My suburban example is watermelon at the annual Congregation Etz Ahaim picnic in Johnson Park, New Jersey.
This woman in New York City was accompanied by two men also dressed in black, funny outfits. No idea what they were trying to sell. They did get a lot of people’s attention.
For more Summer Stock Sunday, visit Around the Island:
This is a detail of a still life painting by my mother, Elaine Wenger. You can click on the image to see the whole painting. I love the strokes of red and orange.
Review of a book: The River Midnight
This week I converted my blog to what is known as Responsive Web Design – in other words, the blog should look good both on large windowed browsers and on small mobile phones. You can see what I mean by shrinking the corner of the browser page.
My flowers-instead-of-grass front lawn meadow is doing nicely. I believe the last time my husband mowed the front lawn was two years ago? Three?
In our backyard, the raspberries are beginning to appear. This makes our yard even more inviting for the birds.
About two weeks ago the catbirds showed up again in our backyard. They seem to love resting on my tomato plant holders.
Do catbirds like hydrangea? I like this white flowering shrub, even if they don’t notice.
Unlike other birds, such as the cardinals in the winter, the catbirds don’t seem to mind when I get up close with my camera.
I think this catbird is about to take off. They make such endearing sounds, like a meowing kitten.
For more Nature Notes:
My middle son graduated from eighth grade last night and then left for camp. Today he is flying to camp, which started yesterday, as he didn’t want to miss graduation. I’m a little sad – I miss him! I know it’s a cliché, but they *do* grow up too fast.
This frolic-in-the-waves photo was taken last month at Asbury Park Beach.
For more watery photos, visit Watery Wednesday:
This is the Pershing Square Bridge next to Grand Central Station on the East Side of New York City. I was in New York on Wednesday for the 140 Conference. Here’s a cool night photo of the same bridge that I found on Flickr.
The bridge is my entry for Sunday Bridges:
This is the top of Grand Central Station in New York City. From here I took the Lexington Avenue subway uptown to the 92nd Street Y.
The sculpture is my entry for Straight Out of the Camera:
