Reflections on April Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2023
Author: Ria | Category: A to Z Challenge, Museums, New York
This is the first time that The Big Jackfruit Tree is taking part in the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge. And the experience was awesome, to say the least.
To start with, there was no question about the theme… it had to be about New York. After much thought, the criteria was decided… every day feature an attraction in the city (museum, monument, memorial, park, whatever) that is located within the five boroughs of NYC, entry is free during all open hours, and the location is reachable by public transit.
Here I’ve to express my thanks to my circle of friends for their suggestions and recommendations. There is no way I could have completed the list of without their help. So thank you!
The next phase was the most interesting… visit each of the identified location and take photos. Happily, this was completed before winter and all I had to do was select the photos for use, adjust color, crop and resize, and add the copyright watermark. And of course, do the write-ups. What’s the hurry… the Challenge started only in April!
Whoever has participated in the Challenge knows the rest of the story… April rolls around, a-post-a-day is staring you in the face! And this was double trouble for me as our sister blog Pepper Route was also participating! For a month, life was on hold, fingers were on the keyboard, and eyes were going wonky.
And at the end of it all when you have posted the Z… the immense joy, the satisfaction, the sense of achievement, makes it all worth the trouble. All I need now, is the T-shirt! 🙂
Somewhere around the letter M, I was thinking ‘never again’. At the end of the Challenge I’m already thinking of next year’s theme! 🙂
My only regret is that I could not return the visits and comments from many of my visitors. Lack of time is not an excuse, it is actually lack of planning, I know. All I can say is that I’ll do better next time around.
Hoping that the list of attractions will be useful to visitors to New York as well as to city dwellers, even though they might already be familiar with these, here I present you the list of April Blogging from A to Z Challenge posts.
a-is-for-american-folk-art – American Folk Art Museum
b-is-for-bronx – The Bronx Museum of the Arts
c-is-for-castle – Castle Clinton National Monument
d-is-for-drawing – The Drawing Center
e-is-for-elevated – Elevated Acre… the Secret Garden!
f-is-for-federal – Federal Hall National Memorial
g-is-for-grant – General Grant National Memorial
h-is-for-hamilton – Hamilton Grange National Memorial
i-is-for-indigenous – National Museum of the American Indian
j-is-for-jazz – The National Jazz Museum In Harlem
k-is-for-king – King Manor Museum
l-is-for-little – Little Island
m-is-for-maritime – Maritime Industry Museum
n-is-for-new-york – New York Public Library
o-is-for-old – The Old Stone House
p-is-for-park – Prospect Park
q-is-for-queens – Queens County Farm Museum
r-is-for-rockefeller – Rockefeller Center
s-is-for-snug – Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
t-is-for-theodore – Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
u-is-for-union – Union Square Park
v-is-for-veterans – Vietnam Veterans Plaza
w-is-for-waterfront – Waterfront Museum
x-is-for-xception – Museum of Contemporary Art
y-is-for-yards – Hudson Yards
z-is-for-z-train – The Z Train
Thank you for your support, visits, and comments. See you all next year!
~Ria
04 May 2023