Stay...

He would not stay for me, and who can wonder?

He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.

I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder,

And went with half my life about my ways.

(A.E.Housman)

(An old screen door on the porch of an abandoned home in Woodland, Delaware)

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The Longing

When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want.

(Denton Welch)

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No Entry

I'm such a nerd.   I have to confess that these entrances to the subway make me nervous.   My heart always starts beating a little faster ... "Can I get through that contraption, or can't I?"    Don't ask me how I did it, but I tried once on this particular one and didn't push the bars hard enough and then had to go buy another ticket and try again.   Sigh.   Just not a city girl, for sure.  Gary was waiting patiently on the other side.

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Manhattan Street Scene

Taken on the Gray Line Tour Bus ... top deck, during our April trip

(click on photo to see much larger size and better detail)

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