July Blues in the Square
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BICENTENNIAL FIREWORKS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I was lucky enough to have a truly remarkable and unique experience. It happened on July 4, 1976. It was part of the huge Bicentennial celebration in New York City in honor of the 200th Birthday of the Declaration Of… Read More ›
BOATS AND SHIP – THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Boats and Ships
THE BEAVER AT BOSTON WHARF: TRACES OF THE PAST
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: TRACES OF THE PAST Y3-04 The Beaver The original brig Beaver, like the Dartmouth, was built and owned by the Rotch’s, an affluent Nantucket Quaker family. The Beaver was a whaling vessel built in 1772 by… Read More ›
INDUSTRY OUTSIDE METROPOLIS
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Industrial It’s a matter of definition. For most of my life, I lived in or around major cities. New York, where I grew up. I don’t know if Jerusalem counts as a major city, but I… Read More ›
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BAD MOON RISING
There’s a bad moon rising over there, over the boats sitting at anchor on a flat sea. As the sun goes down, that giant moon hovers over all … making man and beast think strange thoughts … very strange …… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge: BLUE SKY, BLUE SEA – BLUE HUE IS ME
The sky bright blue, accented with puffy white clouds and the water, taking its cue from the sky, felt that blueness was an appropriate choice for this day in autumn along the Atlantic coast. The people came and went and… Read More ›
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
It took me almost two years to build up a following for Serendipity, but just a week for traffic to drop to fewer than I can count on one hand. If anyone needed a test of what keeps a blog… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece – Nature’s Finest Hour
About this picture. It was taken over Rockport Harbor, Rockport, Massachusetts. It was 4:45 or a few minutes later in the morning of July 4th. We were staying in a friend’s pied-à-terre literally across the street from the harbor, so… Read More ›
Scarlet Dawn
I wanted to add a note about how I got this picture. There I was, on the dock, watching, camera at the ready. Shooting. I saw that long thin cloud and I knew there would be a moment when the… Read More ›
