A Perfect Easter Ending!

As someone who has been following the saga of the Somali pirates hijacking of the U.S. Cargo ship a few days ago I was so happy to read about the ending to this all. After a tense standoff over the course of several days, sharpshooters from the nearby Navy vessel picked off the pirates as they had an AK-47 to Captain Richard Phillips back.
If your interested, you can read about it all here. Easter Surprise!

Father and son

Me and Kyle

a gate to the garden

Kyle by the big tree

the garden girl

the goldfish in the pond

We had went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden yesterday and spent a few hours on a beautiful day. . .

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Square Artist Cards

I'm having a lot of fun working on these square artist cards from Crane & Co. These are about 5.5x5.5" and are made of very high quality 100% cotton fine art paper with a subtle but appealing texture. Crane & Co. have been around a very long time. As a matter of fact, the Queen Mum announced the celebration of her 100th birthday on Crane paper. Paul Revere engraved banknotes for the Colony of Massachusetts Bay on Crane paper to help finance the American Revolution!

I have created templates for these so that I can easily prepare any image for a new card. One thing to note is that the dimensions of this card require additional postage, but it's so well worth it. I have been getting great feedback on them and have started working on more.

Here are a few examples.

Wired. . .

Some more connections. This was spotted at Flatbush avenue and Filmore in Brooklyn N.Y.

Mystic Seaport

One of my favorite places to visit is Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT. It is the largest maritime museum in the United States and offers the opportunities to step aboard old ships and stroll through re-created 19th century coastal villages. Also full of great photo-ops. Here a re a few from my recent visits.

I love the labels on these crates. Click on the image for a larger view.

This is from inside one of the many work and repair shops situated in the village. There is an actual shipyard that restores and maintains many of the vessels and various building in the old coastal town.

An Old Trunk

I just wanted to share with you this great trunk that a friend of mine picked up for me at an auction in upstate New York.
She had emailed me prior to attending to ask me if there was anything there that i might be interested in and sent me a link to the auction site that had shown some images of various items that were up for the latest auction. I indicated to her that I really liked this old trunk and that if it were not too expensive she could grab this for me. well, she did. . .25.00 What a steal. I use it to store some equipment and supplies and just love the aged look and detail intact.

This is a label on the top of the trunk from the Erie Railroad Company.

Benches and Table

These benches and table were found at Plum Beach in Brooklyn, New York. I will remember to bring my shovel if I plan to go there for a picnic. . .

More connections. . .

This one has the remains of an abandoned Monk Parrots nest.

the rebel

To resist authority, conformity and strive for independence. . .

It is those that seek unity and conformity that make the rebels and non- conformists so attractive, and vice versa. . .we are all in this together and our very co-exixtence compliments one another as in the case here of "the rebel".We are all important and part of the bigger picture. Together we are much greater than the sum of our parts. . .