Nassau County Museum of Art: The Sculpture Gardens, Mixing Statues and People
December 29, 2013 - The outdoor sculpture park on 145 acres of the former Frick Estate in Nassau County, Long Island, NY, offers a mix of st...
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Tennis Anyone? Clark Park, Suffern, NY
December 23, 2013 - No chance for a game. No sounds of the thwack, whirr, zing or cries of "missed it," "good shot," "sorry," "your serve."...
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Ice-Crusted Snow, Clark Park, Suffern, NY
December 22, 2013 - Right before the rain and balmy sixty plus degree springtime weather, a thin veneer of ice crust smoothed over last week...
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Central Park Paradox
December 20, 2013 - On the one hand there is a starkness to the park, melting white snow surrounding dark tree trunks and nestling on black...
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Winter's Glow
December 19, 2013 - Winter's glow light snow
Luminous and lingering
Lamenting to fade
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Cafe Lalo, NYC, Lights Galore
December 17, 2013 - Remember the famous scene in "You've Got Mail" when Meg Ryan (the Shopgirl) awaits her online correspondent, and he neve...
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Winter Whiteout, Mohonk Mountain, New Paltz, NY
December 15, 2013 - Tons of snow, blanketing the landscape with powdered crystals, crushed to such fineness that whiteness pervades stretchi...
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Sunshine and Shadows
December 13, 2013 - Quite cold, in the 20s with sweeping sunshine and a sun low in the sky as we approach the winter solstice. As the result...
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New York Christmas Tree Vendors: Hard Work
December 12, 2013 - Don't fool yourself. For all that holiday cheer and delicious scent of pine and twinkling lights amid green needles, the...
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New York Christmas Tree Vendors: The Flying Pig Symbol
December 11, 2013 - When the Quebecian vendor Sebastian arrived for the first time three Christmas seasons ago, a flying pig accompanied him...
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More Than Trees - Ornaments Too
December 09, 2013 - The Christmas tree vendors are selling more than trees. Their stock includes imaginative ornaments, in particular a misc...
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New York Christmas Tree Vendors: Sepia, Snow, and Lights
December 08, 2013 - The first snow dustings printed in sepia tones resemble photographs found in old albums. They suggest earlier times when...
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Night Rain
December 07, 2013 - Night rain wets darkness
Sequin sparkles on shadows
Umbrellas raised high
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Coniferous trees: a haiku
December 06, 2013 - Clusters of needles
Bowed in velvet red ribbon
Cupid's blunt arrows
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New York Christmas Tree Vendor: His Many Faces
December 05, 2013 - Arrestingly good looking and personable is my Quebecian friend, willing to pose and ham it up for my camera. So hard wor...
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New York Christmas Tree Vendors: Brisk Sales, Continued
December 04, 2013 - "La Petite," the Quebecian, selling Christmas trees on Broadway has been busy with brisk sales. The display corner is il...
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NYC Skyline: Commissioned Panorama
December 03, 2013 - Excitement....completed ten foot by two foot panoramic view of NYC skyline framed and plexi-glassed, being loaded for de...
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December's Sere
December 02, 2013 - Withered beauties, muted colors, but also reams of gold. Stunning the patterns and varieties to be found on an early day...
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