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| Last Saturday, I was walking along the Hudson River and a plane made several passes, flying this banner for a couple of newlyweds. I found their wedding website (and signed their guest book). Congrats to Avni and Pratik! |
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| And I did manage to catch the whole message. [To see more Skywatch pics, go here.] |
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| This is Diallo, whom I first met because I don't have a car and he drives for a car service. He's happy because he has a beautiful family and . . . well, it's just his nature to be a glass-full-to-overflowing kind of guy. And I'm happy that Diallo and I are now friends. [To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.] |
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| I saw these for sale at the Saturday greenmarket in Tribeca. Not even sure why I know what they are, because I've never tasted one. Have you? [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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| I love what they've done with this stoop! Whoever lives in this brownstone knows how to play with color. [To see more Ruby Tuesday, go here.] |
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| These are some of the biggest, happiest flowers you can find right now. Did I buy some? You bet! [To see more Mellow Yellow, go here. To see more macros, visit Lisa's Chaos.] |
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| Took this shot on the East Side of Manhattan, in the general vicinity of the U.N., where practically every other brownstone houses a consulate. I don't actually remember whose flag this is, but you can take your pick from among the 193 member nations. [To see more Sunday Shadows, go here.] |
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| Back to the garden for this one— a curtain of wisteria leaves that lead you into the sunny rose garden. [To see more monochromes, go here.] |
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| I'd love to tell you all about these sculptures set atop a concrete wall in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue. All I know is that while driving around Brooklyn with some friends recently, I came across these interesting statues. Maybe it's better not to know and just enjoy a serendipitous sighting. [To see more Skywatch shots, go here.] |
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| At the moment, this is the most beautiful thing growing in my favorite garden. (Just my opinion, but still . . .) [To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.] |
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| It took seven gondolas to accommodate this large group. That's a lot of euros for my favorite Venetian workforce! [To see more ABC posts, go here.] |
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| I took this shot one Easter Sunday in Florence. I think this young Florentine is just gorgeous (as so many Florentines are)— and I love those Easter "bonnets." [Today is Ruby Tuesday. To see more, go here.] |
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| Well, not just yellow—but enough to qualify, I hope. I just love cosmos, but I do wish they lasted a bit longer. Hardly worth buying a bouquet, so I satisfy my craving for them with photos instead. [To see more Mellow Yellow, go here. To see more macros, visit Lisa's Chaos.] |
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This time I didn't have to go very far for a cool shadow—I found this one right in my own living room. [To see more Sunday shadows, go here.] |
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| Here's Waldo—or actually, here's the Eiffel Tower. See it? [To see more monochromes, go here.] |
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| Took this from the train when I was on my way to visit my mom. I just hope this guy didn't fall asleep on this gorgeous day and miss his ride to the beach. [To see more Skywatch, go here.] |
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| What you can see: feet up, floppy (exhale!) pants. What you can't see: martini at hand, sunset about to appear directly off the deck. This is definitely my idea of leisure! [To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.] |
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| A long, long, time ago I would visit my grandmother down in Virginia, and go to this farmers' market with her. She bought butter beans and greens, chicken that actually tasted like something (anyone remember that?), and fresh eggs that looked very much like these. [To see more ABC Wednesday posts, go here.] |
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| This fire truck was riding the ferry from the North Fork of Long Island to Shelter Island. We were all—fire truck too—headed to a big beach party for charity. May be hard to tell here, but the nice firefighter was actually very engaged with this little boy and his parents. [To see more Ruby Tuesday, go here.] |
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| I've been to the city depicted on this luggage many times, but my suitcase was never this much fun—maybe next time! (Well, maybe not, but I'm glad that you can finally find lots of practical and interesting luggage.) [To see more Blue Monday posts, visit Smiling Sally's meme.] |
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| When I book a flight down to Virginia, I always try to choose a seat on the port side of the plane, in the hope that our flight pattern will provide a view like this. Last time, I got all that and more— some looong early-morning shadows! [To see more Sunday shadows, go here.] |
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| As soon as I cross the street, I'll be at work—so I'm going to enjoy this pretty NYC sky while I can! [To see more Skywatch Friday, go here. To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.] |
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| This is the Hearst Tower, where I used to work. They got around the landmark status of their original 1928 Art Deco building by leaving the façade and constructing the ultra-modern glass-and-steel structure inside it. [To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.] |
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| There's a shop I love down in Virginia. Mostly they sell beautiful clothes (and shoes and jewelry)—but I also found these glass doorknobs there. Made me want to replace every boring doorknob in my house. [To see more ABC Wednesday posts, go here.] |
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| I found this thing in my mom's garden. She didn't plant it (she's 92, and a bad back has made planting anything off-limits for a few years now). So this patch pretty much tends itself—except for a bit of weeding done by me, who can't always tell a weed from a wisteria. I think it looks like a mutant raspberry. Anyone know its true identity? [To see more Ruby Tuesday, go here.] |
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| They're renovating the Brooklyn Bridge, and the blank temporary walls that are up right now are just too big a temptation for lots of folks (and some apparently don't care if no one likes them). I have to admit that most of the signs I see are at least interesting, some have pretty good graphics (like this), and some of them are even funny. [To see more Mellow Yellow Monday posts, go here.] |
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| Even if I was 90 and my knees were shot, I think I'd still find a way to climb up like Quasimodo to the top of Notre Dame, to visit these fantastical creatures and listen to the bells up close. [To see more Shadow Shot Sunday, go here.] |
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| I found these beautiful candle glasses at my fave NYC emporium of all things over-the-top: ABC Carpet and Home. I wanted to buy the whole display and light them all at once! [To see more monochromes, go here.] |
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| 5th Avenue, 8pm These food vendors are everywhere, and I see lots of people grabbing lunch or a quick snack from them. Everyone needs to make a living and I'm pretty sure the Health Dept. checks these carts out. That said—maybe I'm just chicken, but I've never eaten this food and probably never will. [Linking back to Olivier's Walk in the Street challenge.] |
