I decided to change it up this week and post all my pics in one day for the Shades of Inspiration week. This week its BLACK and WHITE. All these photos were taken on our New York trip. This is a wonderful shot of buildings with an amazing tree in the center. This tribute to John Lennon is in Central Park.

Lovely shoes in a store window.

Interesting sign along the way........

The ever famous........

A cool number on a building.

Here we are at a gorgeous shop in Paris..it was so pretty inside....just so much lovely stuff! This Shades of Inspiration challenge is fun. Hope you have enjoyed the little GOLD tour in Paris.

Lets continue to stroll down the wonderful streets of Paris. Oh, my.....look at this unique store sign...I just love Paris! Watch as I continue GOLD week for Shades of Inspiration in Paris......See you there!

Continuing to stroll down the streets of Paris this week for GOLD week, we enter this GORGEOUS shop with the most beautiful (expensive) dresses. I just window shopped, but it was still so fun. The store owner was nice enough to let me snap some photos. Stay tuned this week as we continue to stroll the streets of Paris.

I love this sign from Paris...isn't it just wonderful. More GOLD for Shades of Inspiration. Keep watching everyday as I take you for a little "Gold" tour of Paris.....

This week for Shades of Inspiration the color is GOLD. I will be taking you back to Paris this week....watch for some great pics from there. I am definately going back some day!

I hit the B*L*I*N*G motherload today! I was just going to go the postoffice...quickly......LOL! a t-shirt, no make-up....just quick run there and keep my sunglasses on so no one sees me without makeup......and get home again. WELL......... 4 hours later I got home. I hit the post office first, then saw an Estate Sale sign, then another, then some rummage sale signs...then one of my favorite antique shops is just a little ways away.......so not planning to buy anything, just run the post office and home.....LOL!!! I got some great stuff! Guess how much I got these for? I don't think they are all old but I can use them for scrapbooking and projects. Have you guessed yet??? NOPE......you're wrong......LOL!......$5.00 each!!!! LOVE all the rhinestones. I was tickled!

Its still PINK and GREEN week for Shades of Inspiration. This is fun as it stretches me to take more photos and try to get better at my photography. This is a fun pair of salt and pepper shakers I got at an estate sale...they are so pretty with their pink roses and gold bow.

I love this store front window in New York. We just returned a week ago and I took alot of pics of store fronts.....so cool! This is my photo for today for Shades of Inspiration...P*I*N*K and G*R*E*E*N week!

One of my roses unfurling. This is Pink and Green week for Shades of Inspiration.....

In continueing the Pink and Green week for Shades of Inspiration.....I took a close up of these vintage sea shell earrings.......they are so dainty.

I love hollyhock! These are some pics that I shot of my hollyhock on Saturday. I love this closeup! This week for Shades of Inspiration is Pink and Green together.Love this shot of the back of my hollyhock. The petals look so delicate.

We are back from Boston and New York. What a fun vacation. We saw so many places. Here's a few pictures to share with you. This flag was taken on the Freedom Trail at one of the memorials. I love this picture of the flag. The 4th of July parade......this little girl all decked out in her red, white and blue outfit dancing as the bands marched by....so cute!

The 4th of July parade. They painted the center line in red, white and blue.....how fun!

We saw the Phantom of the Opera play. UNREAL!!! It was so fantastic. We couldn't take pics of the play itself but here's the wonderful theatre.

Expensive New York B*L*I*N*G!

We took a River Boat Cruise at night and what a beautiful site of the Statue of Liberty. That was so wonderful.

New Yorks skyline at night......just breathtaking.

Oh, my.....seeing Ground Zero was so emotional for me. I have wanted to see it since 9-11 and seeing the faces of those people that died on the memorial brought me to tears..I am so glad I got to pay tribute to all those that lost their lives. You can see the construction going on and the 2 flags where the twin towers once stood.

BUSY BUSY BUSY New York! We took a cab ride......that was an experience!

Beautiful store windows everywhere.

The carriage rides at Central Park. I took this picture at night and had to lighten it and I love how it came out so antique looking and so old fashioned. We didn't have time for a ride but if we go again I want to for sure.

We had a wonderful time and got to see everything we wanted to.