Home Again/Ah New York!

After an absence one looks at the same old stuff with new-washed eyes.

American vernacular architecture in Coram, Long Island.

Very bling clothing on 7th Avenue.

And the hat!

New graffiti posters on 22nd Street.

And the people! Handicapped children being taken for a walk in Union Square.

For some reason, this magazine dispenser on the corner of 8th Avenue seems to be smiling.

As is Michael, seen here with the garbage truck driver

whose yellow overalls caught the morning light.

A sign of the season: a detail from one of Berch's paintings

on the window of the SE corner of 9th Avenue and 23rd Street.

ps A super new blog from my friend, fellow Brit, dog owner and artist

  Conan Guy Carpenter.

You will enjoy his sketches of animals and quirky taste in general.

Happy Easter

Spring at Last

Warm enough to drag the leather sofa outside  and to sit in the sun in a short sleeved shirt. 

Cell phone a necessary accessory.

White blossoms and bare branches at the same time

any moment the leaves will unfurl.
My main blog is now here 

For lots of other shadowshots go here 

Squares and Windows

Brilliant crisp morning light.

More of the same.

An interior window between the bar and the dining room at The Half King on 23rd Street.

The bar is painted the most wonderful terra cotta pink.

My main blog is now here.

New Building on 23rd Street

My main blog is now here

Near 10th Avenue/ShadowShot

For lots of cool shadowshots go to Heyharriet here.

As I was walking down 23rd Street between 10th and

 11th Avenues, I came upon these nice quiet stones.

Noon. Saturday.

Busy

Friday: 9th Avenue and 23rd St.

A field trip

14th St and 9th Avenue.

The vendor was originally from Egypt.

9th Avenue and 23rd Street

same

It was very hot and sticky.

Celebrate

An explosion of midsummer flowers on 26th Street.

For the first time, the Macy's fireworks were on the Hudson River.

Very lucky for us. So we went up onto the roof.

And took not-very-good pictures.

Fireworks much better seen by the naked eye.

That's New Jersey in the distance.

OOOOOOOOOOH! AHHHHHHHH!

At ten, the fireworks audience walked up 23rd Street heading for the subway.

The dog was astounded.

Night Scenes

Looking down from the High Line at Hogs and Heifers.

And at picnic tables that look like Legos.

Nearer home Dallas Barbecue's lights paint the sidewalk pink.

Who would have figured on cupcakes' popularity at 9:30 at night?

The moon and a plane overhead.

Evening Light/ShadowShotSunday

For other cool ShadowShots go to Heyharriet.

The weather in New York this so called summer has been quite batty.

Here is an example. Friday evening about seven, all wet, billowy and thundery.

After the storm has cleared just after eight, 

the setting sun cannons down 23rd Street.

At eight thirty, the sky over the Empire State Building

 is all cotton ball puffy pink.

(None of the colors have been manipulated at all.)

23rd Street

A very small, serene monk walks down the opposite side of the street

from where I was sitting having a cup of tea in Joe. 

Inside the cafe,  plans are made to fix up an apartment.

Just near the Chelsea Hotel they are shooting an independent film.

By the fruit stand two visitors from Cuba

 meet a woman wearing a Che T-shirt.

Wet

Blazing June! Hah!

The man going to work is wet.

The dog is wet.

So are the leaves.

A dry patch under a building's canopy.

Waiting on 23rd Street

New Yorkers are notoriously not very good at waiting

 for things -- though they do a certain amount of it.

Crossing the road is somewhat safe -- 

at least in comparison with India and Morocco. 

This is a good place to text or talk on the cell phone.

Free snow cones to promote a new TV show!

Are they being offered only to young men wearing

blue, white or navy?

The little girls at the bus stops all had ice creams.

Such Nice Stormy Skies

This blog has been sort of peaceful and pastoral lately,

so I thought I'd go urban and wild.

(Yesterday afternoon on 23rd Street.) 

I hope everyone enjoyed the Haiku Festival as much as Tracy and I did

and I hope I didn't make too many errors in the list.

It didn't rain yesterday for a wonder,

but the clouds were billowing and lowering

and there were some of those 'hand of God' shafts

of light which look so dramatic.

Where's Waldo says: Spot the Empire State Building.