The Melville Library at SUNY Stony Brook greening up on a day of April showers, the bank sprinkled with daffodils. I took these pix yesterday from inside the Staller Center on an upper level.
Have you ever walked around a labyrinth? They are supposed to promote spiritual reflection and healing. This one lies within Avalon Park in Stony Brook and there is a pit in the middle where children love to hide. The fragmented figure on the boulder is a strong evocation of human striving. (I have to admit I did not take this picture. It is from the Park's website.) The labyrinth is just a few feet away from the spot where I took these autumn pictures.
She's the little one on the left. On April 21st we'll have a chance to see a cast of the skeleton of this ancient human called the Flores Hobbit at a symposium at Stony Brook University. Here's an account of the original find in 2003. And here's the Wiki article on Homo floresiensis.
This is the new way you pay for parking in certain lots in Port Jefferson that used to be free. Call me an old fogey but any system that requires so many words of instruction is a Big Bother and a system I am not likely to use. I'll just park and take my chances.
You're driving along a backroad in Port Jefferson. You come around a corner and--wow! there in front of you is this huge Byzantine style church. Have we been transported to Greece? No, we're still in Port Jefferson. This impressive church was completed only a few years ago. Doesn't the buttery yellow of the hosta add a warm touch?Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption
(This is a repeat of my 11/06/08 post)
Poquott is an Indian name meaning "cleared land". This village within Setauket was originally named George's Neck. (Was that King George? No, it was for George Wood who kept the tavern.)
