SOOC Sunday

This is my SOOC shot through my dining room window yesterday morning. The photo is through the screen. Plenty of snow for everyone!

Jan of Murrieta 365 is the host of Straight Out of the Camera Sunday.

Round Robin Photo Challenge

The Round Robin Photo Challenges are hosted by Karen, Carly and Steven and every two weeks they suggest a new topic so we can post representative photos.

This topic was suggested by Vicki of the blog Maraca back in 2008. The topic for Saturday, February 27th is

Blinded By The Light

"Photograph anything brilliant and bright."

So here is my photo for this week's Round Robin Photo Challenge:

This is the little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge. It's real name is Jeffrey's Hook Light. It's a small lighthouse on the Hudson River in New York City.

My shot was taken during the day but I added a lighting flare for the meme.

It's a real steep walk down to the lighthouse. It's even steeper coming back up. :) It's now a New York City Landmark (New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission) and was relighted by the city in 2002.

"Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse." ~Japanese proverb.

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Weekend Reflections

James of Newtown Area Photo is the host of Weekend Reflections where participants post their own photos of reflections in windows, mirrors, etc.

Wedding dresses and nudes

Small town near Orlando, Florida in the Spring of 2007.

Postcard Friendship Friday

Marie is the host of Postcard Friendship Friday.

A vintage postcard circa 1910. Young boy, all decked out in his St. Pattys' outfit, stands on a chair and sings. Artist Ellen Clapsaddle.

What is that down by his feet? Ya ask...

A shillelagh.

And what's a shillelagh? And how is it pronounced?

A shillelagh (Irish: sail éille, a cudgel with a strap), commonly pronounced "shi-LAY-lee" or "shi-LAY-la," is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty (blackthorn) stick with a large knob at the top, that is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore.

Here's the song "St. Patrick Was a Gentleman" sung and played on the guitar. Enjoy!

My World Tuesday

Over the weekend My World was Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y. I took only a few photographs in the very large cemetery because there was a lot of snow on the ground. I am eager to return in the Spring, just a month or so away, to capture some of the very unusual statuary.

Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City. A rural cemetery located in the Bronx, it opened in 1865, in what was then southern Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874. The cemetery covers more than 400 acres and is the resting place for more than 300,000 people.

Built on rolling hills, its tree-lined roads lead to some unique memorials, some designed by McKim Mead & White, John Russell Pope, James Gamble Rogers, Cass Gilbert, Carrère and Hastings, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Beatrix Jones Farrand, and John LaFarge.

Fiorello LaGuardia, Irving Berlin, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, R.H. Macy, J. C. Penney, Robert Moses, Thomas Nast (photographer) are some of the celebrities buried here.

THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world.

My World Team:
Klaus Sandy Wren Fishing GuyLouise Sylvia

SOOC Sunday

Straight Out Of the Camera Sunday

Jan, here's my SOOC Sunday flower. Certainly not as pretty as yours but pretty enough.

Hey everybody go over to Jan's place, Murrieta365,
for other particpants.

Weekend Reflections

James hosts Weekend Reflections at his blog Newtown Area Photo.

The yellow parking lines reflect in a very interesting way on this beautiful RED Cadillac, doncha think?

Go over to Newtown Area Photo to see James's post and other participants in this interesting meme.

Postcard Friendship Friday

Marie of The French Factrice hosts Postcard Friendship Friday.

Here's a probably 20 year old unused postcard:

On the back:
A Currier & Ives print of Stokes Tavern, the original building on the Mohonk Property purchased by Albert Smiley in 1869.
Mohonk Mountain House
Lake Mohonk, New paltz, N.Y. 12561

Here's a shot of Mohonk Mountain House when we visited 20 years ago:

The price of the room includes 3 meals and tea in the afternoon. It's changed quite a bit in the last 20 years. But I'm sure it's still a lovely place to visit.

You can go visit Marie and other PFF participants at The French Factrice.

My Favorite Photo This Week

Manhattan Bridge

My World Tuesday

Here's an unusual photo from my visits to local cemeteries:



Little boy and dragon seen at a grave in St. Michael's cemetery in Astoria, Queens.

It occurred to me that this could be a sculpture to represent Puff the Magic Dragon and Little Jackie Paper.

My World Team:
Klaus Sandy Wren Fishing GuyLouise Sylvia

Weekend Reflections

James hosts Weekend Reflections from his blog Newtown Area Photo.




What do we have here? A lovely glass reflector ornament that I bought at Mo's Wren's Nest (no longer in business) a long time ago. In the top photo the ornament is hanging inside the window of my office behind the shade. I pull the shade down when the Westerly sun get's low in the sky. This effect happens when it is particularly sunny out.



Here's the reflector ornament seen when the shade is raised up. The tag quotes The Apocrypha:

"The light that cometh from her never goeth out."

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The term Apocrypha is used with various meanings, including "hidden", "esoteric", "spurious", "of questionable authenticity", and "Christian texts that are not canonical".

The word is originally Greek (ἀπόκρυφα) and means "those having been hidden away". ^{[1][original research?]}

The general term is usually applied to the books that the Christian Church considered useful but not divinely inspired. (Wikipedia)

The light being referred to here is the light of the lighthouse on the ornament.

The ornament was made by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Go on over to Newtown Area Photo to see the other participants.

Postcard Friendship Friday

Marie is the lovely host of Postcard Friendship Friday.




Here are 4 lovely vintage cards I purchased some time ago.

Go on over to The French Factrice for other participants and the derivation of the phrase "The cat's out of the bag."

My Favorite Photo This Week

Al Ferro

My World Tuesday

You're looking at the Throggs Neck Bridge and the Manhattan skyline from Sands Point, Long Island.

To be honest I probably shouldn't try to take this sort of a picture with my little point-and-shoot digital camera. The subject matter is really too far away...

I tweaked the color and contrast and sharpened the shots a little.

My World Team:
Klaus Sandy Wren Fishing Guy Louise Sylvia