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Found this Picasso in the ICE of the park. New Years resolutions in Cold Cubism
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Some stay huddled inside
.. and others dance in the snow like nobody is watching.
What would you do?
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Ice puddle in the park before the snow storm
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You go your way and I have to go mine.
The harsh reality expressed in an unforgiving cold snowy day
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As I emerged into 20F (-7C) for a Benjy walk -“reality and dream” on the car window
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Time passes
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That is the water and me,
and so shivers the tree..
and me,
as we accompany the dog for a pee
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As I walked Benjy this am I saw this posting in the Mason Rice elementary school classroom window (backwards because I was on the outside).
See comment below for the importance of looking at clues from another perspective!
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Looked up the quote and this is the poem I discovered
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The poem by Maya Angelou within which the words “Still like dust I rise” The poem is so poignant that I wanted it to stand out so I posted it again to reiterate my stand against bullying, slavery, prejudice and terror and the farce of the “United Nations” better described as the “United Nations against Israel”
Thank you Benjy for bringing both art and now poetry into my life!!! If not for you I would not have come across the poem!
January 19 2017
One comes across amazing things on the dog walk – Just keep your eyes and your mind open – and you will see things you have never seen before
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When life gives you a cold shoulder Look at the bright side Where you will find that the grass is greener
And it will also be a little softer and warmer
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but still enjoying its reflecting job as a sunglasses lens
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Even my tears are icing up
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In the summer I coveted and covered thee, mon arbor, mon amour And now I am gone And miss you so much in this deathly winter As I lie and grieve for you in my grave Now, I can only cover and covet your shadow To try and renew and relive our love With a hope to keep our memories warm Mon mieu, Mon arbor, Mon amour.
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More Than 10 Trees Sing in Unison with an Awesome Result
Can you spot who is leading the effort? (chazan)
Dedicated to Steve Ebstein
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Valentines Day is Coming in the middle of American Heart Month
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Check out the capillaries!
Found Objects while Walking the Dog
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Lessons from dog Walk this am- and salt crystals on the road
Human – An innate fear of nature at its extreme
Science – Salt lowers freezing point of water Moral – Influence spreads wider than you know – try to be good Dog-
Don’t let the dog step on the crystals – Causes pain and the stops them dead in their tracks in the middle of the road
For those from “no snow” climates – in preparation for snow and slippery conditions on the roads the towns spread salt xstals to reduce the chances of accidents
Wanted to thank you from the bottom of my paws for helping me avoid the salt, explaining to me why humans put it there, and of course telling me about the importance spreading good influence
Love Benjy
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Benjy and I were on a dog walk today and we chose to follow a sign that said “GARDEN OF EDEN” – and this is what we saw!
Happy Valentines Day to all
IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
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Dedicated to Arielle Davidoff who loves to dance
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Consequences of Winter Time
However Nature has her way to recycle and bring back the dead to life
Some call it the after-life
Dedicated to Danielle Davidoff who loves and wants to preserve the environment and committed to the idea of recycling
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Dedicated to Danielle Davidoff who loves and wants to preserve the environment and committed to the idea of recycling
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” After a snowstorm that’s when its beautiful.
The ice on the sidewalk…. the muddy slush on the gutters.”
“Yeah, me and her and my two hot water bottles. You know it gets cold, nights in Acapulco!”
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(His first mistake – not learning from history!
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Benjy is our dog He knows every bark intimately!… and he p*ss*s them off
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In Memory of our kind, warm and caring Andrea Fisher Seitel who was prematurely taken away from us 7 years ago. May her memory live on.
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E Pluribus Unum
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The Eternal Questions of Immediate Situations What Would You Do? My answer? … You answer first!
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I was just kidding with that face! You have to take it in context –
Benjy and I were just playing!
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When I became slow rusty and crusty,
They drove a stick drive through my hard drive-
Like a stab in the back
And tossed me to the cold water of the winter
And now I lie with an empty brain on the dog walk path
With the excrement of some wild animal on my face –
So I said to myself
as I lay in the gutter of life
If I am not for myself who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself –
What am I?
And if not now when then?
So I did the trick of Watson and Crick
and did CTRL copy paste
and duplicated myself
and did C colon enter
and got rid of the excrement on my face
and did CTRL ALT delete
and deleted the ALT RIGHT CLICK (whew!)
and then did CTRL SAVE –
which saved my soul
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And suddenly there was a turn around and I sat upright in the water
Thank G for Hillel
who inspired my comeback!
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“I will have my way with you in the spring when you will wither away, and rather than embracing me with your hard and cold heart, you will enrich me from the bottom of my roots to the inner sanctum of my soul!”
Each has a glorious moment in time, as the cycles of nature go around and around with ups and downs.
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BENJY THE LION KING – I HAVE A DREAM
Portrait by Betsy Bynack Barry -Benjy’s Godmother
and the ground is cold,
Massachusetts dreamin
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GETTING READY FOR NEWTON OPEN STUDIOS APRIL 1 and 2 This year trying my hand on recycled and refashioned furniture. These pieces had been dumped on the side of the road (often found while walking the the dog) and now given new life with a bit of makeup, a few old logs, some glue, and a few screws.
NEWTON OPEN STUDIOS this weekend
Come check out “Woman”, “Trio of Xray Dancers”, ‘Shofar”, ‘Duet of Loneliness”, “En Pointe”, ‘Stick Dancers”, ‘American Indian”, and “The Choir” – among many others
FLOCK = Feathers Loving One another in Comradeship and Kinship
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REFLECTIONS IN A MELTING ICE POND Things are always changing!
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A Crumpled CVS receipt becomes a Dance Duet
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Chag sameach to All our Family, Friends, Countrymen/women and ourselves.
May we bond and bind by our own choice, throw off the shackles that enslave us, and find our freedom
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Look upward and you will find freedom
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BOSTON MARATHON as seen by Benjy while on our walk
1 Kirui, Geoffrey 2:09:37 KEN
2 Rupp, Galen 2:09:58 USA
3 Osako, Suguru 2:10:28 JPN
4 Biwott, Shadrack2:12:08 USA
5 Chebet, Wilson 2:12:35 KEN
and the horse chestnut bud
Spreads its wings
“Free at LAst!”
You can hear it shout to the wind
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recycling trash to art – a broken plastic glove, a wipe and some stones send a message
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Isaac Newton and the DogWalk
Said gravity to water droplet –
“ I will force you down”
Said droplet to earth –
“You may shudder with the fall”
Said earth to water
“I will spread you in my womb”
Said water to the roots
“I will move up inside you”
Said Time to Winter
”You are going down”
Said Time to Spring
“Time to come up”
Said tree to itself
“Time to grow up and bud”
Said bud to husk
“Release me so I can grow up”
Said gravity to husk
“You are going to fall down”
Said spider to the tree
“Hold my web, so I do not fall”
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From Big Bang to Eternity
A poem dedicated to our son Aaron on his birthday
From the explosive womb of Big Bang Hydrogen,
your progenitor was born
Consisting of single moving and opposite forces
Seeking companionship, and a need for Oneness
Bigger and more powerful than the self
And the atoms and elements and then the molecules of life
Were themselves given life
And then you my darling water
The purest of beings
Born with a gush from the amniotic sacs of Big Bang
Finding your way to virgin earth
Under forces beyond you
With forces in you
To enable all of life
For without you we would not be
The single droplet of rain hitting the puddle
With its kind but explosive kinetic force
Under the same original force that brought you to earth
Converting to a beautiful sound of the droplet on water
With an array of waves in perfect circle
As I ponder this wonder
The beauty of physics at its best
No energy destroyed, just converted
A simple yet not so simple action reaction of Newton
Snow, ice, vapor, waves of the sea, and a flowing river
Calming of the soul
Giver of life From Big Bang to Eternity
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Conversation in Iron and Wood
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Love Comfort and Trust when the crowd brings too much noise
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Celebrating the Spring in the Life of an Ancient Nation and never forgetting those who helped us get there
Happy 69th birthday to Israel in your 3500 year old history
Yom Hashoa Yom Hazikaron (the red blossoms) and Yom Ha’atzmaut (the blue and the white)
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180 degrees in 2 Months.
The Spring is that much sweeter after the freeze of Winter
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100 VINDOWS OF VENICE – Imagine what these windows have seen through the Venetian ages
TURMOIL OF TURBULENCE
WOMEN OF THE ADRIATIC
BODY LANGUAGE IN VENICE –
When acts of loving kindness go unnoticed. A book could be written about this image.!!!!
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MEN OF THE ADRIATIC
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Cubism in the bark of the river birch
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“Hooked on Newton” PROJECT
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CATS OF THE ADRIATIC
GRAFFITI IN THE ADRIATIC
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EVER HEARD OF A TULIP TREE? Currently flowering on the dog walk path
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LION IN A TREE WITH A TRUMP HAIRDO
Keep a Focus –
Onward and Upward
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“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
(Leonard Cohen)
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The flowers in the center of the collage found the crack, and against all adversity flourished . They understood Leonard Cohen! .. or better still Cohen understood them
YOUTH, MOTHERHOOD, AND OLD AGE
The Old Woman Looks to Return to the Earth after Living a Full and Meaningful Life
(Louis Gerstner)
Recycling Lost Clothing to Teach Lessons Through Art
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Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
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Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
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Nude Under the Tree
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A Dead Tree Trunk Found in a Pond in the Great Brook Farm State Park In Carlisle Massachusetts
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Found when we took the Hound For a walk in the Great Brook Farm State Park In Carlisle Massachusetts
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Happy July 4th
A long, arduous and evolving journey- but worth it !!
Dedicated to Joel and Maya on the occasion of their marriage
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How do you advise your children?
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In Honor of Arielle Davidoff
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Water pond bubble art dedicated to Betsy and Bill’s Jasmine
Water pond bubble art dedicated to Betsy and Bill’s Jasmine
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Gray Houses of the Gray Lady are in pristine condition with a bevy of beautiful and colorful window boxes
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So I asked “Mr Mushroom what are you doing?” “Just mooning” he said with a sigh
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MOONING AND MUSHROOMS
Tis the season for both. July 20 1969 – “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
FROM MOONING TO MUSHROOMING TO PIZZA
From the series “Romancing the Moon”
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From the series “Romancing the Moon”
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From the series “Romancing the Moon
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A mushroom and a root make the dog teach wisdom
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Dedicated to the Emotions Expressed by Dance and by Mushrooms
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Sometimes it is what you perceive rather than what you see!
Image 1) The real thing
Image 2) Inverted colors soften the visual repulsion!
Image 3) Multiply and multiply and voila!! The whole is bigger than the parts
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When the Whole is Bigger than the Parts
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Did you know that dogs fly in the middle of August?
It looks like Benjy is about to fly right into the goose However he was actually running after a goose that was behind the geese in the picture. No Photoshop tricks here!
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From the series “Sunsets of Vermont”
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Dancer at the Barre in the Forest
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Air to Earth – Earth to Air
From the series “Bird Scat Splat Art”
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GO INWARDS
“Go inwards, find your inner space and suddenly you will find an explosion of light, of beauty, and ecstasy.”
Osho The secret of glory in the morning!
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YELTA shines on the inside –
DAISY to the outside
Which one resonates with you?
Maybe both?
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Self Portrait in the Rock
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ROOTS AND WINGS – Aaron moves on
Sunset in the East – Sunrise in the West-
Onward and Upward to SF -with much pride
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While visiting G’pa Hy (Naomi’s Dad) in NJ this weekend – we came across these 3 unique individuals
The praying mantis was in the garden demonstrating the power of stillness, seemingly in quiet contemplation and prayer. The wolf whom we saw in the Lacota wolf preserve is, contrary to folk tales, “intelligent, non-aggressive, and friendly with the ability to make strong emotional attachments”.
The wolf is a social animal and dedicated to the well being of the pack.
And Grandpa.. …an angel on earth – to say the least – has all the above qualities and more – the power of stillness, quietness calm and humility .. “intelligent, non-aggressive, and friendly with the ability to make strong emotional attachments”.
… dedicated to the well being of the pack
And that folks summarises our weekend – of course with Naomi, Talya, Arielle, and Benjy making it all the more pleasurable
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Little red riding hood made of diaper wipe and tinfoil and grandma made of roots and a broken tennis ball
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In honor of the 96th birthday of Professor Fay Segal who taught me how to listen to the heart and inspired a life long interest-
She is the mother of my dear friend Geoffrey Hirsowitz.
Fay always had a love for the garden and for dogs.
Thank you Fay for many wonderful memories of my youth and wishing you many more happy and healthy years.
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A prayer for our children!
One of my favorite songs
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Iron Sides right in the middle
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Pain comes in many forms without discrimination – from the tips of our fingers to the depths of our souls
September is Pain Awareness Month
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From the Series “Dancing in the Streets”
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Water Stain = FREE on dog walk Henry Moore sculpture = about $2.7million
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Thinking about how to prepare for Rosh Hashanah on dog walk today and found these signs pointing to heaven
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Shana Tova to all
The first word of creation (bereshith) begins with a beth that contains a seed (dagesh) that gives rise to the universe and the world (including Adam and Eve )
Shana Tova to all
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Shana Tova to all our family and friends – a tribute to the marvel of our worldBeth of creation (bereshith)
Sound of the ram’s horn – awake from a slumber
Creation of the heavens and the earth
Miracle of biology Adam and Eve
Wishing all the good things of life in the coming year
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THE SHOFAR
AND ITS SOUNDS
SOUNDS OF THE PRIMITIVE ALARM CLOCK for Rosh HAshana
TE’KIAH – one long blast SHEVARIM – three broken sounds TERU’AH -nine staccato notes. TEKI’AH GEDOLAH – a “great blast”
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INTROSPECTION
Hillel
If I am not for myself, who will be for me.
If I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now when then?
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INTROSPECTION, DECISION AND ACTION
Throw away the rocks in your backpack that hold you down and keep the stuff that helps you move forward and upward
From the Rosha Hashana series
AKA Know (what) to hold and (what) to fold (Kenny Rogers-kinda)
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THE SHOFAR
– a poem
September is here
And the beat of the bleat
Causes a shudder in my soul
Look into yourself, it stutters
And throw out the clutter
That mutters, mutters, mutters,
Nit natters, and gnaws ..
Of things no matter and nought
Think of the sweet
And the lush of the apples with honey
Play on round and wholeness
Rather than the sharp and incisive
Take the imperfection and chaos
Around and in you
And round them into harmony and Oneness
On the day of At Onement and forward
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TIME HAS RUN OUT to its end
and I have to make amends with family and friends
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TIME TO WEAVE THE THREADS AND FOCUS
aT oNEMENT IS nIGH
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OPENING OF THE HEAVENS –
Sounds of the Shofar
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CHAGALL
MOTHER EARTH AND EVE
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Happy Birthday to Adam and Eve and to the Creation of the Universe and May our Family and Friends be Blessed for a Happy Healthy and Fruitful New Year
October 2nd 2016
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Oh My!! said the shadow “Your Tarantula has such a beautiful leash”
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“WANNA RACE?”
said the hare to the ladybug
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END OF SEASON
And lost my bounce Time to retire
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FACES IN NATURE
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ABOUT TO FALL IN THE FALL – a poem
Who shall live and who shall die?
…all of us! said the leaves with a sigh
Fall is a gentle remind Not to leave any dreams behind
Not to go to bed
With things left unsaid
And to live the day In the fullest way!
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TIME peppered in greens, yellows, browns, and reds
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RAIN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF FALLEN LEAVES
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Know-All Adolescent Lording Over Mama –
Not good!
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Know-It-All Mama Lording Over the Child
Not good either
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Mutual Respect and Admiration –
That is the Way to Do It
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Mama Child Relationships
The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good
1) Know-All Adolescent Lording Over Mama –
Not good!
2) Know-It-All Mama Lording Over the Child –
Not good either
3) Mutual Respect and Admiration –
That is how it should be
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Chosen for Enlightenment
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AUDITIONING FOR SWAN LAKE –
as the black swan
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OPINING THE FALL OF THE PINE
even the evergreen falls subject to time
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1- What are you looking at stranger?
2- I am just looking for something to nosh
3- Not even a tiny nut – Not nutting in this pot!
4- Can you believe that?
5- So I think I’ll take a poop
6- What are you looking at stranger?
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Halloween Dog Parade
The Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade Brooklyn NY
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Fee-fi-fo-fum
I smell a phake photographer on the run!
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GHOULISH BUBBLES IN THE PUDDLES
Fall of the rain in the Fall
Makes bubbles in the puddles
Causing ghoulish stubble
On the sleeves of the leaves
There are ghost bubbles on pine needle brooms in the water
Surrounded by the frightening eyes of October on the leaves
All this – tis tis
On the the unhallowed eve of Halloween
Sprung before the dead of winter
And the birth of Spring
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Halloween Horrors
The Worst of the Worst
What is the need to glorify horror?
Who knows?
Is it because it is arousing – beyond the mundane
And a leaning to the insane?
Or is it a fear
That the dead of winter is near?
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AMAZING PUMPKIN CARVINGS by a colleague Dr Dennis Lee
Can you spot him?
These carvings are so incredible -it is hard to believe they are actually pumpkins –
My favorite – the Matisse dancers in the bottom left corner
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Can you spot him?
These carvings are so incredible -it is hard to believe they are actually pumpkins – My favorite – the Matisse dancers in the bottom left corner
THE BIGGER PICTURE
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HALLOWEEN SINGERS IN THE SING SOME MORE SYCAMORE TREE
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ART OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Benjy and I walk the lines of the street everyday – and it is amazing to see the people, plants, and animals that live there
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HENRY MOORE’S DANCERS IN THE SYCAMORE
(right image is original photo of the Sycamore bark)
November 5 2017
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FOM EARTH TO EARTH
The old oak tree surrounded by the hopeful dropped seeds which are the products of her summer
November 7, 2017
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CHANGE OF ATTITUDE – TURNING OVER A LEAF
November 8, 2017
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HISTORY OF THE CURVED SHOE
1317BC- 2017AD From the sculpture at Boghaz Keui. to Mason Rice dog park
With the history of the Davidoff brothers shoe factory in between
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JACK FROST VISITS NEWTON
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THE LONELY LEAF
How sad I am,
With family and close friends of last summer, –
All gone..
And I am alone.
How sad I am.
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DAVIDOFF-FISHER FAMILY DANCE
FAMILY DNA found washed up on a beach
Photograph courtesy Vivian Fisher
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PARALLELS IN THE PARK
November 18, 2017
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DANCING IN THE DOG PARK IN THE FALL
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The yellows, reds, and oranges of the Fall at 3 Lake Avenue 2017
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TG at 3 Lake with almost all Naomi’s family – and there is a lot we have to be thankful for – to all our family and friends
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Sculpture of Tree of Metal
St Louis Missouri
Was Benjy fooled?
November 25, 2017
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RECLINING ON A NUDE LEAF
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
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Matisse and the Oak Leaves
November 26, 2017
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Dead Oak Leaves Take on a New Life
Collage of Another Kind
November 26, 2017
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TWO BIRCH BIRDS GOING FOR A WALK
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TWO BIRCH BIRDS IN INTIMATE
CONVERSATION
December 1, 2017
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AND NOW IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
December 1, 2017
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STREET DANCERS
Dancers found on the patched roads on the dog walk streets.
In honor of Arielle Davidoff and Lila Fagen who are dancing in the World of Dance in NY this weekend
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CHOIR OF BLONDES SINGING HALLEL-OO-JAH
picture taken at the moment of “OO”
December 3, 2017
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OAK LEAF DANCING
Oak People having fun after falling
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FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE WINTER AT 3 LAKE
December 9, 2017
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SAME HEMLOCK, DIFFERENT TIME
December 14, 2017
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15°F and -10°C AND STILL THEY DANCE IN THE STREET
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
365th post inspired by the dog walk
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How Sad?
Feeling a little let down
Kinda blue
Fenced in
Downright cold and bleak
With nobody to play with
Thankfully support systems are strong
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN THE DOG PARK – Seasons Greetings
Love Benjy
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