WEEKEND REFLECTIONS: RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND SOMETIMES YELLOW...

                                                         14th Street and 4th Avenue,  NYC,  congestion......

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SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2: THE MORE SHADE THE BETTER THESE DAYS... ....

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BLACK AND WHITE WEEKEND: KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BIKE IN NYC...

Any part of a bike is useful these days, using a heavy duty chain is not enough!

So, the next best thing is to find a cafe where one keep an eye on it.....

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WEEKEND REFLECTIONS: WHEN IS A WINDOW CLEANER NOT A WINDOW CLEANER...

He looks more like a security guard - anyway, she looks fairly impressed!

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM....

           Sweltering 100-degree temperatures were broken today when a dramatic freak storm swept over Manhattan bringing strong winds, heavy rain turning to quarter-size hail stones that bounced noisily off the tops of cars.  It was awesome!   

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: AN IRONIC COUPLING OF A FAMOUS PRINT AND A 'SCULPTURE' OF SORTS....

THIS PRINT OF A PAINTING AND THE ODD PLACEMENT OF THE BROKEN LIMBS BESIDE IT LEFT ME WONDERING IF THIS IS YET ANOTHER TAKE ON THE MEANING OF  'BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS' (1984), BY GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN, A PAINTING OF A FAMOUS PAINTING BY EDWARD HOPPER KNOWN AS 'NIGHTHAWKES' (1942).                   

SEEN AT THE DIABETES THRIFT STORE YESTERDAY, THE GOTTFRIED PRINT IDENTIFIES HUMPHREY BOGART, MARILYN MONROE, JAMES DEAN AND ELVIS AS THE BAR TENDER.  HOPPER'S PAINTING IS ABOUT LONELINESS;  GOTTFRIED'S PAINTING COMPOUNDS THE SENSE BY REPLACING HOPPER'S FIGURES WITH STARS KNOWN TO HAVE HAD TRAGIC FATES. 

This local CURE THRIFT SHOP, 111 East 12th Street, NYC, 10003,  always offers interesting donated items for sale to benefit those living with diabetes.  This framed print, in very good condition, asking price $60, is a bargain for a collector of such iconic images.  Shop On Line here!

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BLUE MONDAY: ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE UNDER WATER....

                                                                                          HOW BLUE CAN ONE GET?

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