Marcel Duchamp at MoMA

About 20 years ago Liz read a biography of Marcel Duchamp.  When she came to visit us a few days ago, she happened to look for what exhibits were at MoMA.  She was stunned to see that the Marcel Duchamp exhibit was on, and so we both took the train to the city for the day and we spent a wonderful time together at MoMA.  She asked me to take this photograph of her to have as a mememto.  It was an amazing exhibit. There has not been a large exhibit like this since 1973.

I have been doing a lot of selfies recently, haven't I?  But I did want to do one of us at MoMA.  We took this photo in front of the large display that shows what exhibits are on display at this time. What a great father/daughter day we had, just hanging out!

 

Sea Cliff Yard Sale

Every spring Sea Cliff has a village wide yard sale.  Residents sign up and pay to have their homes put on a map that shows where the sales are.  So Liz thought it would be fun to go around and and just see what was for sale.  But it would take a long time to get from place to place, so we decided to cruise around on bikes to cover a lot of ground.  So this is one of the yards that had so much more stuff than any other houses!

So here we are on our bikes.  Notice the Stetson hat Liz has on?  She bought that at the first house we stopped at!  She saw it, and tried it on and it fit perfectly! So then she asked the price and the guy said "Five dollars!"  That's a bargain!  The guy said that the hat belonged to his grandfather!  So it is in good hands from now on.

 

Dunkin' Donuts at the Beach. Again!

This is almost a familiar view of Hempstead Harbor.  We discovered a bench under a tree that I had photographed so many times and thought it would be a better place to have our coffee and donuts, because on a sunny day, we would be in the shade of the big tree, instead of sitting in the car.  So today, with Liz, we went to Dunkin' and got coffee and donuts and tried out our new spot to sit and have coffee!

I didn't have a tripod with me so I took this photograph of Liz and Kathy sitting on our new favorite bench with their tea and coffee.  The donuts are long gone!

 

A Beautiful Sight in the Evening Sky

There is a beautiful and absolutely spectacular sight in the western sky after sunset each night lately.  To the left in this photograph, is the planet Jupiter, and then down and to the right is the brilliant planet Venus!  I was so surprised to see, as well, two fainter stars up and to the right in this photograph, that were only visible after I took this photograph.  They are the stars of the constellation Gemini.  In the center of the photo is Pollux and to the right is Castor.  Try and view this scene each night for the next week - each night Venus is getting closer to Jupiter!  It is such a spectacular sight and looks so much better when you are viewing it with your eyes.  Please check it out!

 

"This Looks Good..."

When I was photographing the newly engaged couple the other day, a short while later this woman walked out to the end of this little piece of land where often fishermen sit and fish and proceeded to try several different photographs of herself.  I couldn't help myself of course and did this photograph.  What got me wondering was what her background looked like.  She is holding her phone so high up that I am thinking that she will not be getting the horizon behind her, she will only get the water of the harborm - so a very plain background.  I wonder how weird it would have been if I went up to her and asked to see her shot because I was curious how it looked.  It is really difficult so many times, to watch another photographer and to try and imagine what their photograph will look like.

 

Purple Flowers

The other day I spoke of dropping my car off for an inspection in Glen Head, and then walking home. When the car was done I walked the two miles back to the garage.  I photographed on both walks and this photograph of flowers is a favorite.  I love the purple flowers in this photograph and so spent some time trying to get a nice photograph of them and the other plants around them.  Fortunately, I have faithful readers who will know what flowers these are. Thank you in advance!

 

The Sublime Sycamore Trees

I never tire of looking at these beautiful trees - the Sycamore trees that line Shore Road in Sea Cliff!  Their tops and foliage have been pruned over the years to all be about the same size because they are so close to one another.  The patterns on their trunks are fascinating to see - some are sort of a Rorschach test to see if you can find faces or other figures in their bark. And to see these almost identical trees lined up like fence posts is just so beautiful.  I have never tired of looking for different views of them over the years.