Weekend Reflections

They host lots of arts events here in the
atrium of the World Financial Center
(and never charge a cent for any of them).
But I like this place when it's empty and
you can best appreciate the majestic space.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 19:  We make, we create,
but where do we start? What elements
or ingredients do you gather to begin?

I'm not a good cook, but my cousin Kay is.
When I go down to Virginia, sometimes she makes
popovers for breakfast.  She gets up early and sets the
ingredients out so they can reach room temperature.
Eggs, milk, butter, salt, flour—mix them together, put 
them in the oven, hold your breath, and voila:

Popovers + butter + jam = heaven on a plate!

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People who live in glass houses . . .

. . . need some help cleaning all those
windows! This Richard Meier building is
next door to my own humble (and, I think,
more charming) red brick pre-war one.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 18: on the street

Hey, who's walking whom?
Here on the corner of 5th Avenue and
23rd Street, this cat and his man barely
warranted a second glance from
most of the folks passing by—
I just love this city!

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Weekend Reflections

After some heavy downpours one day
this week, it was good to see the sun the next
morning when I got up and headed to work.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 17:
Pause, Observe, Snap. Capture a moment in time.

I really like this prompt, because it represents
what I love most about photography.
I captured this particular moment in Central Park, 
where people come to tango every Saturday 
from 6 to 9.  There's probably a 50-year 
age difference between these two dancers, but
they were totally connected through their love of
the tango and absolutely mesmerizing to watch.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 16:  gift

When I began blogging four years ago,
I never realized how many friends I would
make—and I've been fortunate to meet quite
a few of them actually and not just virtually.
The light-up addition to my Eiffel Tower collection
was a gift from my good blogpal Marylène, whom
I got to spend time with last year when I was in Paris.
Merci encore, Marylène!

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to play along yourself, visit Bella's meme.]

Weekend Reflections

When I was down in Virginia recently, I stopped
with some friends to admire this pretty
little mid-19th-century church and the cemetery
around it. The church was closed but
we were able to peek in the windows.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 15: delicate, ethereal, fragile

This is all of those things—
one child-size puff and it's gone.

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to play along yourself, visit Bella's meme.]