It has been a crazy week- between my catching the germs being spread throughout the classroom despite washing my hands every 5 minutes, leading to my first cold of the season, to dealing with six year old meltdowns for a variety of reasons, some having to do with how the head teacher chooses to discipline, […]
A View From The Bridge
Last night we traveled from New Jersey to Long Island. While crossing the Throgs Neck Bridge I was taken in by the beauty of the sun beginning to set in the West. I only had my cell phone camera, but wanted to capture the moment. As always there was traffic on the bridge so we […]
First Day of School
School begins today- a new first grade class coming in. I was going through my photos and came upon this pathway, and the words written in it jumped out at me- all a reminder for today. A new path, and important words.
Country Roads
I visited my best friend this week, she lives an hour from me in the “country” quite different from the town in the “suburbs” where I live. Once you leave the highway, the difference becomes apparent as the roads are dotted with barns and farms. We visited a farm where you can cut your own […]
A World of Toothpicks
This past weekend we visited a wonderful exhibit called Toothpick City. The man who created these wonderful structures is Stan Munro, not a student of architecture, but a fan of it. Toothpicking has been his hobby since his 5th grade art teacher brought a toothpick project to the classroom. Stan stayed with it, and almost 30 years […]
Wordless Wednesday
Black & White Sunday: Composition
This week Paula’s theme is composition – telling us we may decide to show photos where we paid special attention to this important element in photography, where we either respected the conventional rules in photography (such as the rule of thirds) or we chose to broke them to make the image more interesting, or we […]
One Word Photo Challenge: Clothes
Clothes
The Journey of A Thousand Miles Begins With One Step
The Adler Aphasia Center in New Jersey is a place where people who have Aphasia come to take classes, come for the camaraderie, come to improve their speaking, come to learn and laugh and know they are not being judged. Aphasia is a language disorder, usually brought about when a person suffers a brain injury (from […]
It’s Still Your Birthday, Even if You’re Gone
Today is my brother’s birthday. Or it would have been his birthday were he still alive, though I feel that just because he is gone does not make August 6th no longer his birthday. His age will forever remain at 54, but the date will forever be his birth date. He died by his own […]
Feathers on Friday-Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is a very small woodland bird with a long tail, usually seen flitting about in the treetops, giving a short whining callnote. They are tiny (about 10cm or 4 inches) with long legs; a long tail; and a thin, straight bill. described as energetic and rarely slowing down, fluttering after small insects and making it […]
Cemetery Visit
I went to visit the grave of a cousin last week- he is buried a short drive from where I live, unlike the rest of his family, including his parents, who live hours away. He died 9 years ago, at the age of 50- I wrote about him, his life and death previous visit here. […]
The Things We Leave Behind-High School Reunion
This past weekend was my 40th High School Reunion. I did not attend even though it was held 5 minutes away from where I live. I did attend my 10th, 20th, 30th and 35th. Having reconnected with so many on Facebook it felt a bit redundant now; I know what everyone looks like, who their children […]
Pokemon GO!
I am way too old to have grown up during the heyday of Pokemon. Honestly I didn’t even know what it was, but it has been hard to ignore all the hoopla going on around the release of Pokemon Go, so I looked up what it all means. Apparently it involves fictional creatures called Pokemon, which […]
Walkway Over the Hudson
The Walkway Over the Hudson was originally a steel cantilever bridge spanning the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie, New York, on the east bank and Highland, New York, on the west bank. Built as a double track railroad bridge, it was completed on January 1, 1889. It was taken out of service on May 8, 1974, […]
Storm King Art Center
Storm King Art Center, named after its proximity to Storm King Mountain, is an open-air museum located in New Windsor, New York. It contains what might be the largest collection of contemporary outdoor sculptures in the United States. Founded in 1960 by Ralph E. Ogden as a museum for Hudson River School paintings, it soon […]
Summer Rituals
I work as an assistant teacher, which means I am off from work for two months during the summer. The first year I was working I found this so odd. I had always worked in jobs where I was entitled to a vacation, but usually 2 weeks. When I worked in New York City’s jewelry […]
Stonecrop Gardens
Yesterday we visited Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, New York. Both the views and the gardens were breathtaking. It was a perfect way to spend the day. We walked through the gardens which were designed so beautifully Meeting some friends as we walked along On the drive home we were passing Boscobel, an estate overlooking the […]
Daily Prompt: Clouds
Clouds…. one of my favorite things to photograph
Recalculating
Yesterday my husband spent the day with his grand daughter who is 11, and grandson, Sam, who is 9. They went to a “paint it yourself” pottery place. On the way there he was using the GPS, but did not always follow the route it was taking him. That familiar sound of the GPS voice […]
Thursday’s Special: Descent
Descent
Black & White Sunday: Always There
She stands so proudly-always there
Fun in the Sun
I just returned from an overnight at the New Jersey Shore, one of my favorite getaway destinations. I have written about the shore previously here. It is a short drive from where we live, but I always feel I have traveled so far away when we go. The weather was perfect and we settled ourselves on the […]
Greetings From Asbury Park
Away for an overnight- hope to catch up with everyone tomorrow!
Feathers on Friday
European Starlings are now among the continent’s most numerous songbirds. Covered in white spots during winter, they turn dark and glossy in summer. I spotted this beauty yesterday on the fence in my yard Don’t think I don’t see you there with that camera- I do! Feathers on Friday
A Day In The Life 
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