tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post9211941598994137573..comments2023-11-13T06:25:27.206-05:00Comments on Our Little Acre: When I First Laid Eyes on Miss LibertyKylee Baumlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-31594047137795911612010-01-27T02:17:04.370-05:002010-01-27T02:17:04.370-05:00We are planning our trip for next summer.so this a...We are planning our trip for next summer.so this article is a great help.faehrehttp://www.norfolkline.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-29931072186888113272010-01-25T21:15:02.784-05:002010-01-25T21:15:02.784-05:00What a great post, Kylee! It brought my own memori...What a great post, Kylee! It brought my own memories of visiting<br />the Statue of Liberty. Very nice! Thank you!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-28360721080805770902010-01-25T16:48:21.744-05:002010-01-25T16:48:21.744-05:00Liberty and Ellis Island are certainly an intrinsi...Liberty and Ellis Island are certainly an intrinsic part of New York City that I hope some day we'll get the chance to see. That's been our plan since our oldest daughter moved to the city, but we haven't made it there yet. We did see the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens though and they're well worth the trip. Also saw several of the other places you mentioned. It's a fascinating city for sure. <br />We were hoping to meet Chris as well but the weekend we were there he was away, so it didn't work out. <br />Thanks for sharing your profound feelings of patriotism that these historic places stirred. It's one of our country's great strengths...our love of country...and ties us all together. Even as a transplanted Aussie I feel it and share it.<br />I've loved seeing NYC though your eyes, Kylie. Thanks! Your mom is quite an adventurer :)Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-2350733384016630112010-01-24T19:35:40.509-05:002010-01-24T19:35:40.509-05:00Sounds and looks like you had a great! trip to New...Sounds and looks like you had a great! trip to New York City. I went there when I was 17, to visit my cousins. they talked me out of visiting the statue of liberty, I suppose they had visited it many times before. The lineups where long and you couldn't go up into the arm, carrying the torch, because it was unsafe. They used both those reasons to say it was a waste of time. Instead we climbed to the top of the Empire State building. They wanted to go to the top of the twin towers too. I talked them out of that one. If I had known what the future would bring I would have gone up there..Melanie J Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265452434129642917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-14630907568349730452010-01-24T17:43:52.526-05:002010-01-24T17:43:52.526-05:00Sounds like an awesome experience Kylee. I've ...Sounds like an awesome experience Kylee. I've just been catching up with your trip, and it sounds like the entire NY visit was very cool. I've never been to NYC, and it was really fun seeing it through your eyes.<br /><br />(We have Prussian ancestors on my mom's side - they left from Hamburg, and landed at Castle Garden in NY in the mid-1800's. )garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-2684420999369095232010-01-24T15:54:30.995-05:002010-01-24T15:54:30.995-05:00Very interesting post, Kylee. Never having been to...Very interesting post, Kylee. Never having been to New York, it was interesting to see it freshly through your eyes instead of thru the news reports or various dramas set there. I'm always awestruck by the statue of Liberty and I'm not even an American. She's just so tranquilly beautiful and hopeful, though on that terrible day in 2001, I kept seeing her against the horror behind her and cried even harder for your country. It's taken a long while to feel serene again when I see her image. <br /><br />It *IS true about you guys flying your flag everywhere. I was struck by that when I went to the US for the first time about 18 years ago, to Machias, Maine, and then last year going to Missouri. The flat was everywhere! We Canadians love our country and our flag, but I guess perhaps we're just less outwardly demonstrative about it. Maybe it comes from having negotiated our independence rather than having fought for it. I really dunno. It's just one of the intriguing little snippets of observations that we sometimes come up against and say to ourselves, "hmmmm. That's cool. I wonder why?" and then leave it at that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-23106683539314602712010-01-24T14:26:55.127-05:002010-01-24T14:26:55.127-05:00Kylee, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Statue of L...Kylee, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Statue of Liberty through your lens. Great photographs and insight. <br />I hope to get there some day.<br /><br />I've got one question, if I may, you Tweeted that you were 'resizing' photographs for posting. And I'm very curious what you were referring to-cropping or actually changing the pixel size?<br />I especially liked the last photo in the post. It was may favorite; but the up-close shots were wonderful also.Peg Wigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032846186130011243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-62069436095922387302010-01-24T11:31:26.013-05:002010-01-24T11:31:26.013-05:00Oh Kylee what a treat. If I ever went to New York ...Oh Kylee what a treat. If I ever went to New York that would be the only things I would probably insist on seeing. It must be a humbling feeling to see both. I know the statue has to be bigger than my mind thinks it is.Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing your trip and giving us the tour.Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-69577557952210761842010-01-24T09:08:36.605-05:002010-01-24T09:08:36.605-05:00I have always wanted to see Ellis Island and the S...I have always wanted to see Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.<br /><br />I have now seen it through your eyes and your heart, Thank you.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-76377232199140005822010-01-24T08:31:51.331-05:002010-01-24T08:31:51.331-05:00What a wonderful account of a special trip. I too...What a wonderful account of a special trip. I too would love to see the Statue of Liberty up close. Looks like the day you went was a gorgeous sunny day.Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-45234971527772369842010-01-24T05:55:15.356-05:002010-01-24T05:55:15.356-05:00A beautiful post Kylee.A beautiful post Kylee.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-71481042545586378432010-01-24T00:00:35.914-05:002010-01-24T00:00:35.914-05:00I agree, Lady Liberty is a must-see on a first-tim...I agree, Lady Liberty is a must-see on a first-time visit to New York. I visited it for the second time two summers ago on the 4th of July, during travels with my DH and kids. It was very moving to be there, and to see Ellis Island, on our nation's birthday.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-3192612502282482772010-01-23T23:53:34.053-05:002010-01-23T23:53:34.053-05:00Rose ~ I wasn't all that excited about going t...<b>Rose ~ </b>I wasn't all that excited about going to Ellis Island, but I'm sure glad we did. It's really a beautiful place in terms of our heritage.<br /><br /><b>Xris ~ </b>Yes, NYC is almost a universe in and of itself. I enjoyed seeing and watching the people as we traveled from spot to spot. I love people watching anyway and talking to those around me. It's always fun to chit-chat with others who come from a different experience than your own. That's why I always had so many pen pals when I was a kid. I was always fascinated by people of other cultures and countries.<br />"Gorgeous mosaic" is a better description, absolutely. I think "melting pot" has been used for so many years that we don't really stop to think anymore what that actually means. The diversity is just one of the things that makes New York City such a great place to visit.Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-90110433610119633482010-01-23T22:57:12.027-05:002010-01-23T22:57:12.027-05:00I'm equally surprised when I travel outside th...I'm equally surprised when I travel outside the city, and see how "white" other places are. Everyone is a demographic minority in NYC. The census district adjacent to my home was identified the most diverse in the U.S.<br /><br />Mayor Dinkins adopted the term "gorgeous mosaic" to describe our city. I prefer it to "melting pot," which values assimilation. In a mosaic, each piece retains its individual identity, while all the pieces combine to create a larger picture, a whole greater than the sum of its parts.Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-8527360579683416662010-01-23T22:49:01.950-05:002010-01-23T22:49:01.950-05:00Kylee, I'm so glad you were able to visit the ...Kylee, I'm so glad you were able to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island--both of those would definitely be on my itinerary for NYC as well. I understand your feelings while visiting these places, especially Ellis Island. But I didn't realize it didn't open until 1892. My ancestors also came from Germany, but in the 1870's; I just assumed they had come through Ellis Island. Looks like you made the most of your time in the Big Apple!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.com