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- Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
- A Leisure for Less Post: Walt Whitman in Brooklyn
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- 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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Tag Archives: Brooklyn
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
A Leisure for Less Post: Walt Whitman in Brooklyn
Hi F&F, Brooklyn has a rich literary history. Many noteworthy authors have called Kings County home and even more have found the place inspiring. Walt Whitman falls into both camps. The great American poet once lived in the borough and … Continue reading
Posted in brooklyn, Culture, frugality, fun, History, Performing Arts, Poetry
Tagged Brooklyn, events, Literature, poetry, Walt Whitman
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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
Tiptoe Through the Tulips and the Memories
Hi F&F, Last week I shared pictures of cherry blossoms from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This Mother’s Day I’m giving you tulips. This is my first Mother’s Day without Mom, Inc. I can’t give her flowers today, but that’s ok. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Living, Holidays, Photography, photos
Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Death, Family, Flower, Gratitude, Horticulture, Mom, Mother, Mothers Day, Parenting, Tulip
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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
The Bold & the Beautiful: The Cherry Blossoms of Brooklyn
Hi F&F, The ornamental cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) are almost as famous as their cousins in Japan. The trees in the BBG are “A-listers”. They are superstars in every sense of the word. They are pampered, they have … Continue reading
Posted in brooklyn, Horticulture, humor, new york city, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Cherry blossom, Flowers, Gardens, humor, Photography, photos
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Eye Spy: A May December Relationship
Hi F&F, I spied a bright young thing clinging to an odd rusty thing. This was a May December relationship. And while this match incited the usual stares and whispers; it was devoid of the usual innuendo and reproach. This pairing is … Continue reading
Posted in brooklyn, Daily Living, Life, Photo, Photography, photos
Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Yard, community, nature, Photograph, Photography, photos, Society
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Eye Spy: I’m Stumped
Hi F&F While walking home my eye spied this….. This painted tree stump has ATreeGrowsinBklyn stumped. Peace, ATreeGrowsinBklyn
Posted in brooklyn, clinton hill, Curiosities & Oddities, Daily Living, humor, Outdoors, Photo, Photography, photos, Uncategorized
Tagged amateur photography, Brooklyn, Horticulture, nature, Photography, Tree, Tree stump
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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: Today
Hi F&F, I’m posting my today challenge photo today, but it was actually taken the day before today (which is when I saw the challenge). If it’s Monday where you are – great; that statement is correct. If it’s Tuesday … Continue reading

