The Weekend in Black and White

My (lucky) brother and sister-in-law spend 
quality time in this warm and cozy
"extra" home Out East on Long Island; I like
its nice angles and shadows.

[To see more b/w shots, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

The Weekend in Black and White

I'd like to join my brother and sister-in-law
here on their screened-in porch—just
sit back, drink something icy, and hope to
catch a breeze.  Unfortunately, I have
waaay too much to do.  
Hope your weekend is cool and relaxing.

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The Weekend in Black and White

I guess if you saved your corks
for years and years and years . . .
(though in the case of this restaurant,
 it probably only took a few months).

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

The Weekend in Black and White

My brother and sister-in-law bought this house
from a woman whose design aesthetic
(if I should even call it that) ran to painfully
 bright paint colors and some very busy 1950s wallpaper.
They scraped and painted and made it their
own—but one thing they kept is a sign on the kitchen 
door that says, "Back door friends are best."   

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.] 

blue door, red house

I'd like to meet the people who live here.
Whatever else they may be (patriotic, perhaps—
though they might be French and this is 
bleu, blanc et rouge rather than red, white 
and blue) . . . anyway, they're probably not boring.

[Today is Blue Monday. To see more,
visit Smiling Sally's meme.]

nuts and bolts

and white mold "blossoms" adorn this rusted
old piece of railroad equipment.  It's
not pretty, but my eye (and by extension
my camera) were drawn right to it.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

the end of the line

This is the last train stop on the North Fork
of Long Island.  And it's the final resting 
place for this little red orange 
caboose, whose working days are over.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows
and Mandarin Orange Monday.]

inSPIREd Sunday

This is the Methodist church in Greenport.  
Like so many Long Island towns,
Greenport has a rich maritime tradition—
reflected in the boat atop one of these spires.

[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]

Thursday Challenge—"peaceful"

The shells I showed you on Monday were
found on this rocky beach—a very peaceful spot
on a chilly almost-spring Sunday.
(The beach is in Greenport; that's Shelter
Island across the Peconic River.)

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

shell game

Went out to the North Fork of Long Island with
the family to have a "birthday weekend"
(mom and moi, within five days of each other). 
Yesterday included a long walk to a deserted beach,
where I gathered these pretty translucent shells.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows,
Mandarin Orange Monday, and Macro Monday.]

The Weekend in Black and White

Spent the weekend recently at my brother
and sister-in-law's comfy house on the
 north fork of Long Island.  Woke up,
saw this, and had to go grab my camera.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.
To see more Sunday shadows, go here.

Thursday Challenge—"blue"

Last weekend I went for a walk on a rocky deserted 
beach, where I was hoping to find some
pretty blue sea glass.  Didn't find any of that, but
I did come across this bright blue chair
(and a perfect sky-blue sky).

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

Shadow Shot Sunday

My brother and sister-in-law have a
friendly, comfy house on the North Fork of
Long Island. I love to get out of the city and
spend a weekend out there—where I can commune
with the neighbor's wonderful old tree.


[To see more Shadow Shots,  go here.]

Thursday Challenge — "many"

On the North Shore of Long Island, these many, many pebbles were
once part of the boulders deposited here many, many millenia
ago by glaciers.  (The lone butterfly is a relative newcomer.)
[See more examples of "many" here, at the Thursday Photo Challenge.]

Mellow Yellow Monday

One of my favorite things about fall:  They're big, they're beautiful—

and they're yellow!  Don't really understand how they stay upright though.
[See more Mellow Yellow here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

This place is called 59 Steps (I counted; there are).  Too cool to swim here on the
North Shore of Long Island, but still nice to gaze out across the blue water of the
Long Island Sound to Connecticut, visible on the other side.
[You can see more Shadow Shots here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

Went for another walk on the beach in Greenport,

on the north fork of Long Island—had to focus in

to find this subtle little shadow.

[See more shadow shots here.]

Mellow Yellow Monday

This is the first mermaid crossing I've seen!

Actually, this sign is outside The Sirens' Song,

a unique art gallery out in Greenport, on the

north fork of Long Island.

[You can find more Mellow Yellow here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

My sister-in-law and I went for a walk

on the beach in Greenport—out on the

North Fork of Long Island. It was a

gorgeous day, and the shadows were

just begging to be made!

[See more shadows here.]