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Ode to Water Towers, published Westside Rag, Nov. 29, 2022
November 30, 2022 - They dot the skylines in random array
Like hide and seek scampers in frivolous play
Voluminous shapes sturdy and round...
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Copake Autumn
October 20, 2022 - Copake Autumn in full display,
Peachy colors in array,
Marching firs attend the site
Mixture of geometric height...
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Goldfinches in Copake, NY
June 21, 2021 - All that is gold may glitter. True enough for the goldfinches in Copake, NY. From high wires to bird feeders, they brigh...
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Wave Hill, A Place to Dream
May 16, 2021 - Wave Hill Gardens, Riverdale in the Bronx, NY, so welcoming the first day when CDC advised that masks need not be worn a...
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Country Road
October 09, 2020 - The country road is unpaved, strewn with pebbles and stones. Under a puffy clouded blue sky, it leads to a deep red simp...
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Flying a Kite Haiku
August 27, 2020 - The kites fly so high
In the aether of deep blue
Oceans of air waves
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A Doozy of a Sunset
May 24, 2020 - On May 20th, at 7:30pm, paint-brush streaks of red, orange, yellow, and pink streamlined the sky, high above the Hudson...
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Mid Winter Day
February 03, 2020 - Mid winter day in Copake, the colors of February are suffused with gold and copper-saffron. Under a cloudy sky, lake Upp...
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Cloud Formation Haiku
January 14, 2018 - Mid-air suspension
Rippled curtain strung across
Conceals sky's bottom
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Leafy Bird Brio Haiku
November 02, 2017 - Leafy bird brio
Swirling and spiraling high
Flapping maple wings
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Early Leafing
May 12, 2017 - May brings budding and leafing. The trees along the Hudson River have arching branches that are now bursting their leave...
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Snow!
January 08, 2017 - First serious snowfall. Sledders out; sky blue; clouds puffy. Cold air and bright sunshine made the morning bright and s...
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Gold Above and Gold Below
October 24, 2016 - First, the doubloons hang on the tree. Then, they drop to the ground, creating a carpet of gold fit for a magic ride...o...
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Skyscraper Haiku
May 24, 2016 - All glitter and glass
They crowd high the clouds and sky
All souls disappear
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Cleopatra's Needle
April 02, 2016 - Such a beautiful obelisk, also know as Cleopatra's needle, stands under a cloud-filled blue sky in Central Park. Cherry...
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After the Rainstorm, then Flickr Explore
January 10, 2016 - First the wind picked up and the clouds scattered and drifted. The blue of the sky deepened. The rains came and so did t...
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Autumn Blue Sky
October 16, 2015 - Against the October blue sky, bare branches of trees make calligraphy patterns, decked with berries and scanty leaves. T...
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Brooklyn Sunset
August 29, 2015 - Brooklyn sunsets glow. They are magical with the colors of persimmon, orange, and gold. Buildings and water towers stand...
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Another in Flickr's Explore, "Gone Fishin' "
August 27, 2015 - This summer Sunday scene from Lake Sebago in Harriman State Park, NY, made it into Flickr's Explore, August 26th. Happy...
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Working on the River, Working on Infrared
August 20, 2015 - Still enraptured by infrared and its possibilities, working with DNG profile editor, lightroom, color channel swap, and...
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Taking it out for a Spin
June 30, 2015 - A breezy summer day and the sailboats were about on the Hudson, out for a spin. Another item out for a spin was the Fu...
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In Progress
May 15, 2015 - Moving is not easy, even with unlimited help. Yet my new apartment is "coming along." Rugs are down, most pictures up, a...
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Views from the NY Presbyterian Hospital, 14th Floor
April 09, 2015 - Overlooking the East River and then facing west, chug boats plying along and skyscraper buildings soaring high complete...
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Lincoln Center in Infrared
November 04, 2014 - The wide open spaces and buildings of Lincoln Center commend themselves to infrared. With clouds in the sky and soaring...
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Two New Infrareds
September 04, 2014 - Both infrareds in black and white. Not sure that they look much different from monochromes. Perhaps they have a soupçon...
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Monksville Reservoir, Ringwood, NJ, Pristine Landscape
June 02, 2014 - Some landscapes are so pristine straight from the camera that to post process them seems an adulteration of their natura...
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Frolic
May 26, 2014 - Big space, little person, running over trimmed grass, stopping to turn, looking around, seeing the immensity of the worl...
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Fireworks
May 15, 2014 - They are so magical, bursts of light in dark mid-air. First the explosive sound, then the colored rainings of gold and b...
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South Beach, Miami...Shades of Blue
February 18, 2014 - Blue is the predominant color of South Beach in Miami, foreshadowed by the initial flight from New York, then reinforced...
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Central Park's Neat Division
November 02, 2013 - Such a neat division of peaking autumn colors separates the sky and the reservoir in Central Park. A sweep of cranberry,...
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Harriman State Park, NY -- Not Quite the Peak ...Yet
October 21, 2013 - Another week to go, methinks, before the full blaze of autumn's colors stains the forest. Right now, though, hues of rus...
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Central Park Crab Apples
September 24, 2013 - They bounce in the sunlight, these tiny fleshy globes -- pink, rosy, and amber yellow. Like sparkling jewels, nestled am...
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Christmas day
December 25, 2012 - Very fortunate to have an icing of snow to make the trees sparkle. Blue sky overhead created a Märchenland scene with ga...
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