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- Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
- A Leisure for Less Post: Walt Whitman in Brooklyn
- Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says
- A Memorial Day Post: NYC Fleet Week Canceled, but USS Franklin Not Forgotten
- Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
- Leisure for Less: Art Museum Day is May 18th
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
- Making Family Drama Where There Isn’t Any
- Tiptoe Through the Tulips and the Memories
- Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above
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Category Archives: weekly photo challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
Hi F&F, As I’ve said in other posts, I’m relatively new to the whole smartphone camera trend. I’m making up for lost time and I’ve been experimenting with an array of photo apps. My entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves was … Continue reading
Posted in Photo, Photography, photos, Travel, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Atlantic City, Photography, postaweek2013, Revel Hotel, Travel, weekly photo challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
Hi F&F, The Red Hook Criterium, the once hyper local bike race, was brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Saturday Night. The Red Hook Crit (RHC) started its life as an informal night-time bike race through the streets of … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says
Hi F&F, I walk to work each morning. I often use that 20 minute span as a walking meditation exercise. During this walking meditation I am focused on the act of putting one foot in front of the other – … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Photography, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Advertising, Meditation, postaweek2013, weekly photo challenge
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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
Posted in Challenge, Photography, photos, weekly photo challenge
Tagged architecture, Celebration, Photography, postaweek2013, weekly photo challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
Hi F&F, For this week’s photo challenge: escape, I’m posting a few photos of the Metro Tech Commons (MTC) located in Downtown Brooklyn. It stands in the center of Brooklyn’s business district which boasts more than 17 million square feet of … Continue reading
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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Steinway & Sons Factory Tour
Hi F&F, When I was a school girl I liked going on class trips. Those trips meant leaving the confines of the classroom to take learning out into the wider world. For me, learning in the classroom sometimes felt like … Continue reading
Posted in brooklyn, Curiosities & Oddities, fun, new york city, Photography, photos, Technology, Travel, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Arts and Craft, Craft, Design, factory tour, New York City, Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037, Photography, piano, postaweek2013, Steinway & Sons, Travel, urban industry, 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: Future Tense
Hi F&F, Mixed messages about the economy and our money abound. Last week the United States Federal Reserve said it would continue with their quantitative easing policy. The view is that the strategy has been successfully supporting economic growth, yet … Continue reading
Posted in brooklyn, Daily Living, frugality, Life, Photo, Photography, photos, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge
Tagged Economics, Future tense, life, Photograph, postaweek2013, United States, weekly photo challenge
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