ABC Wednesday—G is for "garbage?"

At my office, we occasionally
find some very festive
items in the trash.

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

Thursday Challenge—"unusual"

Not something you see every day:  This guy
was painted silver and had a parakeet
(on his head) and a kitten.  I didn't hang around
to see what his schtick was; I also didn't
give him money to see if it would make him move.

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

Which came first?

Ever since some kids climbed up to the
top of the Brooklyn Bridge one
night and painted the American flag white,
there's been a constant police presence up there.  

So I wonder where they were when someone
tiptoed out across a girder over the
roadway (think Meg Ryan in Kate and Leopold)
and tied those balloons to a cable at the edge.
I also wonder whether all that caution tape
was put at that spot before or after they were added.

[To see more Monday Mellow Yellow posts, go here.]

balloons on the bridge

Who left this bouquet of balloons here?
I haven't the foggiest notion, but
they definitely cheered up my morning walk 
over the Brooklyn Bridge—and they were 
gone the next day (released, not popped, I hope).

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and My World Tuesday.]

Happy Tuesday

This was one of several photo shoots that I
encountered while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
during Fashion Week (including this one).  
On this morning, there were two—and
both of them featured balloons.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday, Our World Tuesday
and Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday).]

Orange You Glad It's Friday

I understand most of the random stuff
I find when I'm crossing the Brooklyn Bridge,
but I had no idea why these balloons were
there at 8 a.m. on a recent Wednesday.  But it was
my daughter Lila's birthday, so I just told
myself that they were there for her!  Why not?

[To see more OYGIF posts, visit Maria's meme.]

Wordless Wednesday

[Well, not entirely wordless. It's the 1st
of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog.
To see more Wordless Wednesday posts, go here and here.]

Monday Mellow Yellows

  This scaffolding was obscuring a
store that was having its grand opening,
but they managed to use that scaffold
to their best advantage.  These
balloons definitely got my attention!

[To see more Monday Mellow Yellows, go here.]

Balloon Boy 3

Looks like someone is celebrating their 80th birthday!
I love it when I see some random guy walking
down the street (or riding the subway!) with
a big bouquet of colorful balloons.  This one
seems to have a full complement of tattoos too. 
[I'm linking back to Olivier Perrin's Walk in the Street 
challenge.  To see more, go here.]

another balloon boy

Caught this one (and he caught me catching

him!) recently along Gramercy Park North, on one 

of the first beautiful spring days we had

after more than our share of snow followed

by more than our share of rain.  He did remind

me a bit of this guy.

[See more My World Tuesday posts here.]

Did he or didn't he?

Well, of course he didn't get on the bus!
But I would have liked to see him try—
and I have seen people on the subway
with huge bunches of balloons like this.
Not during rush hour, of course—
can you imagine? They'd all be popped
by irate commuters.
[See more of That's My World Tuesday here.]