this past weekend's "free activities in new york", included a visit to the green-wood cemetery. i'm really embarrassed to say i had never been there... even though we have lived within walking distance for 9 years now! jack henry has been there but i had no idea what i was missing. it's beautiful! so lovely and quiet. the trees, as you can see are huge (we collected a million acorns), the views are incredible, there is amazing architecture and history. it was a really lovely experience, and we had the whole place practically to our selves... except for all the dead people of course. i also didn't realize it was home to so many brooklyn parrots. you can see their enormous nests in the first photo, and one perched in a tree and on someone's gravestone in the last two pictures. there was a huge nosy flock of them. no wonder we always get them in our yard when they live so close by. the first time i saw these beautiful birds was a week before i gave birth to jack henry... i heard their loud squawking while out walking the dog, and when i looked up i saw a huge flock of green parrots in a tree, in the middle of winter! when i ran home to tell kyle he looked at me like i was crazy! if you don't know the story about the brooklyn parrots, you should check it out. another great, totally free, weekend activity!
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