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- Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background
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- Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
- Making Family Drama Where There Isn’t Any
- Tiptoe Through the Tulips and the Memories
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Category Archives: Challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background
Hi F&F, I took the picture in order to capture the stillness and starkness of the pre-party scene. In just a few moments the setting would be transformed into a joyous and lively celebration. I expected the crisp white linen, shiny glassware and … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Celebration, Photography, postaweek2013, weekly photo challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above
Hi F&F, This Sunday was the TD Five Boro Bike Tour. The 40 mile route takes thousands of cyclists through all the boroughs, including the best borough, Brooklyn. In fact, the tour passes not far from where I live and … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Hi F&F, Here are a few photos for this week’s challenge. Peace, ATreeGrowsinBklyn Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Up (erinolearyphotography.com) Weekly photo challenge: Up (jmsimpson.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Up #2 (hereandthere5.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Up (thelintinmypocket.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Up … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Photo, Photography, photos, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge
Tagged blue sky, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Photograph, Photography, photos, postaweek2013, weekly photo challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Color
Hi F&F, I’ve been enjoying the many submissions for this week’s photo challenge – color. I noticed that lots of folks looked up for color; sharing images of the sky in azure, cerulean, and cornflower. Even more people cast their … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer
Hi F&F, Last summer was a scorcher and I’m anxious that we may get a repeat performance of nature’s red hot fury. Already, we have experienced temperatures in the upper 80’s. I am not looking forward to that heat. What … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Food, Photo, Photography, photos, postaweek2012, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge
Tagged amateur photography, Bobby Flay, cooking, Food, Foodie, Guy Fieri, Photography, photos, Recipe, summer, weekly photo challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Through
Hi F&F, I’m always looking for naturally occurring frames when taking a photograph. For this weeks photo challenge, I’m sharing a few of my through shots. Please take a few moments to look through my offerings and please leave a comment … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual
Hi F&F, A typical New York City street scene will usually contain the following elements: Hot Dog Cart – The city that doesn’t sleep does a lot of eating on the street. We have the newfangled gourmet food trucks or … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Challenge, Culture, Curiosities & Oddities, new york city, Photo, Photography, photos, Pop Culture, postaweek2012, weekly photo challenge
Tagged amateur photography, Art, culture, Curiosities & Oddities, DailyPost, Manhattan, New York, New York City, New Yorker, NYC, oil pump, Photograph, Photography, photos, postaweek2012, Public Art, weekly photo challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ready
Hi F&F, Encarta Dictionary defines prayer as – address to God; a spoken or unspoken address to God, a deity, or a saint. It may express praise, thanksgiving, confession, or a request for something such as help or somebody’s well-being. … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope
Hi F&F, It is a sad street; buildings boarded up; storefronts shuttered up; warehouses looking world-weary and looking not long for this world. The desolation is creepy at night and, like most people, I navigate my way via another route at … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Peaceful
Hi F&F, During the daytime, a resort swimming pool is a bubbling cauldron of activity; with swimming and splashing, screaming and laughing. A vigilant lifeguard stands ready to save you if you go too deep. Late at night, devoid of … Continue reading

