sunset

cold air, hot sky....

fort hamilton, brooklyn

candy's dandy....

but likker's quicker....a shame this place was closed up, they had some interesting container plantings...or at least, some interesting containers...

red hook, brooklyn

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real estate fraud

who knows??

Maybe I could get it cheap. Ya think?

I've owned homes since 1985. This is my first experience with renting. I guess there are perks, but...I prefer owning.

Don't know if I'll ever be able to manage that again.

Don't you hate when there's something in life you really want to do...and you realize...that it's Probably. Never. Going. To. Happen.

thoughts of spring in red hook

driving around red hook this weekend it seemed like i saw more interest in yards and gardens than I've seen in other areas of Brooklyn. maybe the fact that there were two garden centers right across the street from one another! anyway, it got me thinking about my little dirt backyard, and what I can start doing in a couple months to springify it.

this backyard looks kinda messy right now, but i think there was sort of a plan - or at least an effort - at making an interesting backyard space.

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not afraid of a little bit of color....

I love these buildings on Columbia St in Red Hook, they're a bright spot on the way to Ikea or Fairway...

Sunny's Bar on a sunny day

it was a gorgeous day...Caleb and I went to dog park for the usual romp, then headed to Fairway in Red Hook. O. M. G!!! Brooklyn Fairway SO much better than Long Island Fairway! It was incredible. I went for the lemon verbena soap (yum) and co-q-10 face cream...and walked out with a $96 bill!!! I was extremely indulgent and bought flowers (lots) and treats and the biggest portobello mushroom cap I've ever seen!

after, we took a walk along the promenade there, sat on the benches in the sunshine. caleb enjoys being admired by the passers-by. then drove around red hook - such an interesting area. from block to block it's SO different, but you can see a definite artsy influence in parts.

anyway, we sat on a little wall across from this bar for awhile and just enjoyed the sun and the people walking by.

stop shopping!

when I was taking yesterday's picture in Gowanus, I looked up and saw this painted at the top of a building about a block away...funny. what do you think it means??

3rd & 3rd

Driving further north up 3rd Ave today than I'd been before...I think I was nearish the Gowanus area at 3rd Ave & 3rd St...this house just grew up out of an area otherwise flattened by demolition. Funny thing was as I was pulling up, a foot photographer stopped in exactly the spot I was headed for and also took pictures of the house. Ha. I drove around the block while he finished up. Amazing. All of Brooklyn, and we've got two cameras in the exact same spot trying to take a picture of the exact same thing.

Anyway, handsome building. Wondering why it remains when everything around it has been wrecking-balled.

Wish I had a *good* map of neighborhoods so I knew where was I was all the time!

yeah, I don't really think i'd want to work here....

86th St., Bay Ridge

houseboat? no, boat house

I see the top of this house from the Belt Parkway every morning on my way to work...it looks like a ship, complete with masts and portholes...I found it from street level yesterday when my daughter and I were trying to go to Loehmann's in Sheepshead Bay (which was, incidentally, "closed for emergency," which seemed weird, but whatever). I was finally going to have some time to drive around picture-hunting...took the picture of the house, turned the corner....then my car started banging, so we headed slowly home  :-( 

$800 estimate later, I am home today with my car in the shop getting a new exhaust system. sigh. it's always something, right??

I don't think you quite get the "boat-ness" of it from street level, but...

you think...maybe?

maybe...just MAYBE, we have a NASCAR fan here??

love the "mini me" car on the garage roof

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Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn

ice cream u scream

it was crazy cold here today. with the wind chill it was down in the single digits, with episodes of blasty snow flurries. the last thing i feel like having is ice cream - let alone, MEAN ice cream! click on the picture to enlarge. i know that pink scoop is supposed to look all girly and nice, but i think she looks a little scary. life is hard enough, your ice cream shouldn't be scary.

gerritsen ave., gerritsen beach, brooklyn

my hat's off to you

well, we did it. we walked all the way to dog park. don't laugh. a mile there and a mile back. and that is quite a MILEstone for me. ha ha ha ha. sorry.

it was peaceful walking down 86th St, which is usually a hustley-bustley shopping area...just about everything was closed for the holiday, and there were only a few people out walking.

someone left their party hat from the night before on one of the Muni meter things.

86th St, Bay Ridge