Shadow Shot Sunday

No one lives on Governors Island at the moment;
you get there by (free) ferry from Manhattan or
Brooklyn.  It used to be a military base—for the army
from 1783 to 1966, then the Coast Guard until 1996.
Some of these charming places (formerly officers' homes,
I believe) currently house shops and art galleries.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.

Thursday Challenge—"shadows"

These are certainly the cutest shadow-casters
I saw all week.  It's probably not quite kosher to
take pictures of other people's children, but
they reminded me so much of my own two
little girls (who are now in their thirties) . . .
well, I just couldn't resist.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.]

Wheeeee!

It wasn't exactly Great Adventure, but ten times more 
charming.  This was part of a fair that was set 
up on Governors Island—with vintage French carnival
rides and carrousels (more about those next week)
that were steam-powered when they were
first built back in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
These swings had red velvet seats: fun and elegant.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.
And it's the 1st of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog.]