Gold Fish

 

Koi are carp. Goldfish are carp. But koi are not goldfish.

Baby Sunflower says "Shana Tova Umetukah"

 

May you have a good and sweet year.

Big City

 

Four days ago, a fire broke out at Danken Auto Parts. I took a lot of pictures. This is one.

During the main part of the crisis, the Police and Fire Departments closed Fourth Avenue in both directions, with perhaps fifty emergency vehicles in attendance. I asked a firefighter if this was typical. He said that because of the danger of collapse in the building, and because there were accelerants present, they weren't taking any chances.

(While "the FDNY said the fire was placed under control at 3:17pm," there was at least one fire truck, ladder extended, parked in front of the building until daybreak the following day.)

Oxygenation System

 

Another view of the Gowanus Canal: the temporary oxygenation system that will help reduce odors during sewage overflows.

Just an Airplane

 

Sometimes, an airplane is just an airplane.

Heavy Head

 

Mature sunflower head, more than half the seeds eaten. Gowanus.

Water In Two States

 

A water tower atop public housing in Gowanus, and the clouds behind it.

The tower appears five minutes into a short film I made.

Water towers help tall buildings in New York maintain water pressure.

This article explains it all.

Water exists in many states of matter.

For example, we know water as a solid, a liquid or a vapor.

Clouds aren't water vapor, however.

They're suspended droplets of water. Or sometimes, very small ice crystals.

It was very humid when I took this picture.

Not that you can see that.

Order Happening Now

 

What does he see?

I took this picture holding the camera at my hip as I walked by. I had no idea what I'd get. Nor what he saw.

Perfect and Good: Enemies

Dans ses écrits, un sàge Italien
Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
(Voltaire)

I didn't focus the lens properly when I took this picture. I should have had a tripod. I should have posted it earlier in the day.

Oh, I try to do Better. All the time. But Good makes me happy, too.

Vine on a Wire

There's a metaphor here, if I had time to unpack it.

Instead, I have been working on a short play for The Shelter's Sunday writing-acting-directing workshops.

Why do people talk about unpacking metaphors? Are metaphors like suitcases?

I oughtn't to ask such silly questions.

Wakes

 

A picture of the Massachusetts coastline, taken from the window of a Cape Air Cessna 402, on July 30th, 2011.

The twin piston-engine Cessna 402 seats between six and ten people. Cape Air has the largest fleet (sixty four planes), which they operate in the Caribbean and the U.S. (Thanks, Wikipedia article!)

I haven't counted the number of boats in this picture.