Weekend Reflections

In a Budapest café . . .

52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 26:
"Point the camera up and shoot"

Last month when I was in Budapest, I came
across this staircase and did just that.
It's a bit vertiginous, but I like it.

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The prompt for Week 25: "numbers"

The original debt clock was installed in Times Square 
back in 1989 and this improved version was moved 
here to 44th St. in 2004.  By the way, from Sept. 2000
to July 2002, there were no numbers here because the debt
went down and the clock wasn't designed to run backward. 

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The prompt for Week 24: "orange"

Last month I saw this elegant-looking older gentleman
strolling through the Parc des Buttes Chaumont,
in Paris.  I just had to take a picture of him
in his beautiful orange robe (and I thought his
accessories were well-chosen too)!

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The prompt for Week 23: landscape

In New York's Hudson Valley, at
Storm King Art Center, in Mountainville, 
you can visit Maya Lin's "Storm King Wavefield."
It covers 11 acres, with seven rows of rolling
peaks that were inspired by ocean waves but also
echo the hills and mountains around them.
(Credit for this shot goes to my daughter Lila.)

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The prompt for Week 22: "star"

This one is on permanent display at New York's
Museum of Natural History.  It's the
Star of India, a 563-carat star sapphire that was
donated to the museum by J.P. Morgan. 
It was stolen in 1964 (at which time it was uninsured
and "protected" by an alarm with a dead battery!).
The thief was caught and the gem recovered—
and I assume they've taken better care of it since then.

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