Discovering Beauty in Everyday Life

MONSOON! Help,  Help,         Heeelp.     Glug, glug, glug   East 94th shore of Manhattan (August 19, 2011)

Ripe stalks rise up for the late October scythe.  Widow spiders spin and weave their silky bed of coffin lilies. Entire restless oceans move with a full moon tug.                  Those fresh raindrops keep swimming down the pane, Disappearing in the window frame. A moonlit cloud, shifting its shape for two star gazing lovers, Slowly fades into black sky. Proud, proud Mother cradles her forth (of ten), While Cat seeks safer haven with her third of six. Don’t they know about the blood moon waiting in the wings? Wings! How long is the journey anyway?    A buzz and a lick and a quick goodbye?   An eon or two in the Milky Way? An August with a swallowtail butterfly? Animal-Plant in the Conserrvancy Garden, Central Park

 Now I know many people dwell in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx and even near the famous Gowanus Canal. Yes, most of them seem to live.  Nevertheless, it has been my experience that, even Without Traffic , the expedition is harrowing.  I mean, here are a few shots from one recent Outer Borough Excursion: zooming at light-speed over the Queensborough Bridge OOPS!  What was that?  Well, we missed it anyway. What an interestsing Building...Let me get a little closer! Did that building just move 180 degrees down left?   Finally we arrive at our Home Improvement Destination, and are assisted by our friendly representative from Customer Service. Friendly Customer Service Representative Demonstrates a Reducer Molding It's time to go back into the park!

I’m familiar with a certain ache,  I saw it sneak in through my heart, but  I never saw it settle in the marrow of my soul. It’s there, though, I see the signs,   A small crack in the armature of life, A tear in the quiescent center, A broken track in a dusty path, A buzzing insect behind a glass. That yellow willow crying. I knew what it was, I saw it coming.    I said hello in fact. I thought I’d have a threading hole Just in case of a homeless hopeful sliver. ########## Response to the Riddle of the Gowanus Canal:  The answer is.......... .FIVE!!  All of the above. because: The crane IS obsessively nervous. because: Both This and That are definitely juxtaposed. because: "Greenish water barely reflecting a rusty barge and a broken wall" is indeed photographically self-evident. because: There is a Gowanus Yacht Club.  Sadly, it appears to be a landlocked beer garden. Gowanus Yacht Club in Brooklyn, from http://Readymade.com