we put our blanket down and just watched all the activity. We even found 6 four leaf clovers. Lucky day. We then went for coffee at a sidewalk cafe. For dinner that evening we were invited to my husband's cousin's house, Joel Longenecker, who lives in that area of Brooklyn, for a cookout. Picking up cookies at a 
little French bakery and a bottle of wine, off we go to their house. They are artists too, and they have two young sons. We had a wonderful time.
coaster, walked the boardwalk and pier, ate some goodies and bought some souvenirs. 
the day was the ballgame at Staten Island
. We took the ferry over to Staten Island, had a great view of the Statue of Liberty on the way, and arrived at the ballpark, Ballpark at St. George. It was another beautiful evening, some of Amy's friends came along, a
nd we enjoyed the game, and the Yankees won.
