April 6, 2024
March 26, 2024
The turn of the seasons are my very favorite times to photograph cemeteries… And on foot, in the newly docile air, one discovers the gems not visible from the road… The van from afar Cat 1 Cat 2 Still snow on the ground Aren’t we? Sealed up A little birdhouse Read more…
February 29, 2024
The shortest month, though a little longer this year, has come and gone. To follow some of the misplaced pieces of its path. The moon. This was from the driveway. I shot as long as I could before frozen fingers put me back inside. With some finally clear skies, more Read more…
April 8, 2023
After spending the afternoon in Rochester’s Highland Park, I told my guy it was like the equivalent of New York’s Central Park. As it turns out it was designed by the same man who designed the iconic Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted–the founder of American landscape architecture. As I tend Read more…
April 4, 2023
The Magnolias flower early in the Spring and I look forward to seeing them in Green-Wood Cemetery every year. After work, when I needed them most, their peak beauty lured me in. And because my lens seems to turn them into delicate watercolors, most of my time was spent under Read more…
April 1, 2023
March’s wrath is officially over. It is a tough month; but it’s the portal to summer. To follow some highlights that cannot be sorted elsewhere… The cookie that can get me through an 8-hour day. Yardsale‘s vegan pistachio chocolate chip… Ok, this is also work-related. Because March is one of Read more…
March 19, 2023
Wanting Spring faster, I headed over to The Bronx for New York Botanical Garden‘s Orchid Show. Though most of the grounds were still barren and wintery, it was nice to see some crocuses and flowering trees starting to rear their colorful heads. But I was mostly inside the humid and Read more…
April 26, 2022
Every year I look forward to the cherry blossoms in Green-wood Cemetery. It is a mark of Spring and, in turn, a sign of Summer on its way. Though I was only able to visit early in the cherry blossom bloom, the trees were plush with plenty of pink.
April 10, 2022
Despite the chilling winds, it is Spring time. And the flowering trees in Green-Wood Cemetery are beckoning. A brief stop while I was nearby will hold me over for a little bit, but I’ll be back when it feels more like Spring and there is more green in the background.
March 25, 2022
The Saucer Magnolia trees bloom first of the local flowering trees… or at least the first of the trees in my favorite spot to photograph them, Green-Wood Cemetery. Just a short work from work, lugging my teacher stuff, I captured a piece of spring–though the cold air is heading back. Read more…
March 22, 2022
It’s that time of the year again. Spring fever. What beauty have you discovered leaving your den? Art Deco break in Bay Ridge At the Skyline Drive-in, Greenpoint Flowering trees 💓 On the ferry Ready for star shoots
December 21, 2021
If I had a dime for every blog post I started with “I’m really excited…” I would be a rich lady able to do even more exciting things! But… I‘m really excited about this fairy top… and the prospect of making others to appeal to a whole other subculture of Read more…
May 19, 2021
Sometimes when I get out of work, my feet take me to Green-Wood Cemetery… usually when it is beautiful out or when I have my good camera on me or if it’s been a minute. Most of the time I don’t deconstruct it. I just go, and let the why Read more…
May 16, 2021
Wanting to catch Yayoi Kusama’s Cosmic Nature art installation throughout New York Botanical Garden‘s beautiful grounds, I took a quick trip to the New York City borough I am in least often… The Bronx. With Spring’s blooms in effect and warm weather, the winding paths were bustling with life. It Read more…
April 28, 2021
Back at my beloved Green-Wood Cemetery to check and see if the Cherry Blossoms were a bit more plentiful than my last visit… plentiful enough to use my fisheye lens. Walking down Green-Wood‘s petal-littered paths enveloped in pink is one of the most magical milestones of Spring in Brooklyn. But Read more…
April 20, 2021
I’ve been very impatient for the coming of the Cherry Blossoms this season. And since I had them mostly to myself last year, I’m a bit possessive with them now that they are partially in bloom in my most favorite spot. To follow, the half-bloom photoshoot, just a taste of Read more…
April 7, 2021
Early Spring’s colorful greetings are about everywhere in Brooklyn… and the season starts with some of my favorite blooms–daffodils and magnolias. With my point and shoot camera dying, pushing me to upgrade my phone, I took ‘er out to test the camera on this pretty subject matter in my daily Read more…
March 31, 2021
Going to Florida on Spring break doesn’t have to mean packing on the beach with a bunch of partying yutes. In fact, I can’t think of anything more annoying than that. The state, and its beaches, has so much to offer–tranquil, isolated, beautiful experiences far from the crowds of college Read more…
March 23, 2021
Though it’s too early for the flowering trees I am waiting for, the gorgeous weather had me dropping in on Green-Wood Cemetery early for some crocuses, the start of some daffodils and some quiet contemplation. The pretty purple crocuses were scattered about here and there. Their vibrant shade is a Read more…
April 28, 2020
On my to-do list this afternoon: Lay under a Cherry Blossom tree. ✅ And if it’s on my list, it’s going to get done. Until I get myself to Japan for Hanami (on my list, so.. you know), I will run to Green-Wood annually when the cherry blossoms are in Read more…
April 14, 2020
I was very much looking forward to tulip season. I had put Holland Ridge’s Tulip Festival on my calendar well in advance. Then, Coronavirus happened, cancelling many events at one of the most magical times of the year: Spring. But if I traveled all the way to the Netherlands to Read more…
April 2, 2020
I took a bike ride to see the flowering trees at Green-Wood. The ride was rough as I am totally lacking in cardiovascular endurance. But boy was I thankful for my lung capacity, the strength in my legs, my health in general–my ability to put something on my list of Read more…
March 26, 2020
The “Z” from my classroom has hung in all my official teaching spaces. So now it is on my apartment door. I can’t wait until it is back in room 329A. That time of the month. The time when Vegancuts send me a care package. Even more welcome in a Read more…
March 14, 2020
Why hello Spring. The start of Spring is the most exciting time. Who am I kidding, there I things I love about every season. But this color! This lightening fast year won’t slow its roll. And since it’s already a lamb… a last lion.
May 2, 2019
With two days of state exams and an awesome testing schedule, I spent my back-to-back free periods in my favorite place: Green-Wood Cemetery. It is crazy to think I first set foot into its grounds only a year ago. This time, peak flowering for its gorgeous trees would make it Read more…
April 3, 2019
This is where Spring starts: as a burst of bright on the end of a drab brown branch. In-between my days’ other times I found these sparks in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery and Prospect Park. Cherished indicators of impending beauty… Blow a kiss to Spring! More Green-wood…