Three stop signs

One sign would not be enough, but perhaps three is too many? No, it’s probably just right, given the way some people drive around here.

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Work @ the 15th Street stop

The work train is laying some type of cable. If you ride the F Train regularly, you know very well that the Manhattan-bound trains are skipping this station. Work is proceeding slowly.

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Looking for Exit 4

The rain is stopping today. Imagine this picture with more light and less rain – not a beautiful landscape, but a cheerier one.

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Where to drink in Windsor Terrace

Before the Double Windsor moved to the neighborhood, catty-corner to Farrell’s, you pretty much had to do your drinking at home if the cop & firemen bar wasn’t to your taste. During the day, the Double Windsor serves sandwiches and artisanal beer, then they kick the kids for happy hour, and eventually it turns into a hipster scene. You’ll almost feel like you’re on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

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United Meat

You can tell it’s an old sign when there’s a phone number but no area code. This photo is so blown up it looks like a silkscreen. Next door is Chinese food.

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Way down yonder in Windsor Terrace

This is a new one – cotton as holiday decoration. Maybe it’s supposed to remind us of snow. Better they are selling it here than in Park Slope, where shoppers would be asking, “Is that organic cotton?”

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Punkins, carved & ready to go

This is Halloween. Those Martha Stewart-ish creations that involve intricate carving and slicing are nice enough, but a regular old jack o’lantern has abundant charm. This trio looks like it was actually carved by children. Maybe pumpkin carving became an elaborate craft when parents decided that knives don’t belong in the hands of wee folk and took over the responsibility.

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Millie the cat’s gone missing

She’s gray and looks like a pen and ink drawing. This shouldn’t be an impediment to finding her. The sign tells us what we need to know:  a friendly gray cat with green eyes and white face and paws has wandered off. And a piece of her left ear is gone. I think Millie’s had some adventures before this one. Time to go home, girl.

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Tape on a sign post

Wait at an isolated bus stop with a camera, take ten steps forward and sideways, and eventually you will find an interesting image to capture.

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Leprechaun strikes a Burt Reynolds pose

Who would suspect that a yard leprechaun was even familiar with Burt Reynolds’ Playgirl centerfold? The magazine is no longer around (though Burt is), but this little cement man with the fancy paint job should last for another century.

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