52 Photos Project

The prompt this week: in the garden again.
My choice is the High Line, a very
special garden that has revitalized
the West Side of Manhattan.
[To see more of the 52 Photos Project, 
visit Bella's meme.]

Today's Flowers

Saw these colorful cosmos at the local greenmarket.
Didn't bring them home, though, because they
just don't last that long when you cut them—
on the other hand, I can look at this picture forever.
[To see more flowers, go here.]
 

Weekend Reflections

One of my all-time favorite reflections:
the bright summer sun glinting off the beautiful
blue ocean.  Unfortunately, my long (or not) beach
weekend was cut off by the projected arrival of
Hurricane Irene, which is supposed to be passing
right over this beach in the next couple of days.
[For more weekend reflections, visit James's meme.]

52 Photos Project

The prompt this week: profile, silhouette, dark against light.
Here's what I have to share with you.
[To see more silhouettes, visit Bella's meme.]

Today's Flowers

I'm sorry to say that I have absolutely no idea what
this purple bloom is (and it's probably not the
last time I'll be forced to make that admission).
But I'll bet someone out there can tell me!
[To see more, visit Today's Flowers.]

52 Photos Project

The prompt this week: a time to share (b&w).
Took this picture a loooong time ago (circa late '60s)
in Paris.  Don't know if you recognize this guy
because he's changed a bit in the past 44/45 (!) years.
That's Anita Pallenberg in the background
(he's wearing her sparkly sweater and her scarf—
and, yes, that is exactly what you think in his hand).
[To see more (or to share yourself), visit Bella's meme.]

Weekend Reflections

Now here's a reflection you don't see every day!
My daughter Kate just spent a week on
an ice cutter way above the Arctic Circle.
[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.]

Today's Flowers

If you visit the folks who live here at #22, you're greeted
by this gorgeous lacecap hydrangea.  If I didn't live
in an apartment, I'd definitely have one of these!
[To see more flowers, go here.]

Weekend Reflections

I think that's a pretty good invitation.
How about you?
[To see more Weekend Reflections,
visit James's meme.]

52 Photos Project

The prompt this week: a reflection.
I opted for a self-portrait, with the help of
this work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
It's by a contemporary Iranian artist,
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfaraian,
and it's called "Flight of the Dolphin" (2010).
She was born in 1924—you do the math!
[To see more of the 52 Photos Project—
or to play along—visit Bella's blog.]

Here's what the whole piece looks like.

Today's Flowers

What could be a more fitting symbol
for rebirth than a flower that rises from
muddy water to become this beautiful bloom?
[To see more flowers, go here.]

Exploring With a Camera

The category this time: frame within a frame.
I got up pretty early to capture the street cleaners
(and no one else) in the Piazza San Marco, in Venice.
[To see more, visit Kat's blog.]

Weekend Reflections

I saw a party space once that had wonderful lanterns like
 these all over the ceiling. Now I know where they got them.
[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.] 

52 Photos Project

The prompt this week: vintage, faded, peeling, rusted.
I imagine the boat got painted and put in the water
(this is Burano, near Venice, where fishing is very important).
But I'd be happy to return and find that this wonderful wabi-sabi wall has been left alone.
[To see others' take on this week's project, go here.]