CBWC: Fire Prevention
I was walking up 8th Avenue in New York City, passing a fire station between 47th & 48th streets. The Fire engines were right there in front and the windshield of one caught my eye. I stopped to take a few photos and suddenly felt someone behind me taking my phone out of my hands. One of the firefighters said “go stand by the other truck I’ll take your photo.” I started to laugh and asked if he was for real, and with that another firefighter stepped over and said, “I’ll get in the photo with you.” OK with me! I found out later that “The Pride of Manhattan” Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 Firehouse lost 15 firefighters on 9/11 — an entire shift and more than any other New York Firehouse. The 15 men killed had 28 children between them. It is the busiest firehouse in NYC answering 14,000 calls a year, and also the most visited firehouse in NYC.
Which Way
Wordless Wednesday
Weekend Sky
A Sunday trip to the ocean to air out from the work week. Nothing better. Beautiful skies, huge puffy clouds, and then some gray clouds that moved in making for a dramatic effect. But no rain.
CBWC: Looking through or Into a Window
and most poignant, my Aunt would always go to the window of her apartment when we left to wave good bye. She passed away last week at the age of 94, still hard to believe. I will miss her wave.
RDP Friday: Cold
Summer seems to want to stick around where I am, which I have no complaints about. The temps have been in the high 70’s all week, which is unusual for mid October. Sooner or later winter will show up, and once again I will hunker down and try to stay warm.
RDP Wednesday: CONVERSATION
My husband and I were out for lunch a few years back with our good friends. Both husbands are Accountants. I looked across the table to see them deep in conversation, looking serious and thoughtful. I snapped a photo (albeit a bit blurry) and then added my own speech bubble.
Unlike my friend and me who you can be sure were discussing our latest purchases, best place to get a deal on shoes, and this year’s fashions, their conversations usually focused on topics of a work nature. Well you know, men are from Mars, women are from Venus.
Wordless Wednesday
CFFC: Curvy or Arches
CMMC October Close Up or Macro
Wordless Wednesday
October Orange
Weekend Sky
Last on the Card: September 2021
Where did September fly away to? Brian invites us to share the photo we took the last day of the month, no edits, whatever is on our phone or in the camera.
My last photos of the month were taken on the boardwalk in Long Beach, NY. My husband and I went to visit our aunt who lives in the area and then made it into a day out- lunch out and a beautiful walk with an ocean view.
CMMC – September Autumn
Wordless Wednesday
Weekend Sky
The sky at 7 am on my morning walk- too beautiful not to share in panoramic photo and video!
Macro Monday
A rainy night cleared by morning but left behind a reminder.
CBWC: Half of Anything
When I was a teacher in first grade we taught about symmetry, beginning with how we are “symmetrical” in order for the kids to understand the concept. That is what came to mind when I saw Cee’s prompt, which led to my using selfies I had taken last year in school – but cutting myself in half.
Half
CMMC: September Alphabet: O in the middle of the word
Wordless Wednesday
Weekend Sky
Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: All that is #Gold
September’s Sunday Stills color challenge is harvest gold.
Sunrise over the ocean, I have not altered the color in this photo at all. I was amazed at the color the sun cast across the sky.
Paper Bush- with its beautiful golden clusters of flowers
The gold leaves of autumn
Goldenrod with a Common Buckeye Butterfly
A Day In The Life 
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