photo hunt — "orange"

The day after a couple of tornadoes blew through here last

month, the big orange forestry trucks (yes, NYC has a Dept. 

of Forestry—who knew?) were out in force.  Before the day was 

half over the only evidence of what had happened was a lot of

"Caution" tape and a mountain of mulch! (And of course some 

empty spaces where beautiful old trees used to be—sigh.) 

The same spot 18 hours earlier.

[To see more orange, go here to tnchick's meme.]

Skywatch Friday

Well, the sky is only partially visible in this shot,

but it loomed large here in Brooklyn yesterday,

when a tornado tore through my block (and from

what I found when I got home, right into my

apartment!). This is my building, and one of

three trees on my street that were torn up from

the roots—each one tossed in a different direction.

Almost sorry I just missed it, as I was riding home

safe underground on the subway.

[See more Skywatch pics here.]