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TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf

Sunday, August 29, 2010

MACRO MONDAY - IMAGINE, A WHITE GARDEN AT STUYVESANT SQUARE PARK...



    IT IS A LARGE PUBLIC PARK IN DOWN TOWN NYC (TWO BLOCK-SIZED AREAS DIVIDED BY A STREET) -  EACH WITH A SIMPLE FOUNTAIN WITHIN A CIRCULAR POND.    THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE AND SHADE TO CREATE A YEAR-ROUND WHITE GARDEN IN ONE SPOT.   DREAM AWAY.....


















BY OCTOBER THESE WHITE PERENNIALS MAY NOT BE SEEN AGAIN UNTIL NEXT AUGUST- SEPTEMBER - The third and fourth flowers seem to belong to Magnolia trees; 
I haven't seen a Magnolia flower so late in the year - has anyone else?






SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY - A VARIETY OF FALL FLOWERS STILL PROVIDE INTEREST IN

    

   STUYVESANT SQUARE PARK -  17th and 2nd street, NYC 


  


    where the community will hold its 1st Annual Open Air Gallery Event on Saturday, October 23
                                                          SHOW TIME:  Noon - 4PM  





The corner that my friend Rinkly likes!  What an eye!



Friday, August 27, 2010

THE WEEKEND IN BLACK AND WHITE - AWESOME SUBWAY EXIT IN NYC!


    On the way to MoMA, via the Lexington line (6) subway, exiting at the 51st stop, and taking a short walk to exit at 52nd-53rd streets (across the street from MoMA) leads to this massive waterfall sculpture -  confrontation the first time is breathtaking! 
  




THINK GREEN THURSDAY - ORLANDO'S DUALITY





Behold, a bridal shower/I am whatever I choose to be/A green place in the shrubbery/To rise again as Orlando/Virginia's love tribute to Vita's duality*

   *"Orlando" a novel by Virginia Woolf



Monday, August 23, 2010

RUBY TUESDAY - I FOUND RED CANNA LILIES TODAY IN TIME TO POST FOR

RUBY TUESDAY -  looking very fresh and 'proud' as the summer flowers begin to fade - Canna Lillies are not considered a true lily












In one of two NYC Public Parks on 17th Street and 3rd Avenue, where street artists are unwelcome!




To quote Mary's choice of quote:  'A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point out frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep'   Salman Rushdie


This is Sakineh Ashtiani  -  who would have been stoned for adultery had not AVAAZ raised international attention - now, possibly, hanging for allegedly murdering her husband ..    









Sunday, August 15, 2010

MACRO MONDAY - DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE...


    OR IS IT SIMPLY THE TRUMPET-FLOWER?




I always thought of this flamboyant vine as Dutchman's-pipe, the curved shape of leaf and flower form resembling a tobacco plant, also called an Aristolochia Sypho vine.  
Since showing this climber in my header, commenters have referred to it as the Trumpet-flower - apparently of  the genus Campsis, especially found in  southern U.S., described as having a large, red, Trumpet-flower, the shape of a trumpet.
The Emilycompost site shows a stage of growth of the Calico variety that does look like a pipe:




Does anyone know anything more about this wonderful summer vine?




FOR MORE MACRO MONDAY DO VISIT LISASCHAOS MEME



Friday, August 13, 2010

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS - ECHO...







                                    Well, how about this way - mirror, mirror, on the wall.....





Echo - after Narcissus, the mythical 'youth' who is less than beautiful here - to the far right of photo

     




                   Do visit James at NEWTOWNDAILYPHOTO for more reflections here!





Monday, August 2, 2010

RUBY TUESDAY - THIS IS ABOUT AS RUBY RED AS I COULD FIND THIS WEEK...


    I liked the patterns and the arrangement of colours -



  
                              For more RUBY TUESDAY do visit Workofthepoet here!


     
   PS.   I am off to visit my grand children for a few days on Long Island, NY.   
Back soon!



Sunday, August 1, 2010

MACRO MONDAY - THE FEATHER OF A MOURNING DOVE


        Found in a Washington DC back yard recently - 
   









                                           A Mourning Dove - Photographer unknown



SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY - D0UBLE THE SHADOW!


The painting beneath the shadows is by fellow blogger and friend Mary Westring.   Mary spotted the shadows and I took the photo with my G7 Canon,  the lights above the lamp producing the double  shadow effect with more definition than her camera, a Sony.    Altogether, a joint effort!




                            For more SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY  do visit HeyHarriet here!



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