Foliage and snow

Amazing combination of colors with late foliage and early snow.

Cazenovia – November 24, 2016

Grocery shopping on a Saturday evening

Typical outfit to go grocery shopping on a Saturday evening in November: fur coat with white paint strokes à la “I leaned on the wall I just finished painting”, short pants and boots.

Lafayette Street, New York

NYC Cars – LysergiCar

I am still wondering what type of acid was poured in my coffee to induce this hallucination of lava fields and exotic flowers on a Smart car parked on Broadway.

Manhattan Lifeboat

Bowery Museum, New York

After the floods created by super storm Sandy, every building in Manhattan should have a lifeboat hanging from the fourth or fifth floor.

 

Tribeca Bridge

Harrison Street, Tribeca, New York

Tribeca offers pleasant surprises to the adventurous urban explorers that take the less beaten paths.

From prohibition to exhortation

Tribeca, New York, NY

In the continuously changing New York landscape, buildings rise, fall and change with two common characteristic: the omnipresent scaffoldings (incredibly useful on rainy days) and the boring wood panels with an aseptic “Post No Bills” sign.

Today, I found one of these panels less boring and happily replacing the original prohibition with an enthusiastic exhortation.

NYC Urban Scarecrows 4 of 4

A four episode retrospective on the urban scarecrows found in New York City.

A rooftop orchard on the Bowery reveals a long armed scarecrow lazily enjoying the summer sun.

NYC Urban Scarecrows 3 of 4

A four episode retrospective on the urban scarecrows found in New York City.

The natural beauty of Alphabet City’s public gardens is protected by these sustainable scarecrows: the creative use of reclaimed materials transformed garbage into something artistic and enjoyable.

NYC Urban Scarecrows 2 of 4

A four episode retrospective on the urban scarecrows found in New York City.

In the Lower East Side, Muni Meters can survive only by showing the grim face of the Law.

NYC Urban Scarecrows 1 of 4

A four episode retrospective on the urban scarecrows found in New York City.

A “commercial” scarecrow appeared in Greenpoint last year. Apparently the movers can handle all sort of junk, even though I did not get closer enough to appreciate all the details.