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Letting go, moving on

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , on January 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A surprising number of businesses still have Christmas decorations in their windows. This Chinese bakery is still promoting Summer Special Drink, and it’s 32 degrees out.

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Holiday lights on Court Street

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Today was supposed to be a special Saturday shopping day, the stores declared, but it was barely more crowded than usual in downtown Brooklyn. There weren’t any lines at the movie theater, either. Maybe people are staying in?

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Shopping on 86th Street

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , on January 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The post-holiday sales continue. Shoppers are out, but not crowding the stores. In Bay Ridge, the holiday decorations are still strung across the streets, but they don’t turn the lights on. That’s one way to delay the holiday clean-up.

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Deer in Sunset Park

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , , on December 2, 2010| 1 Comment »

This side yard has it both ways:  it’s neat and tidy and packed with ornamentation. Halloween and Christmas are covered, then there’s the Americana, represented by the wagon wheel and the cement deer. Makes me wish there were more lawns in the County of Kings. It’s an open palette, waiting for folding chairs, croquet, and more animals, of course.

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Eyes of coal

Posted in Misc, tagged , , , , , , on December 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Dyker Heights it ain’t, but sometimes you take what you can get. Santa is looking down on Frosty, enjoying his exalted position and the knowledge that weather, thaws, and rain will never bring him down. The snowman is happy and oblivious, for he’ll be back again someday.

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