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Ladder 20, Division 1, Rescue 6 27 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
I thought the requisite dalmation at the firehouse had gone the way of the horse-drawn fire engine, but many stations still keep one as a kind of mascot, including this one on Lafayette St. in Soho. B...
Mellow Yellow/Macro Monday 26 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Hadn't been in the garden in a while, but went yesterday with my new(ish) iPhone macro lens. It's not that easy to focus (no depth of field whatsoever), but worth the effort when it works, I think. An...
Shadow Shot Sunday 25 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
This shot was taken in the little town of Urbanna, Virginia, near where I visit friends in the tidewater region of Virginia. Though it's less than 400 miles from the insanity of NYC, it's a world awa...
The Weekend in Black and White 24 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Enjoying a café and a kir—and a bit of people-watching—at Café le Nemours. It's on place Colette (who lived very nearby, in an apartment overlooking the Palais Royal gardens). [To see more monochrome...
Skywatch Reflections 23 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
I'm borrowing this idyllic image from my daughter Lila, who took it when she was out on Fire Island, off the south shore of Long Island. I'm headed out to Montauk (at the eastern tip of LI) today—and ...
Thursday Challenge—"animal" 22 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
This pretty pink porker is Rosie, who lives at my friends' horse farm. In addition to the show horses they raise, there are lots of dogs and cats, a loquacious bird, a ferret, and a goat (acquired to ...
ABC Wednesday—F is for "flags" 21 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
My brother David (who left us two years ago) had Tibetan prayer flags indoors and out at his home. Shortly before he died, I said something about them— and he gave me several strings of these colorful...
Piano Man 20 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
As part of a program called Sing for Hope Pianos, 88 of them were placed around the five boroughs of New York for two weeks back in June, for anyone to sit down and play. This one under the arch in Gr...
Summer Toes 19 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Summer's not over quite yet, but this past week you could feel a little hint of autumn in the air. Meanwhile, all the pretty pedicured piggies are still on display (well, almost all— who knows what's ...
Shadow Shot Sunday 18 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
I took this shot on Sterling Place, in my Park Slope, Brooklyn neighborhood. The residents of this block are very proud to have earned the 2nd-place prize in this year's Greenest Block in Brooklyn co...
