Proteus Post
Daybreak can look like this, placid and full of hope, as seen in these photos from Capt. Nemo, but water is a protean medium that can make a sunrise also look like this, in photos from Capt. A. N. O’nymous. Thanks all for these sunrise photos. Happy Easter, Passover, Sunday morning, and whatever you celebrate. […]
Fall Migration
Some days to decide what to post seems impossible. I find myself looking at recent photos and impulsively choosing then rejecting one after another photo, too restless for inspiration; what usually takes only the time to consume my morning cup of coffee extends way beyond breakfast. Then I saw this photo friend Michele Fitzgerald McMorrow […]
Earth-on-Water Day 2
If you hop on a plane today, you might still catch the last two days of this flower parade in the land and specific region of my father; my mother grew up farther east on the Rhine. Here’s an English version of what’s going on; Westland is a region connected by waterways, not a town. […]
Hat Tip John A. Noble
I don’t go to galleries, museums, or other events enough, I know, but ’tis the season when it’s dark and rainy, and indoors can be bright, dry, and cheery. Rainy Sunday afternoon recently, I stopped in at the Noble Maritime Collection on Staten Island to show it to a friend not familiar with Noble’s work. […]
Retro Sixth Boro 42 A
It’s October 1, and travel on we do, in this case, back in time exactly a decade. Waterford was still recovering from Hurricane Irene, and farther upriver, that recovery would go on for at least half a decade. Reinauer Twins was recently completed, and WTC1 had a long ways to go. This 1929 trawler was […]
Mermaid Parade 2019b
Mermaids are truly political, as you will see in the next few photos. The partially obscured sign between the two large puppets says: Manhattan, Next Atlantis. Frightening! Their intent to invade and annex coastal cities is nothing short of a land grab. Would they reef buildings like those in the background? Even advancing coral appeared […]
Mermaid Parade 2019a
On the first full day of summer, a trumpet-toting parrot and a tuba-entwined starfish meet on Surf Avenue and 21st. That can only mean one thing: mermaids!! You’d guess that maybe even if the title had been summer solstice at Coney Island. The unlikely pair–a psittacine gigantus and a forcipulatida musicus– talk and then set […]
Retro Sixth Boro 38 B
In case you’re new to this blog,”retro” means I’m looking back to my photo archives exactly 10 years to June 2011. The “38” here means this is the thirty-eighth month I’ve done this. It’s a fresh look at June 2011 photos, in some cases informed by whatever the past 10 years has wrought. Bridge Builder […]
For the Birds 10
Ships with bird names seem plentiful this year. Recall One Ibis, ONE Apus, ONE Stork, CM CGM Aquila, Oyster Catcher, NYK Falcon, NYK Crane… I could go on. In the past months and not posted here, I’ve seen tankers like BW Raven and Yasa Flamingo, Yasa Hawk and Yasa Swan…, but this guy, a bufflehead, […]
Spring Fishing 2020
It’s the sheer diversity of traffic on the sixth boro that keeps me coming back, although diverse does not mean unpredictable. In summer, mermaids gather, specifically around the very day of the solstice. In winter, fishing boats come . In fall, the fishing boats are of a different sort. Chele-C was fishing on the west […]
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