Summertime...

...and the livin' is easy.

Happiness is...

Cats watching over me.

Long overdue Photoblog - autumn 2009

Interlude away from city.

Central Connecticut on Thanksgiving:

Catskill, NY area on Halloween weekend:

And my absolute favorite, near Cairo, NY:

Photoblog - Spring in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Blossoms on Milton (or Noble, I forget which):





Guernsey on a bright April morning:



Top of church on Kent:



Blossoms against watertower backdrop, April dusk:



Shopcat on Franklin, dozing in the window display, unfazed by its companions:



Golden sunset, reflecting on the Empire State Building, view from my window (and new banner):

Photoblog - Winter so far

McCarren Park, February 2009.













Snowstorm, January 2009.









Vanilla sky, stuck in traffic on the BQE day of 1549 in the Hudson, January 2009.





Rockefeller Center, December 2008.

Photoblog - Calvary Cemetery, Queens, NY

I recently took a trip to Calvary Cemetery in Queens, a few stops off the B24 from Greenpoint. As expected, the contents did not disappoint. More photos on my Flickr account.





I like to call these ladies the Three Sisters:

Photoblog - end of summer roundup

Waterboard "ride" at Coney Island, apparently causing controversy which I didn't know when I snapped this shot.



Stormy Coney Island:



One is the loneliest number:



Boardwalk & parachute drop:



Me and my shadow, Coney Island boardwalk:



Ocean Parkway, Gravesend:



Lola Staar's Roller Rink, parachute drop in the distance:



Exquisite detail on the structure that is Lola Staar's Roller Rink now:



Roller skating on a Sunday afternoon at Lola's:



Busy boardwalk by Astroland, wonder what it will look like next year???



View from East River State Park, Williamsburg:



View of Manhattan, East River State Park:



Noble & Lorimer, Greenpoint:



Setting up the night before for the 88 drummers show on 8/8/08, East River State Park:



McCarren Park Farmer's Market picks (thanks to Bitchcakes for the purple pepper, it was yummy!):



Manhattan from Gantry Plaza State Park, Long Island City, Queens:



Gantry Plaza State Park, LIC:



Gantry Plaza State Park, LIC:



Gantry Plaza State Park, LIC:



Pepsi-Cola sign from the back, had to get this, I can see it from the window near my desk in Manhattan, way up on the 43rd floor:



Striking summer clouds from East River State Park, Williamsburg:



You can barely see him through the spectators, but it's Willie Mays, All-Star Parade, 6th Ave (and right nearby the building I work):



Shopcat, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Williamsburg:



Pink floral car parked next to the pink hibiscus on Guernsey, Greenpoint: