Magical cities, magical skies, magical lenses.
The most ordinary day can be magical when the sun shines, and it shone brightly last January.
I’m more nostalgic for this past winter and early spring than I normally would be, but the sun shone, and made everything seem more alive.
Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn*, Queens or Jersey looks more beautiful than it does from inside Manhattan itself. Sometimes it can seem enchanted.
*The pictures were taken there.
If you always knew you had problems, and had to figure out what they were on your own as medical science wasn't ready for you, when you found out the name of your problems and more about them, would you rush to say you're disabled?
Would you reframe your life story?
Or try to keep it as honest and true to your memories as you could?
I'm writing a memoir, and taking the later road as my life has always been interesting and fun.
I had the longest youth in America. It lasted from the late 60's through the 80's.
My "disability" non verbal learning disorder (NLD) is invisible.
So people think I should have been super successful and made mega bucks.
Success to me can be as small as getting the side bar of my blog to work. And as big as I can dream!
The first should be a postcard. Truly beautiful. Pictures like this make me want to be in New York more than anything.
Loving your titles lately, by the way.
Glad you’re enjoying photography and taking pictures of the city.
Cover for you book??
perfect.
It looks much better than the NY I remember from the times I’ve visited.
I like the aforementioned book cover idea.
Very nice!
Excellent photos. I’m going to visit New York one day if it kills me (and yes, I know… a surprisingly high number of visitors to New York are killed every day)
Jonathan — c’mon over, it (probably) won’t kill ya!
Actually, the number of visitors killed in New York every day is surprisingly low: zero, in fact, on most days.
The number of New Yorkers killed daily in New York, while depressingly high, is still lower per capita than the national average.
So, head on out — keep your wallet in your front pocket, avoid prolonged eye contact with strangers on the street, and enjoy the show.