2018

 
 
New Year’s Introspection on a Dark and Cold Walk in the Dog Park
7°F = -14°C
Happy New Year to family and friends
May we make it a better year for all of us!
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
January 1, 2018
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January 1 

RODIN”S BALZAC ON THE FLOOR of ST PETER’S BASILICA in Vatican City
January 2 2018
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January 2 · 

CHILLED TO THE BONE
On the dog walk today
9 °F = -14°C after 12 inches of snow
January 5 2018
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January 5 

CRYSTAL LAKE IN WINTER
It is now 5°F = -15 °C and about to brave the salt and ice for the dog walk. Benjy can’t deal with the salt but walks barefoot on the ice How in heavens name does he do that?
January 6 2018
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January 6 

ICE CRYSTALS ON THE WINDOW – PAIN
Looking like trees on a hill
It is now -4°F = -20°C The refrigerator freezer temperature is 0° F (-18° C) So we are surrounded by a freeze box today
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January 7 ·

RELUCTANT DOG WALK
‘Twas -4 at 7 on Sunday
and the dog had to go
And so I went
Just Benjy, me, and the freeze
Wow!
Waves of wind on the snow
Waves of mountains on the ground
A beautiful harmony in the silence of sound
So blessed to have this dog
We call him Benjy!
January 7 2018
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January 7 

Keep Your Eyes Open All the Time!
Graffiti on the dog walks of Cagliari, Sardinia
If it were Miro It would go for millions –
Just as intriguing and free for all
January 9 2018
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 January 9 

LIFE – A MURKY PATH WITH RAYS OF HOPE
From the series “What is Life?”
January 12 2018
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January 12 

BATTLE OF SALT (left) with SNOW AND ICE
Chemistry (Truth) wins over adversity
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
Dedicated to friend Lindsay Leveen
January 18
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January 18 

ONE SMALL STEP FOR DOG, ONE SMALL STEP FOR KIND MAN.
aka One Small Step for Man – One Giant Leap for Small Dog
January 23 2018
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January 23 

RAIN and FREEZE – YET THE GRASS LIVES ON
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
January 24
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January 24 ·

IT is FREEZING OUTSIDE.
Dog Walk, or Jewelry Window Shopping for the Wife??
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
January 27 2018
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January 27 

BLUE BIRD OF HAPPINESS FLYING IN THE ICE
January 28 2018
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 January 28 

SUNRISE ON ICE
January 29 2018
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January 29 

A Ball that is Not Rolling Gathers Snow and Moss
February 2 ·
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 February 2 · 

NIGHT RIDER inspired by Picasso
February 3 2018
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February 3 

Walking in the Wind

 February 5 · 

2 STATES OF WATER
SOLID and LIQUID,
STATIC AND FLOWING
February 6 2018
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February 6 

SO HAPPY TOGETHER!
Another “2 STATES OF WATER” –
fluffy snow on ice base
Artwork created by “Fancy Footwork”
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
February 7 2018
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February 7 

LEAVES OF ICE
February 8 2018
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February 8 

Llama in the Cold
February 9 2018
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 February 9 

EDVARD MUNCH
Ice Cream,
The Scream
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WINTER OLYMPICS
5 Rings .. of a Sort
Go USA!!
February 10 2018
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February 10 · 

TINY DANCER –
Size of a Blade of Grass
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
February 11
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February 11 

CRYSTAL MAN WITH CROOKED SMILE
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
February 12 2018
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February 12 ·

HEART SHAPED STRUCTURES IN NATURE
Valentines Day is Coming in the middle of American Heart Month
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February 12 

A STONE AND A NUT WALK THE DOG ON VALENTINE’S DAY
(in South Africa!)
From the Series “Art, Heart, and the Dog Walk”
February 13
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February 13 · 



February 14 · Valentine’s day Dog Walk and the Garden of Eden

Happy Valentine’s day

From the Series “Art, Heart, and the Dog Walk”

Hope of Spring, Springs Eternal
February 15 2018
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 February 15 

SOLAR SYSTEM ON ICE
February 16 2018
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 February 16 

HAPPY LION ICE FACE WELCOMING THE SUN
-sunrise on a layer of cracking thin ice in the park.
February 17 2018
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February 17 

THE MORNING AFTER A 5 INCH SNOWSTORM – AGAINST A CLOUDLESS BLUE SKY!!!
The beauty of winter is sometimes breathtaking!
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
February 19 ·2018
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February 19 

Went for a dog walk with a Fisher
And came across a Cohen in the Water
That looks like a Fisher?..
Mmmm.. Karla?
Thanks to a dog walk in NJ with g’pa Hy at the Reservoir
February 20 2018
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February 20 

HUMBLED BY THE BUBBLE
I looked at the tiny bubble
And saw my even tinier reflection
“I am far bigger than that!”
And the bubble replied
“Not in my eyes!”
February 21
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February 21 · HUMBLED BY THE BUBBLE

“There’s a crack in everything that’s how the light gets in”
Leonard Cohen
February 22
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February 22 · “There’s a crack in everything that’s how the light gets in”

Leonard Cohen

ICICLE BIRD – ARTISTIC LICENCE IN ICE
This post is #400 since dwA arrived on the scene June 2016.
It depicts a slight change in the art- Basic elements of the art in the ice is retained and the imagination is let loose to wander and wonder!
February 23 2018
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February 23 · 

This post is #400 since dwA arrived on the scene June 2016. It depicts a slight change in the art- Basic elements of the art in the ice is retained and the imagination is let loose to wander and wonder!

Winter Halloween Pumpkin
February 24 2018
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February 24 

COLD SHOULDER or FROZEN SHOULDER?
 February 25 2018
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February 25 · 

From the Series “Art of Cold Water”

BLACK SKIMMER AT CRYSTAL LAKE
The left image is the the real thing
The right image is a “makeup job” of the tree stump
From the “bIRD” Series
February 27 2018
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February 27

TIME TEMPERATURE AND GRAVITY
Click on the image to see the water drop with gravity in the 3rd image
February 28 2018
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February 28 

HEAVY METAL
Click Image to see somersault)
somersault with a twist
squashed aluminum figure
March 2 2018
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March 2 ·

LATE WINTER EARLY SPRING
March 3 2018
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March 3 

Must have been a Great Dane in the park earlier today!
March 3 2018
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March 3 

Tree Wrestle in the Woods and Aaron Wrestle on the Mat
March 4 2018
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March 4 · 

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March 5 · TREE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

The Tree with its solid root foundation and complex branching patterns from a single trunk has much to teach us
Created in honor of the wedding of our beautiful niece Penina Davidoff to Avi Vogel, April 5th 2016

Dancers in the Woods (after Matisse)
From the series “Twists of Nature”
March 6 2018
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March 6 ·

WINTER WEDDING IN THE WOODS
From the Series “Twists of Nature”
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March 7 ·

3 Lake Ave in Time – TODAY AFTER THE SNOW DUMP .. and in the Spring and Fall
March 8
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March 8 · 

LEFT OUT IN THE COLD-
A sad scene of two forgotten bikes.
When new and shiny they provided so much joy, and with so much potential to provide more joy, but forgotten and left out in the cold
The more pressing human equivalent -expressed by Mother Teresa
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
March 9 2018
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March 9 ·

Happy 66 to Me
Say “66” I said to her, as I put my ear to her warm chest.
“Please whisper this magic number,” I asked her with the most gentle voice I could muster.
“What did you say?” she muttered in her ancient voice.
“Whisper the words “66”” I repeated.
Not what you all thought.
For these are the magic numbers of whispering pectoriloquy,
identifying water in the chest with stethoscope on ear.
For me at this birthday I would rather be on Highway 66 than on the receiving end of the call for Whispering Pectoriloquy,
And of course not on the dead end of Highway 66,
but on the open highway.
To continue on this miracle journey we call life.
Thank you all for your welcome birthday wishes – I need all that I can get!
March 19 2018
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March 19 ·

WHEN CAR TRACKS IN THE SNOW ARE MULTIPLIED
March 20
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WHEN CAR TRACKS IN THE SNOW ARE MULTIPLIED
March 20
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March 20 · 

COWBOY HIDING BEHIND THE SYCAMORE TREE
March 22 2018
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March 22

Soldier Hiding Behind the Sycamore Tree
March 22, 2018
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I have no idea why all these gun toting guys are hiding behind this Sycamore tree ?NRA change of heart

BENJY’S LIBRARY OF BARE BARKS
Benjy is our dog He knows every bark intimately!… and he p*ss*s them off
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March 23 · BLEAKNESS AND BARKS OF A WINTER DOG WALK

FROSTING of FROST ON THE LEAVES
March 25
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March 25 

PICASSO
Head of a Woman in Ice
March 26 2018
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March 26

RECYCLED FURNITURE
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March 29 · Recycled with a New Flair

Found Objects on the Dog Walk

PREVIEW FOR NEWTON OPEN STUDIOS
April 7th and 8th – 3 Lake Ave, Newton Center

TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF TIME
Passover and Easter message from the shadow of a dOG wALKER to himself
And wishing all family and friends chag sameach = happy holiday = happy holy day = hold it! – have happy days!
March 30 2018
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March 30 · TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF TIME

PASSOVER? –
Throwing Off the Shackles – Split the Darkness – There is a Crack in Everything – That is How the Light gets In!!
March 30 2018
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March 30 · 

FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH
Happy Easter and Passover
April 1 2018
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April 1 

Happy Easter and Passover

FAMILY OUTING
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Newton Open Studios  April 6 · NEWTON OPEN STUDIOS This Weekend

April 7th and 8th – 11am – 5pm

3 Lake Ave, Newton Center

PLEASE JOIN US!!

PORTRAIT OF A LADY
a watercolor found floating in the stream in the dog park
April 12 2018
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 April 12 

SAYING GOODBYE TO THE WINTER
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April 14 ·   Is it BYE BYE WINTER YET?
found objects of the winter

REFLECTIONS OF SUNSET THROUGH THE TREES
April 23 2018
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April 23 

MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY
April 21 2018
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 April 21

TRYING ON A NEW GREEN COAT FOR SPRING (does not quite fit!))
April 24 2018
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April 24 

SPRING IS HERE!
1+ 1 = 1
April 25 2018
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Power in number, power in scale, units to unity, whole bigger than the parts,
1+ 1 = 1
April 25 2018
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SPRING IS HERE!
SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!SPRING IS HERE!
Power in number, power in scale, units to unity, whole bigger than the parts,
1+ 1 = 1
April 25 2018
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April 25 

THINKING IN AND OUT OF THE BOX
1st image THE SHADOW IS THINKING in the box
2nd image THE SHADOW IS THINKING out of the box
April 26 ·
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April 26 

AMERICAN SYCAMORE ACHENE BALLS IN A BLUE SPRING SKY
April 27 2018
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April 27 

MAGIC GRASS CARPET RIDE
From the Puddle Art Series
April 28 2018
STEPPENWOLF 1968
Well, you don’t know what we can find
Why don’t you come with me little girl
ON A MAGIC CARPET RIDE
Well, you don’t know what we can see
Why don’t you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free
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April 28 

WOMAN UNDER A TREE
Top image is the original image and bottom image is the rendered image
From the Puddle Art Series
April 28 2018
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WOMAN UNDER A TREE
From the Puddle Art Series
April 28
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April 28 · WOMAN UNDER A TREE

From the Puddle Art Series

“ARE YOU MY MOMMY?” said the fledgling to the tree.
“No unfortunately I am not, but you are probably a branch of the family?”
April 29
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April 29 

STREET SOCCER IN THE DOG PARK
April 30 2018
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April 30

 

EN POINTE PIROUETTE DUETTE OF THE TULIP TREE IN SPRING
May 1
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SWAN LAKE BY THE HORSE CHESTNUT TROUPE
May 2 2018
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May 2 

SPRING EXPLOSION
of cherry blossoms in Branch Brook Park NJ
(looks like mitosis)
May 3 2018
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May 3 

DEBRIS DINNER OF BLUE !!
from the “Recycled Trash” series
May 4 ·
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May 4 

BOTH MADE OUT OF WOOD, BOTH ESSENTIAL – JUST WIRED DIFFERENTLY
From the series “Understanding Our Differences”
May 5
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May 5 

BLOSSOMS ON THE TRUNK
There is only one tree that has flowers lining the branches: Eastern Redbud
From the series “Boston in the Spring after a Hell Winter”
May 6 2018
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May 6 

ROMANCING THE CLOUD
by Arbor Amor
A Love Poem from the Tree to the Cloud
To my dearest Cloud
You are so far
Yet so near and dear to me
I often dream what it may be like
To touch you
For one precious moment
To have you in my arms
And caress your delicate face
And when I awake
I realize it is but a dream
That can never come true
Sometimes you look lean and mean
And you stand vertical like a spear
And sometimes horizontal like 100 arrows shot at once
But most the time you have soft sensuous and voluptuous curves
Moving slowly and lovingly through the heavens
Me?
I am what I am
And only change
with the coming and going of the seasons
Just a little bigger as I grow older
You on the other hand
Change your form as well as your position in the heavens
From second to second
Each time, a form more beautiful and unique
I love your unpredictability
Your color also changes with your mood
And the time of day
You look most passionate and fiery
When the sun wakes up and goes to bed
This is the time when I love you best
I often dream what it may be like
To touch you
For one precious moment
To have you in my arms
And caress your delicate face
And when I awake
I realize it is but a dream
That can never come true
Whoa! –
Wait a moment !!…
The rain and the snow!
They are you!
And they touch me in so many ways
The blanket of snow when I am naked
The delicate rain when I am in need
They caress and moisten me from without and within
I am filled with your love for me
And I for you.
Oh what would I do without you my dearest cloud
You are my life
You are my love
We will be together forever!
May 7 2018
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May 7 ·

A DARK CLOUD WITH A GOLDEN LINING
Always hope for a better day!
From the series – “Clouds on the dOG wALK”
May 8 2018
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ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A DARK CLOUD WITH A GOLDEN LINING – Always hope for a better day!
From the series – “Clouds on the dOG wALK”
May 8 2018
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May 8 

A Weeping Cherry Full of the Joys of Spring
From the series “Boston in the Spring after a Hell Winter”
May 11 2018
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May 11 ·

PINK DOG
May 12 2018
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May 12 · PINK DOG

TULIP TREE LEAVES IN CONVERSATION
May 13 ·
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May 13 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO THE SPECIAL PEOPLE who have born the brunts, and delights of our FISHER DAVIDOFF FAMILY
AND TO ALL MOTHERS TO WHOM WE OWE MUCH
Without them we would have no humanity.
May 13 2018
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May 13 ·

THE GREENING OF SPRING
May 14 ·
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May 14   

SPRING TIME AT CRYSTAL LAKE
May 15 2018
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May 15 

DOORWAY TO SUBLIME SLIME
From the series ‘Slime Art”
May 16 2018
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May 16

REFLECTIONS OF THE DAY AT SUNSET
May 17 2018
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May 17 · REFLECTIONS OF THE DAY AT SUNSET

FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
Le Dor Va Dor
May 18 2018
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May 18 From the series – Art of the Bark

VIVALDI, 4 SEASONS, A DOGWALK,
and finally a nice cup of tea!
May 19 2018
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 May 19 

RHODIES AT THEIR OWN PACE
Note: When the leaves are cold and unhappy they curl up
When they are happy – they are wide open to life and they give birth to blossom
Dedicated to Jill Ebstein who reminded me that the Rhododendrons are at their peak of life. More importantly she has observed the seasons of people and has brought together a wonderful series of essays of the seasonal ups and downs of real live people called “At My Pace” Highly recommended read!!!
May 26 2018
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May 26 ·

THE BEGINNINGS OF ROSE TIME
-make way for the gentle waves of the roses
May 31 2018
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May 31

 
POLITICAL DISCORD AT THE DINNER TABLE
June 2 2018
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June 2

DUSTINGS OF YELLOW POLLEN ON THE BLACK ASPHALT AND DUSTIN BROWN
June 4 2018
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June 4

COLORFUL CLUELESS CLUCKS CLAN
June 5 2018
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June 5 

PEGASUS IN TRAINING
June 5 2018
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June 6 From the Series “Art of Pollen”

GOODY GOODY TWO (pair) SHOES
THE BALLERINA IN A TWO TWO (+1)
In honor of Gavriel Davidoff the math genius working out the square of numbers
June 12
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June 12 

DEGAS DANCER
From the “Bird Splat” series
June 13
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DUET
From the “Bird Splat” series
June 13
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June 13 

REMEMBERING WHAT I USED TO BE
(until time rose)
June 16 2018
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June 16 · 

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June 18 · Honeymoon with my beautiful bride in Sintra Portugal 29 years ago…and what a great,fulfilling, and rich journey it has been since then with 4 wonderful children to show!!

Celebrating our Wedding Anniversary today.

A SECOND CHANCE AT SPRING
Blossoms caught in a stream recreating a tree in blossom
From the series “X-Stream Art”
June 19 2018
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June 19 · 

“WHAT YOU LOOKING AT?” said the one gray haired creature t’other
June 20 · 2018
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June 20 

SCHOOLS OUT AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY
From the Series “Children”s Chalk Art”
June 24 2018
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June 24 

SISTERS DANCING
From the “Art of Crumpled Paper” Series
June 25
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June 25 

KOUSA DOGWOOD. LEAF OR FLOWER?  Both a leaf and flower The white “petals” aren’t actually petals at all. They are modified leaves called bracts that surround the small, greenish-yellow, insignificant flowers.
 June 26 2018
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June 26 

American Basswood
aka American Linden
with Bract Leaf
June 27 2018
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June 27 

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June 30 · South Africa 1962!!! Courtesy Justin Abelman (back left) who was 4 years my senior and to whom I aspired as a Flamenco dancer. We connected on FB today after a 50 year hiatus Wow!! He continued to dance professionally till the age of 44 He is now a famous Naive Artist in Johannesburg! Thanks for reconnecting Justin and providing this precious picture!

MY FAVORITE JULY 4th FIREWORKS ART PIECE OF ALL TIME
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July 5  HEAVEN AND EARTH

MULBERRY TREE
Mulberries Caught on a Stick in the River
July 7 2018
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July 7 

MULBERRY MAN IN A MIRROR
Mulberries Caught on a Stick in the River X 2
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EMOJI OF BEARDED MAN IN THE WATER
July 8 2018
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July 8 

July 9 · Dance and Emotional Expression LensCulture

SPOON FEEDING IS A WASTE
July 9 2018
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DOMESTIC DISPUTE
He screamed”I said Trunk again, not Drunk again”
She screamed “I thought you said Trump again!!”
Miscommunication – the cause of many a dispute!
July 10 2018
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July 10 

DIRTY (Diaper Wiper) DANCING
The first dancer in dirty white, is the original dirty wipe dancer!
July 11
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DIRTY (Diaper Wiper) DANCING
The first dancer in dirty white, is the original dirty wipe dancer!
July 11
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July 11 · DIRTY (Diaper Wiper) DANCING

 
NARCISSUS
July 13 2018
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July 13

“BABY REJECTS FAKE NEWS!”
from the series “Wisdom from The Dog Walk”
July 15 2018
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July 15 · 

FLAMENCO!
July 16 2018
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July 16 


SHELL BIRD!
Not a Swan and Not on a Lake
July 17 · 2018
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July 17 

Found a LEAF
It reminded me of FRACTALS,
the WHOLE being bigger than the PARTS
and the ONENESS of things!
July 18 2018
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 July 18 

QUESTIONS TO MYSELF
Which ladder is my ladder?
Do I really need to climb the ladder?
Inspired by conversation and a series of books by our friend and fellow dog walker Jill Ebstein called
“At my Pace”
July 19
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July 19

FRENCH COUPLE
Inspired by the Naive Art of Justin Abelman
The last image is the original image
From the series “The Art of Roots”
July 20 2018
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July 20 

ROCK AND ROLL – SWAN and RABBIT
From the series “Dirty Diaper Wiper Dancing”
July 21 2018
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July 21 

I Spy with my Little Eye
Reflection in a Puddle of a Beautiful Skye
From the series of “Puddle Art”
July 22 · 2018
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July 22 

AMBITIOUS ATTEMPT –
KING SIZED BED INTO ONE ROOMED HOME!
July 23 · 2018
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July 23 

WHISPERINGS OF ROMANCE FROM THE MOUTH OF THOR TO SIF HIS LOVER
from the Series of “The Power of Fractals”
July 24 2018
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July 24 · 

ROCK STAR
From the series “Art of the School Playground”
July 25 2018
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July 25

POLLEN AND WATER
From the series”The Art of Water”
July 26 2018
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July 26 · POLLEN AND WATER

From the series”The Art of Water”

I’VE GOTTA BE ME by SAMMY DAVIS Jr.
with modification by HILLEL
From the Series ‘Life lessons from the Dog Walk” and “Art of the School Playground”
Whether I’m right or whether I’m wrong
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
I gotta be me, I’ve gotta be me
What else can I be but what I am
I want to live, not merely survive
And I won’t give up this dream
Of life that keeps me alive
I gotta be me, I gotta be me
The dream that I see makes me what I am
That far away prize, a world of success
Is waiting for me if I heed the call
I won’t settle down, won’t settle for less
As long as there’s a chance that I can have it all
I’ll go it alone, that’s how it must be
I can’t be right for somebody else
If I’m not right for me
I gotta be free, I’ve gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die
I’ve gotta be me
I’ll go it alone, that’s how it must be
I can’t be right for somebody else
If I’m not right for me
I gotta be free, I just gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die
I gotta be me
Songwriters: Walter Marks
I’ve Gotta Be Me lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
HILLEL SAYS (modification of Sammy’s lyrics) ….
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?” Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14
Ashley Davidoff
July 27
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July 27 

CANDLES IN THE WIND
From the Series – “Art of the Clouds” and dedication to Marilyn Monroe by Elton John -about the delicate soul and hidden pain
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Songwriters: Elton John / Bernie Taupin
Candle in the Wind lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Courtesy dOG wALK aRT
Also dedicated to the free museums around and in us
July 28 · 2018
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July 28

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CHOIR SINGING IN THE WOOD
From the series “The Art of Wood”
July 29 2018
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July 29 

WEBBED IN OR WEBBED OUT??!!
July 30 2018
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July 30 

ON WAKING! AN EYE OPENER
July 31
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July 31 · ON WAKING! AN EYE OPENER

ROCK AND ROLL ON THE ROAD
to .. (2).. “On the Road Again!”
August 3 2018
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August 3 

PROFESSOR LETTING GO AT THE PARTY
From the series “The Art of Bark”
August 4 2018
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August 4 

MITOSIS AND THE SPARK OF LIFE!
There is the science, and then the miracle energy of life itself!!
From the Series – “Art of the Sun”
August 5 2018
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August 5 

VIETNAMESE HATS
From the Series “Art of the Mushroom”
Dedication to Justin Abelman and friends in Vietnam
August 6 2018
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August 6 

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
From the Series “Art of the Mushroom”
August 7 ·
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August 7

YOUR’E AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL ON THE INSIDE!
From the Series – “Life Lessons from the Dog Walk”
August 8 2018
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August 8

SPOTLIGHT ON MASTER MATHEMATICIAN, ENGINEER, WEAVER, AND ARTIST AT WORK!
August 10 · 2018
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August 10 

RIVER DANCE
From the Series “The Art of Water”
August 11 2018
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August 11 

MOTHER AND CHILD
August 12 2018
496

August 12 

TUBES AND NATURE
From the Series “Dog Walk Biology Lessons”
August 13 2018
497

August 13

MUSHROOM FACE TUCK AFTER LEMON SUCK
August 14 2018
Ashley Davidoff MD Copyright 2018
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 August 14 ·  MUSHROOM FACE TUCK AFTER LEMON SUCK

LIKABLE LEN WITH LICHENS ALL OVER HIS FACE
fROM THE SERIES “tHE aRT OF rOCKS”
August 15 2018
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August 15 

500th dOG wALK aRT post and I found these mushrooms nattering about my wife, my children and Benjy!
Can you believe that?
August 18 · 2018
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August 18 

WOMAN WITH CHILD IN WATER
aka Woman in Water, Child in Water
From the series “Art of the Lake Bed” “Art of Pregnancy” and “Art of Water”
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August 21 

FLAMENCO IN THE CLOUDS
From the Series “The Art of Clouds”
August 22 2018
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August 22 

DELICATE DROPLETS IN UNISON WEIGH THE COSMOS DOWN
From the Series “The Art of Water” and “Life Lessons from the Dog Walk”
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August 23

RAIN ON THE ORANGE COSMOS
From the Series “The Art of Water”
August 24 2018
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August 24 

FATHER AND SON
from the Series “The Art of Sticks”
August 25 2018
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August 25 

GREENS OF IRELAND
From the Series “Ireland”
Courtesy dOG wALK aRT
Also dedicated to the free museums around and in us
September 8 2018
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September 8

BREATH
a poem dedicated to my mother Joyce Stein Davidoff on the anniversary of her passing
Breath, it comes and goes.
And so we live and breathe
Until death do us part
And then it is gone.
Silently she suffered ongoing deformity
And ongoing joint pain for almost 40 years
Hands curled and fixed around the steering wheel of the Rover
She drove us everywhere and for everything,
From the dance halls to the rugby fields
to math lessons and music halls.
Coming and going.
Her boys were always on her mind.
What a Mother she was!
And then it descended
Coming and going was not easy.
Neither was her breath
And then it came again
And did not go away.
She made it from Johannesburg to London
To the comfort of the home and family of big brother Baruch and loving Rahel
To the warmth and support of a welcoming Chabad community
Rosh Hashana was imminent
And she waited.
Her two other sons were coming from America
And she waited.
I slept in her bed the night before
Both of us curled and connected in fetal position.
I tried to hold the oxygen tube close to her nose
Trying to ease the coming and going of breath.
And she kept on pushing me away:
“Why is it so hard to die?”
There was no sleep that night.
The next morning she took her last breath
And her boys rushed to her side.
Breath, it comes and goes.
And so we live and breathe
Until death do us part
And then it is gone.
In rushed the rabbi at that poignant moment.
“Did you say the shema? Did you recite the shema?” he implored.
We held each other, and with broken voices and tears running down our faces:
“Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad”
A prayer to Oneness
One miraculous last huge and defiant breath
Suddenly came and then went.
What a Mother she was!
Her spirit lives on.
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September 10

PRESENT THRIVING ON THE PAST
Without the ruins of days gone by, the beautiful vine would not exist.
From the series “Life Lessons and the Dog Walk”
September 13
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September 13 at 5:33 AM 

TREES AND CLOUDS
From the series “Art of the Clouds” and “Trees”
September 14 2018
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 September 14 at 6:06 AM 

COUNTRY ROAD IN IRELAND
September 14 2018
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September 14

DOG RUN ON DOG WALK
From the series “Ireland”
September 15 2018
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September 15

TIME FOR REFLECTION
From the series “Ireland”
September 16 2018
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September 16

FINDING UNEXPECTED STRENGTH
Pound for pound the spiders silk is stronger than steel!
September 16 2018
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September 16

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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September 19 at 8:50 AM · TAKE ONE MOMENT ON THE DAY OF AT ONEMENT

FAMILY AT FAMILY WEDDING circa 1970
From the series “Art of the Bark”
September 17 2018
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September 17 at 8:28 PM 

“I AM A ROCK, – I AM IN IRELAND”
(Sung to “I am a Rock” by S & G)
From the Series “The Art of Rocks’ and “Ireland”
September 20 2018
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September 20

ROCK HOUSES THAT ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK – some have done it for thousands of years
From the series “The Art of Rock” and Ireland
September 21 2018
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 September 21

Does this drunken midnight bird choir know a song called “Like a Bird on the Wire”? said the choir master
“And on this day of Atonement
I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee
and I will try in my way to be free!”
From the series “The Art of Animals” and “Ireland”
September 22 2018·
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September 22

When You Try to Blow your Own Horn, it Only Makes Noise in your Brain
From the Series “Ireland” and “Lessons from Animals”
September 25 2018
517

September 25

DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME
Brown Cow of the Family
or as Mary Wilson Carpenter observed “How Now Brown Cow?”
From the Series “Ireland”
September 24 2018
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 September 24

IRISH SISTERS IN A MEADOW
From the Series “Ireland”
To My Sister – William Wordsworth
My sister! (’tis a wish of mine)
Now that our morning meal is done,
Make haste, your morning task resign;
Come forth and feel the sun.
Then come, my Sister! come, I pray,
With speed put on your woodland dress;
And bring no book: for this one day
We’ll give to idleness.
September 25 2018
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September 25

Said Mamma “We need Michael .. to row the boat ashore Hallelujah !!!”
Said Baby “One day Mamma – I am going to walk right over and bring it in myself to you Mamma!!”
From the series “Ireland”
September 26
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 September 26 at 9:10 PM 

IRISH MUSHROOM – Real or Unreal?
Eat it and you will start to sing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
From the series ‘Ireland” and “Mushrooms”
Amanita muscaria with psychoactive powers. Also has potentially lethal qualities
Ashley Davidoff MD Copyright 2018
September 27 2018
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September 27

STONED ON ROCKS!
From the Series “Ireland” , “Art of Rock Walls”, and “Art of Mushrooms”
The mushroom Amanita Muscaria has hallucinogenic properties
September 28 2018
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September 28

DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME
The Difference Between the Man and Dog is
Hairstyle!
September 28 2018
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September 28

MIST OF THE DAWN
September 29 2018
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September 29

IRISH TMI CONCOCTION
(r to l) Hiking Sign, Defibrillator station, Cat on Top of the Hat of Charlie Chaplin, Sign on yellow house says “No Dog Fouling” and Modern Yellow House in contrast to Old Rock House!
September 30 2018
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September 30  Waterville – Ring of Kerry

THE TREE BARK EYEING AND OOING THE MUSTACHE OF DALI
From the Series – “Art of the Bark”
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“LADY IN BLACK”
“And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear” –
Uriah Heep
October 9th 2018
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THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
Lichen on a tree stump in the shape of an owl and a pussy cat
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
BY EDWARD LEAR
I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
“O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!”
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Pussy said to the Owl, “You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?”
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
III
“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
October 10th 2018
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STREET BOXER
(click to hear music)
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev’ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
“I am leaving, I am leaving”
But the fighter still remains
October 11 2018
532

 

TWIN REDCOATS
The British (British) are Coming (Coming)!! Do not Shoot (Shoot) till you See (See) the Whites (Whites) of their Eyes (Eyes)!!
October 13 2018
533
THE SUN HAS SET ON THE WARM WEATHER AND THE BIRDS HEAD SOUTH FOR WARMER PASTURES
October 29 2018
534
 

 

LICHEN LIKE DOLLY
November 3 2018
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BETTY THE SASSY BIRCH
November 3 2018
535

 

Dedication to the late Fay Segal Hirsowitz in honor of her unveiling
Picture from the dining room window of the home of Geoff and Deb Hirsowitz – a view she enjoyed for many years
November 8th 2018
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DOGS ROCKS
November 10th 2018
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FRACTALS OF THE FALL
November 10 2018
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I laughed
When a leaf from the Fall
Fell on my head
As I lay eating falafel
On my pine leaf bed
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Woman Seated on a Chair
Found in the shapes within the marble columns in the old post office in Mexico City.
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Monkey Business or ET in Mexico City
November 16 2018
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Princess of Mexico City
From the series “Mexico”
November 17 2018
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Squirrel playing “La Raspa” on a Mexican flute in Mexico City
Ashley Davidoff
November 17 2018
543
Construction Netting at Sunset in Mexico City
From the series “Mexico”
Nov 21 2018
544
Spiral Trees of Mexico
From the series “Mexico”
November 21 2018
545
Happy Thanksgiving to All Family and Friends
From the “Mexico City” series
November 22 2018
November 22 ·
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Living Pieta?
from the series “Mexico”
Nov 23 2018
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Variation of Black and White Animal Faces in the Mexico City Zoo/Park
From the “Mexico City” series
November 24 2018
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LOST SOUL IN MEXICO CITY
Nov 25 2018
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The Story of The Orange Packet – a lost soul in fetal position with an orange packet in hand, and nobody to help him out
I took this picture to show to a policeman down the road whom I was hoping would provide some assistance for this poor man. I got a shrug of the shoulders and was told he was just sleeping it off. I wondered to myself if a dog was found in the same situation if it would have been neglected in the same way.
From the Series – “Inhumanity” and “Mexico City”
Nov 25 2018
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Humanity at Its Finest –
All Brain No Heart
From the Series – “Inhumanity” and “Mexico City”
Nov 26 2018
551

The fall fell in a pond near here
And I fear and hear that winter is near
“Here here!” they say “the winter is near”
And so I can only feel what I felt that day
Just a few days before the fall fell..
In the glorious warmth of the mellows of yellow
“Hear hear” they say
“The yellows are mellow”
And now all we have left
Is the green of the evergreen .
All the other leaves are brown, and on the ground
Nov 26 2018
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MY DANCE WITH THE SPIDER
A leaf caught in the spiders web enjoys a dance with the spider
From Mexico City
November 12 2018
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Sharing the Wealth – 2 Eyes for 3 People
As Mary Wilson Carpenter noted “Touching in more than one sense!”
From the Series “Mexico City”
November 14th 2018
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Old Mexican Woman
From the Series “Mexico City”
November 14th 2018
555

“Are you in tune with this art piece of mine?” said Antenny
“It’s all the buzz, making waves, and on my radar” said Roger Anout
With Talya from the rooftops of Mexico city
November 13 2018
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Little Boxes on the Hillside
Little Boxes made of Ticky Tacky
There’s a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one….
From the series “”Mexico City”
Nov 15 2018
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Bouncer with Elbow Arthritic Varus Deformity
From Series “Mexico City”
28th November 2018
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As The Fall Progresses at 3 Lake Ave…
Nature is awesome!!!
November 6th 2018
559

“Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.”
Davy Crockett
From Series “Mexico City”
November 28 2018
560

Confucius says
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
From the series “Confucius says”
November 30th 2018
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On a Cold Fall Morning at Sunrise
This Early Bird on Crystal Lake
May Catch a …. Cold
December 1 2018
562

Dancer found in the city of the Gods – Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico City
City of the Godsof the Teotihuacáns was the metropolis of a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization that reached its zenith around AD 100. Once the largest city in the region but abandoned centuries before the arrival of the Aztecs, Teotihuacán boasts towering pyramids and stone temples with detailed statues and intricate murals.
December 2nd 2018
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1st Night Chanukah
Let us hope that new light is shed on this crazy world of hate!
Wishing all family and friends more light!
From the Series – “Art of the Street”
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2nd Night Chanukah
Spring Time dOG wALK
Wishing all family and friends more light and more flowers!
From the Series – “Art of the Springtime”
Reposted December 3rd 2018
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3rd Night Chanukah
Light is both a Particle and a Wave
From the series “Light” and “Mexico City” (Museum of Modern Art)
December 4 2018
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4th Night of Chanukah
May the Light Shine Upon You
From the series “Light” and “Mexico City” (Museum of Modern Art)
December 5th 2018
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6th night Chanukah – TREES OF LIGHT, TREES OF LIFE
The light is getting brighter – Let’s hope this is true for all family and friends
December 7th
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7th Night Chanukah
LIGHT SHINES FROM OUR ROOTS
December 8th 2018
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THE RIPPLE EFFECT
8th night Chanukah
From Darkness came light, and from light came more light
Dedicated to my late mother whose bright light showed her family the way in honor of her birthday tomorrow, and also to school friend Gary Davis in honor of his birthday tomorrow – from light comes more light.. the ripple down effect
Images originated from reflection of light on Crystal Lake – 1ST in darkness and then at sunset
Courtesy dOG wALK aRT
Dedicated to the museums In and around us
December 9th 2018
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ICE ON THE LAKE
The Ugly Head of Winter Creeping Up on the Fall
December 13th 2018
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THE PROTEA –
Delicate, Elegant, and Hardy
In celebration of the birthday of my beautiful wife Naomi and also in celebration of the birthdays of Mary Wilson Carpenter, Debora Degenszejn and Lorraine Fargo O’Connor (who tells me that it was Frank Sinatra’s bday as well)
12/12 is such a great date for a birthday!!
The picture of flowers from our garden in South Africa was taken 40 years ago The Protea is the national flower of South Africa.
December 10th 2018
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I Saw Santa Snooping for Gift Lists in a Newton Stream
Note he has a list tucked away on his ear!
From the Series “Art of Water”
december 15th 2018
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THOUGHT
I wonder what I should get my grandchildren for Christmas?
December 16th 2018
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I Met a Little Leaf Animal on the Zebra Crossing…
From the series “The Art of Leaves”
December 17 2018
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Tulip Tree Samaras in Earnest Winter Conversation …
about birthday wishes for Colette and Glenda – longtime school friends May you both have a very special day!!!
December 18 2018
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Preparation in the North
Sami Man getting the Reindeers Ready in Honningswag Norway
December 18 2018
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PREPARATION IN THE SUMMER OF THE SOUTH
From the series “Christmas and New Year”
December 20 2018
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GETTING READY IN THE ULTRASOUND DEPARTMENT
From the series “Christmas and New Year”
December 21 2018
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HOODED MYLAR (balloon) MOUSE DANCING IN THE TREES-
Although her balloon lost air she floats and dances in joy – What an attitude!!!
December 22nd 2018
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FINALLY GETTING TO THE POINT OF THE CONVERSATION
December 23, 2018
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