sunset

I'm back in Cape May for the weekend
and hoping to enjoy more
sensational sunsets like this one.

[Linking back to Skywatch Friday and to
Orange You Glad It's Friday at
Life's Sweets and Spices.]

Thursday Challenge—"sun"

Quite a departure from yesterday's post, 
and I sure hope this doesn't presage anything.
This was yet another incredible
sunset over the Delaware Bay, taken from
the beach in Cape May, NJ—and
(I swear) totally unretouched!

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge,
visit Dale's meme.  Also linking back to
Orange You Glad It's Friday? at Life's Sweets and Spices.
and to Skywatch Friday.]

Tough Day

Each of us is entitled to our opinion, 
and this is mine.  Feel like
I need to put it out there (you know,
just in case anyone was wondering
how a born-and-bred New York liberal
would be feeling today).  Oy.

[Linking back to Orange You Glad It's Friday?]

the color of daybreak

When I was in North Carolina last month,
the first sunrise I got up for was so
spectacular that I roused myself before dawn
and hiked +/- a mile to the beach
 a couple more times.  This was the start of 
my reward on one of those mornings. 

[Linking back to the Thursday Photo Challenge (orange),
  Skywatch Friday, and Orange You Glad It's Friday?.]

sunrise

Though I was here for a few days only,
 I can't imagine this ever getting old—even
if you do have to get up before dawn
to enjoy the full experience.

[Linking back to Thursday Photo Challenge ("sun"),
Skywatch Friday, Weekend Reflections,
and Orange You Glad It's Friday?.]

rush hour

This is  typical Friday afternoon traffic on
the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway—once again
I am not at all sorry to be a pedestrian.
And I'm also glad I don't have to limit my view of
 that glorious sunset to a rear-view mirror!

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Trick or Treat!

My daughter Katie and her friends had their
usual pre-Halloween pumpkin-carving party.
After last year, Kate decided to keep things
more simple—that's hers on the left.

[Hey, Orange You Glad It's Friday?  I am!]

Gunpowder River

I rode the train from Virginia back to
NYC earlier this week.  All I remembered
about this shot was that I took it
somewhere between DC and Baltimore.
But iPhoto very kindly informs me that this is
the Gunpowder River, an inlet of Chesapeake Bay.

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more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.
Also linking back to Orange You Glad It's Friday?.]

Thursday Challenge—"flowers"

So hard to choose an image from among the many
beautiful flowers I've photographed at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  Finally, I just went
eeny-meeny-miny-mo—and came up with these.

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Red Maple

It's part of the spring color—seen
here from the viewing pavilion in the
Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
 at the Brooklyn Botanic.

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And Orange You Glad It's Friday? If so, go here.]

Skywatch Friday

I was walking over the Brooklyn Bridge a week ago,
and kept looking back at lower Manhattan as
the sky became more and more dramatic.
When I got to the other side, I had to rush to
the Brooklyn Promenade to capture this spectacular
sunset in time.  But it was worth the effort, I think.

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Also, Orange You Glad It's Friday? 
If so, visit Maria's meme.]

a drop of water

I'm still having fun fooling around with my new
macro lens converter and waiting for buds
to burst open all over the garden.

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And Orange You Glad It's Friday? To see more, visit Maria's meme.]

Bird of Paradise

Snow!  Ice!  Cold!  More snow!
I've really needed a flower fix lately—I'm talking
about real flowers here, growing-in-the-ground flowers.
Fortunately, the indoor habitats at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden have just what I'm craving.

[Orange You Glad It's Friday? If so, visit Maria's meme.]

ET sunset

On the one really sunny afternoon we had in Paris 
last month, we made a beeline for the rooftop terrace 
of the Galeries Lafayette to catch the sun 
setting behind the Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palais.
I think it was well worth braving the 
cold up there for this view!

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See more Orange You Glad It's Friday? posts here.]

In St. Germain des Prés

The sky really was this (non) color for much
of the time I was in Paris this month.
The good news? That hardly ever meant rain.

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to Orange You Glad It's Friday?]

Orange You Glad It's Friday?

I have to brag a bit on my daughter Kate, who has some 
mad pumpkin-carving skills.  She's used stencils in the past, 
but this year she decided to execute and carve her own design.
It took her +/- 10 hours (with wrist rests).  Unfortunately, that's 
also about how long this masterpiece lasted before it imploded.  
(At least she got a decent picture of it!)

[To see more OYGIF posts, visit Maria's meme.
And it's the 1st of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog.]