"Grassroots"

Kathy and a friend of hers found this restaurant in the next town over which is a bakery and serves organic salads and wraps and juices.  So she and I went over there for lunch on a rainy day.  We sat on high stools at a long plank table in the front window and ate a delicious lunch - she had a salad and I had a wrap.  I was looking out at the tables out front which were not in use because of the rain, and I saw these slightly tired flowers.  What was interesting for me was the aluminum tables, with the water drops on the surface that made such an interesting background.

They Don't Make Them Like This Any More...

Vince and I went over to the Nassau County Museum of Art to see a photographic exhibit that included some Ansel Adams original black & white prints.  We wandered around and saw two other shows while there.  We looked at a lot of photographs in the second floor galleries.  On the way back downstairs,  I noticed this amazing staircase!  I can't imagine how they carved this curving and twisting handrail!  This building was the former home of Childs Frick, who was the son of Henry Clay Frick, the founder of U.S Steel, so he had a few bucks to spend on building this place back in 1919.

Church

I had to drive down to Westbury today to our church.  I was doing a favor for a friend who needed some photographs of some Christmas decorations inside.  More on that in another post.  As I was leaving late in the afternoon, I noticed the light on the side of the church.  I have never seen this before, because we are always there at mid-day on Sunday.  St. Brigid's Church is beautiful architecturally.  It is of Norman design, with the walls laid up of stone, and it is beautiful in this late afternoon light.  Please click on this to see more detail.

Parking the Car

Kathy was out to dinner with her cousin, so I was left at home alone, starving.  I decided to go to a nearby hamburger restaurant for my dinner.  I parked the car, and then looked out the front windshield more carefully and saw this!  Then I had to move the car so I could take this photograph!  I just love the subtle combination of colors and textures.  Please be sure and click on the photo in order to see more detail.

"Tree Week"

It is beginning to feel like "Tree Week."  One more trip to the grocery store and one more view of this tree.  First it appeared to have spotlights in its branches, but that was not true - the spotlights are on a light pole.  I moved to one side, and photographed the tree which was illuminated by the spotlight.  Amazing how different the same object can seem in different lighting situations!

A Thin Crescent Moon

It seems lately that all my blog posts result from a trip to the grocery store!  Not to disappoint you, but here we go again.  I first noticed a thin crescent moon when I went to the store before supper.  So I did this photograph with the moon, some tree branches, and a cloud which was about to cover the Moon.

Then I moved away from the tree to see what it would look like with just the Moon and clouds.

I think that this is my favorite.  When I got home, I walked out into the street in order to see the moon above the trees.  Just as I did that, some dark clouds moved in, and it felt as if I was witnessing the end of the world!  What's your favorite?

Lazy

I'm getting too lazy.  I went out to the car last night to get something out of the trunk, and I saw this scene.  I turned around and went back in the house.  Then I thought about it and grabbed my toy camera and went back outside.  The scene was really dark, and I didn't have my tripod, so I decided to hand-hold the camera, but I needed a high "film speed" so I set the camera at 12,800!  The normal is about 400.  So this is really grainy looking.  What I SHOULD have done, was to go back into the house, get the Canon 6D and a freaking TRIPOD and do the shot as a long exposure at 400.  Yeah, I am getting way too lazy!  Bad Ken.