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Wild Thing of the Week: The early birds this morning were the crows. One way you can tell the difference between crows a...
23/01/2025

Wild Thing of the Week: The early birds this morning were the crows. One way you can tell the difference between crows and ravens--other than by their size (ravens are larger) and call (crows have a distinctive "caw-caw"), is by the shape of their tails. The tail of the American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), shown in Image 1 (I think!!) fans out in a straight line, while the raven's tail comes to a point. They both have ten long, fingerlike "flight feathers" on their wings (which does draw our minds to the theory of evolution...👋....but I won't get into that this week of all weeks). Crows and ravens are such strong and smart creatures. All respect to the birds and other stalwart creatures out and about at 6 am this wintry morning in the Hudson Valley. (Those are coyote or fox prints in the snow, btw...not 100% sure about them, either...I've seen both in my backyard. Either way, the squirrels, voles, etc., better watch out.)

How to know you're a Boomer. I'm at my upstairs window saying to myself, "all white," and then immediately segueing to "...
20/01/2025

How to know you're a Boomer. I'm at my upstairs window saying to myself, "all white," and then immediately segueing to "all right, all right, all right," a la Matthew McConaughey...and all I could hear in my head was Elmer J. Fudd (he owned a mansion and a yacht). Beautiful in any case.

Beacon to Newburgh today. And a dusting of natural glitter at my doorstep last night. ❄️
18/01/2025

Beacon to Newburgh today. And a dusting of natural glitter at my doorstep last night. ❄️

Going with the floes and looking for the light.
14/01/2025

Going with the floes and looking for the light.

: More good vibes courtesy of the great 's 'Equal All' friendly monster mosaics, part of the artist's "Each One, Ever...
13/01/2025

: More good vibes courtesy of the great 's 'Equal All' friendly monster mosaics, part of the artist's "Each One, Every One, Equal All" permanent underground installation, which now spans from the Bryant Park to Times Square stations. (These are near the Times Square Shuttle platform.) You can almost hear the joyful noise Nick Cave's "Soundsuits" would contribute to the usual cacophony down there.

UWS vibes between the golden and blue hours yesterday. The moon and Venus were hanging out up there.
12/01/2025

UWS vibes between the golden and blue hours yesterday. The moon and Venus were hanging out up there.

Seen tonight with fresh eyes: "To the Heroic Dead of the Fire Department" / "Duty" / "Sacrifice" reads the inscriptions ...
12/01/2025

Seen tonight with fresh eyes: "To the Heroic Dead of the Fire Department" / "Duty" / "Sacrifice" reads the inscriptions on the monument at 100th St and Riverside Drive in Riverside Park. It is so easy to second guess and blame. But I can't help but wonder how many among us are so brave and selfless as to put the well being of others before our own safety every day in the way our first responders and their families do? Those trucks don't drive themselves. These folks are, in the words inscribed on this the monument, "soldiers in a war that never ends." New York is with you LA. ✨🕊️

Firefighters' monument (1913)
Architect: Harold Van Buren Magonigle (1867–1935)
Sculptor: Attilio Piccirilli (May 16, 1866 – October 8, 1945)

Portrait of the artist at her desk with topknot, geraniums laptop, reading lamp, wing chair, damask, and iPhone. . . I s...
08/01/2025

Portrait of the artist at her desk with topknot, geraniums laptop, reading lamp, wing chair, damask, and iPhone. . . I swapped sides of my desk for the day...but the river will call me back pronto, no doubt. So grateful for the warmth of the sunshine.

(I did my Senior Seminar in English Lit in Joyce...so pls forgive the presumptuousness of the caption. But we are all the artists of our own lives, working with the limited materials available to us, no? The act of creating something is essential, I believe. And what you create tells so much about you. Maybe it's a sculpture. Maybe it's a photograph. Maybe it's a building or bridge or book. Maybe it's a podcast or product or system that improves people's lives. Maybe it's a welcoming home and dinner...for 8 or 6 or 2 or 1. Maybe we don't need an audience always. Solitude can be sacred. Create something that means something to you this year. You are the artist of you. Follow your intuition.)

Back to work for us. Back to the North Pole for them. A little snow. A little soup. Geraniums and citrusy tea. The cresc...
07/01/2025

Back to work for us. Back to the North Pole for them. A little snow. A little soup. Geraniums and citrusy tea. The crescent moon and Venus in the western sky. It has not been a peaceful start to the new year for the world. We can do better. I hope we will. ✨🕊️

When the world's best sister is a lifelong fan and it's the last game of a tough season, you bundle up and go w/ her an...
06/01/2025

When the world's best sister is a lifelong fan and it's the last game of a tough season, you bundle up and go w/ her and cheer her team on (even if you are more of a Heidi person) 💚 and they won! Season over...and now we're both on to rooting guilt-free for the in the playoffs. Let's go, Buffalo. ❤️💙 🏈

(Hot chocolate, scarf color blocking, and a crazy Woolrich hat that I reserve for blizzards and occasions such as these kept me cozy.)

Borrowing this pen and ink (and shield) greeting from illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey to wish you the very best in 2025. ...
02/01/2025

Borrowing this pen and ink (and shield) greeting from illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey to wish you the very best in 2025. Xo mg

The American illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey met his M.G., Mary Gertrude (née Mead) Abbey [American (born England), Torquay, Devon 1851–1931 Brent, Middlesex], at an artists colony in the village of Broadway in the Cotswolds in 1888 and married in 1890. You can learn more about the village and its place in American art history in this "Tour and Explore" video by Blue Badge tour guide Anne Bartlett: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=6W0TTiG6bpI

Drawing from the Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whitt else Fund, 1964

Sometimes I select a book from the poetry shelf and choose a verse at random. Tonight, first night of the year, a few li...
02/01/2025

Sometimes I select a book from the poetry shelf and choose a verse at random. Tonight, first night of the year, a few lines from Mary Oliver's "Am I Not Among the Early Risers," included in 'Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver' ©️ 2017 by NW Orchard LLC .

Funny how often the words feel just right for the moment. Wishing you all a good year ahead. 🕊️✨

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