Day 219

One and a half laps to go!

August 5th, 2012



This is the 5,648th time this fence has seen Atmavir pass by — bouncy ball in hand — since the race began back on Father's Day.

Day 219

Atmavir brings it on home

August 5th, 2012


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Photo courtesy of Utpal Marshall

Day 219

Cicada buffet

August 5th, 2012



This year's cicadas* must be approaching the end of their life span. I've seen several carcasses lying on the sidewalk over the last week or so.

* These are annual cicadas, not the synced-up periodical ones with the mysterious prime-number life cycles.

Day 219

Portal of the day

August 5th, 2012



Damn! Must be a lot of Islanders fans in this neighborhood.

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Lantana

August 5th, 2012


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Dry cleaning in tow

August 5th, 2012


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Bursting at the seams

August 5th, 2012


Day 219

That’s some gagootz!

August 5th, 2012



Cucuzza squash

Day 219

Conflicting opinions

August 5th, 2012



You can't really see it in this photo, but the text on the bottom line of the plaque reads: "This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine".

I suppose this means that this plaque, which sits in Captain Tilly Park, is merely a non-Maine replica of the plaque designed by Charles Keck, of which more than a thousand copies were cast from metal that actually was salvaged from the Maine. (One of those copies can be found on the monument at the southwest corner of Central Park that we saw back in January.)

Day 219

An ancient mystery

August 5th, 2012



One can only speculate on the origin of this pond's name.

Day 219

And then I got wet

August 5th, 2012