photography

Bridge in Central Park

This shot was taken from Central Park South, looking into the park. Moments after I took the photo, a bird pooped on my face and on top of my long camera lens. Did I burst out singing “I love New York!” ? No, but my son said it was time to stop taking pictures.

Review with Pastel Snapdragon

On My Blog

Kosher Cooking Carnival: Dairy, Meat OR Pareve

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• Ilana-Davita interviewed Mrs. S. this past week, one of my favorite bloggers. Certainly my favorite Heblish blogger (read her blog to find out more about funny Heblish).
• A Mother in Israel wrote about a disturbing topic: Orthodox Girls and Eating Disorders. Unfortunate but very important to discuss. A friend (who struggles with weight and food issues) said any culture that emphasizes food ends up with food issues. I would suggest that the inability to express one’s feelings because there is no safe place to do so adds to the problem.
• Daniel Saunders reviewed The Kite Runner.
• Robin, the wonderful photographer in Tel Aviv, needs your vote.
• On the topic of eye-opening photographers, visit Wolfish Musing’s water drop.
• Bronwyn writes Nuts! – “people who consume the most nuts are the least likely to be overweight” – and more on nuts. I asked my middle son if he would eat nuts, and he replied: “I like do-nuts.” Wise guy.

Warwick Hotel Window and Door

The Warwick Hotel off 6th Avenue in New York City looks impressive – I took photos of the window and entrance door as we walked past on Sunday.

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Salute to Israel Parade Reds

This woman on tall stilts was quite talented. Does anyone know what SDNY stands for? Security Defense of New York? There were a lot of them in the contigent for the Israeli government – extra security, we surmised. (Tink says in the comments it stands for “Southern District of New York”).

Did you know that researchers in Israel are working hard on an electric car? Via Twitter, I discovered the man in the car is Michael Granoff (mikejgr).

How does this guy juggle and ride a unicycle at the same time?

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BIG green chair – SOOC

This lime green chair at Rutgers Gardens is *really* big. It has a twin facing it, too. I saw some “tiny” people sitting in the chair but didn’t get a photo of them. These sculptures must be fairly new – I don’t remember them from previous years.

For more shots straight out of the camera:

Review with Purple Columbine

On My Blog

Interview with Ruchama King Feuerman, Novelist

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• Ilana-Davita reviewed Roya Hakakian’s Journey from the Land of No. She also interviewed Shimshonit, a blogger in Israel who used to live in my hometown.
• Jew Wishes reviewed Blooms of Darkness by Aharon Appelfeld. Sounds like a powerful book, not at all an easy topic.
• Mrs. S. wrote about Jerusalem in 1967.
• On Websites for Small Biz, I talked about sites with busy designs: why do some designs work?

Upcoming: Lots of recipes on Sunday. Stay tuned.

Red at Rutgers Gardens Sale

Do you have popular plant sales where you live?

And these are just photos of the annuals!

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Pink Azalea with Red Spots

Happy Mother’s Day. Our azaleas have already faded (this shot is from last week), but the rhododendron is starting to show color, and the roses have tiny buds. We have a bit of a chilly day here… lots of unusual winds yesterday.

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Review with Rocket-Like Columbine

On My Blog

  
  
– Interview with Lisa Palombo, Painter
– The Promised Land (video)

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• Jew Wishes reviews Beatrice and Virgil (same author as Life of Pi).
• Ilana-Davita presents the first of her blog interviews, Weekly Interview: Treppenwitz.
• Mother in Israel has a provocative and well-discussed post called Should Co-Sleeping be Outlawed?
• Carver posted about Melanoma Awareness (a topic that hits too close to home for her).
• On a related topic, HaAretz had an article:
  Skin cancer increasingly likely among Jewish Israeli men
  There were some nutrition prevention suggestions on that article:
  “Dr. Niva Shapira, a nutrition counselor at the Cancer Association also noted that recent studies have shown a Mediterranean diet rich in fish and olive oil reduces the risk of melanoma.

  Food proven to help protect against radiation includes broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, kiwi, grapes, strawberries, oranges, fish, olive oil, avocado, almonds, tea, cacao and spices including rosemary and sage.

  In contrast, processed red meat; Omega 6-rich oils like sunflower, corn and soy oil; fried food; celery; parsley and figs all increase skin oxidation and skin cancer risk. “

Upcoming: Why Do Jews Eat Dairy on Shavuot? The standard, the fun, the funny, the historical, the hysterical. Feel free to leave your own funny comments on this topic in this post, if you dare to see your words (name dropped) appear in the upcoming post.

Inn with Orange Hills

I took this photo of the Country Inn at Jiminy Peak in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts back in January. I love both the round and triangular elements of the facade and the orange color of late afternoon on the mountains.

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Coming Soon: a return to Ruin Rui – to be posted on this blog by tomorrow (Thursday)