Shadows and Reflections/ShadowShotSunday

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It has been sunny this week.

A great thrill.

A seat on a deck overlooking the Hudson.

Diamonds of light glittering off the Hudson's gray water.

A metal fire escape on West 22nd Street.

These last two left over from our visit to MoMa.

Water is poured in trained-waiter style

and the wretched orange thing is reflected in the window.

A camp outing at the same place.

Shadow Shot Sunday/ Jaipur/India

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Since it hasn't been very sunny here lately, two photos

of Jaipur, India, taken in March. The first was taken in

Jantar Mantar,the Observatory, built in 1728,  which has building that 

resemble strange sculptures --and cast pretty cool shadows.

Here a family tour the battlements of the Tiger Fort

set high above the city with distant views of the lake.

Chelsea People

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A  street fair lets letter carriers walk right down the middle of 8th Avenue.

Always something rather thrilling about walking where you usually can't. 

This group were waiting to go on stage at the Senior Talent Show.

The lady with the sword was very enthusiastic.

An exquisite bouquet of orchids.

Great excitement when The Rock came to Chelsea as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Paparazzi swarmed him. R. says he is a wrestler.

 You can just see his head as a sort ofblob between all the photographers.

Midtown/Shadowshot Sunday

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I always get a bit mopey the day people are leaving.

A brisk walk helps.

Fun to let others set the route. So we hiked up to 5th Avenue to look for stuff to put on Ugg boots.

Here on 7th Avenue the bright sun throws window shadows on buildings opposite.

Also on 7th Avenue, a curved window makes fun distortions.

A very tall building indeed. The Empire State Building from 5th Avenue. Lots of tourists waiting behind ropes in the cold.

Amidst the soullessness of concrete, a photographer awaits the arrival of a wedding party.

This last picture has nothing to do with anything except we went into a tourist gift shop to get something for A.'s nephew and Lady Liberty was dangling in the window. See Sponge Bob lower right. The real Lady Liberty always looks a bit fierce and masculine to me. This one has a cetain sweetness.

Sunday Details, One Shadow Shot and a Poem

This is my shadow shot for Hey Harriet's Shadow Shot Sunday. The light falls slantwise across the bed very artistically.



At the end of this post you will find a poem by W.H. Davies - a wonderful writer who advocated wandering about. He wrote a book called "The Diary of a Supertramp." Many of you probably know of him.



Anyway, I read Lavinia's post where she says she is lazy and has just hung around home. I think hanging around home is a good idea.
These three pictures are from my friend Joyce's garden on Long Island.



Her garden is shady and beautifully restrained so you can note every contrast of shape and color.



I'm not quite sure how this green car snuck in amongst the flowers, but it is rather cool and was taken on a Sunday walk.



Hydrangeas............



......and larkspur taken in the Penn South community garden. R's camera takes much better close-up details than mine - as it should since it cost three times as much!



A very tasteful tiny garden on 19th Street............



.............and an exuberant window box at Moran's Restaurant on 10th Avenue.

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

W.H.Davies