52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 43—'black & white"

As you can see, my fellow Brooklynites know
the importance of traction when you're
trying to get around in snow and ice.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 19: "Capture a photo of a dog walker"

I encountered this guy walking his dogs in 
Brooklyn's Prospect Park, and my first thought 
was "the Hound of the Baskervilles times 5"!

But then the kids (and my daughter Katie)
came to pet them, and I saw just how sweet
and well-behaved these big pups actually are.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 14: "stairs"

My favorite time of year in my Brooklyn brownstone
neighborhood is probably spring—specifically, those few
weeks when the flowering trees burst into bloom—
then leave their blossoms absolutely everywhere.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 42: crooked line

Not sure if that fence in Prospect Park
was in a straight line before this
snowstorm—but it
for sure wasn't after it.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 24—color of the season: gold

This ginkgo—the tree "that grows in Brooklyn"—is
in my neighborhood (in Brooklyn, of course).
But I must admit that I took this picture a couple
of years ago.  Right now, the leaves are still mostly green.

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52 Photos Project

The prompt for Week 17—unusual and uncommon:
something you don't see every day

Was walking in my Park Slope, Brooklyn
neighborhood one day and passed this
otherwise-perfectly-normal-looking woman.
Kinda cool, no?  Though I'm not really sure a) why you
would wear a headful of blue plastic "dreads" or
b) where you would find them in the first place.
Any thoughts?

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Weekend Reflections

This is Bar Corvo, a great new(ish)
restaurant in my Brooklyn neighborhood.
They don't take reservations, but we
like to get there early and have our meal
at the kitchen bar so we can watch the
chefs do their delicious thing.

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Weekend Reflections

Shortly after this flight took off from
LaGuardia, those of us who planned
ahead and were seated on this side of the
plane [ :~} ] were treated to a great view
of the rising sun reflected off  the
Hudson and East Rivers, New York
harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean
as far as the eye could see.

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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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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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Weekend Reflections

My daughter Lila snapped this shot of
her little pal, Louie, who can't resist a good
puddle (I know just how you feel, Louie!).

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52 Photos Project

Prompt for Week 4: Movement

Why is my daughter Lila practicing her
hula-hooping skills?  Apparently, there's
a local watering hole that will reward you
with a free pitcher of margaritas if you
can keep it up for a full five minutes!
Fun idea, and I guess the hula-hooping
will cancel out some of the calories. :~}


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

Project 52—"things that grow"

This week's challenge was absurdly
easy—or maybe not since there's too
much to choose from. I finally decided on
one of my faves that are blooming
right now: bleeding hearts
(so aptly named, aren't they?).


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52 Photos Project

The prompt this week: Spring Is On!
What beauty have you found outside your door?

My Brooklyn apartment building doesn't
have a very large garden, but we do have
 one of these beauties at each corner.  
And when they bloom (as they are right now, a 
bit early this year), they make me very happy!


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Weekend Reflections

Here's the thing about reflections,
especially if you're always looking 
for them—they're everywhere!


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Weekend Reflections

I recently featured Brooklyn's new carousel
on my other blog.  A glance through its
glass pavilion showed the Manhattan Bridge
at dusk—and some moving reflections.

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Monday Doorways

If you watched TV in the '90s, you may
recognize this as the home of the Huxtables.
In the show, they lived in Brooklyn (that's right!),
but this is actually 10 Leroy Street, in the Village.
[To see more doorways, go here, chez Louis la Vache.]

Weekend Reflections

Grand Army Plaza, in Brooklyn.  Green light=go!
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Sunday Bridges

Here's the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shortly
after sunrise—quite a sight from up high.
This double-decker suspension bridge marks the
gateway to New York Harbor (any cruise or container
ship that wants to enter the harbor must be built to fit under it).
[See more Sunday Bridges here, chez Louis la Vache.]

Manhattan Bridge

You might wonder why the photographer
didn't use the bridge as a backdrop. But
he did—only he used the Brooklyn Bridge,
out of view on the left. This little park in
Brooklyn gives you a great view of both.

[You can see more bridges here, chez
Louis la Vache.]