Snowy Trees

The last two storms produced heavy, wet snow that sits on the branches and freezes.

Not good for power lines or over burdened branches but very pretty on trees at the park.

Stay warm and cozy

Close To The Trees

There is a park along the Navesink River in NJ that's built on three levels. You enter at street level and you can descend to the water's edge.

I enjoy the middle level for communing with the trees. The trees at the bottom seem close enough to touch and give the feeling of being able to climb them.

Hug a tree today

Jack's Park

The Sandy Ground Project has made a commitment to build a park for each of the children killed in Newtown, CT. Areas destroyed by Hurricane Sandy have been chosen.

My neighbor town Union Beach, NJ was devastated by Sandy. A small town of working class people Union Beach lost more than a quarter of the homes and nearly every resident was impacted. The waterfront is slowly being restored.

Along with the RAINE Foundation and volunteers from all over the country a park in honor of Jack Pinto was dedicated this spring.

I chose a rainy day to go take some shots so that I didn't interrupt any children at play.

As you can see from the last photo, people from all over the country come to visit Jack's park.

You can see all the other parks built so far at the Sandy Project site. The RAINE foundation site lists the efforts underway to rebuild Union Beach and other towns in the county.

Spring in Brooklyn

Some scenes from my last visit back to the MotherLand of Brooklyn

Walk

CAMERA CRITTERS

Spring at the Lake

Slowly but surely spring is showing signs of staying

Outdoor Wednesday

It Takes a Village

Since the morning after Hurricane Sandy struck volunteers have been at all the area parks and waterfront sites throughout my area - and all along the Jersey Shore. Many are residents, many more come from all over - just to help.

It was really really cold this particular day but through the eyes of the fences I thought I'd share a bit of the area with you. Hopefully I'll get some photos of the workers when the weather is warmer.

All of the fencing was donated and put up by volunteers

Friday Fences

Designing Squirrels

I was taking photos of some holiday displays near the marina when I heard a scuffle going on.

In a corner of the main square I saw strands of lights moving and pieces of a nearby tree falling into a basement window well.

On a bed of Halloween and Thanksgiving scraps this holiday minded sweetie was decorating for the latest round of celebrations.

I'm going back right before New Years to see if he's got hats and noise makers.

I called the Garden Club who maintains the display and they told me the owner of the building knows the squirrels are there and has even made sure the heating vent is clear so they have warmth. Seems they do this every year and usually move back into the park once the foot traffic slows down and their food supply from messy kids dries up. Members of the club and people from the animal control center check up on them.

CAMERA CRITTERS

Bare Beauty

SHADOW SHOTS 2

Cloud Collection

I took these between April and yesterday and noticed the common cloud theme.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,

From up and down, and still somehow

It's cloud illusions i recall.

I really don't know clouds at all.

~ Joni Mitchell

At the town park

At the park in Brooklyn where I played as a child

Remarkably the same 50 years later

I took this at a red light and only saw a flash of white puff that I thought was a cloud

I was delighted to find it was two sweeties cuddling


Friday Fences

Weekend Reflections