“The straight and the winding way are one and now that you are here what do the years count since last we two met together?  Men’s memories are uncertain and the past that was differs little from the past that was not.”

“I been everwhere,” he said.  “This is just one more place.”

“Did you post witnesses?” he said.  “To report to you on the continuing existence of those places once you’d quit them?”

“That’s crazy.”

“Is it?  Where’s yesterday?”

–Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy

I’ve been thinking of Brooklyn a lot at night.

Here are some of my relics:

I am so happy I got to see the blizzard before I go

I think the snow was best on Saturday night

coming down steadily and silently

glittering in the dark and empty streets

Merry Christmas from Brooklyn!

autumn in New York

Enjoy it while it lasts!

I spent yesterday collecting more of these posters.

these are all from Manhattan, mostly on the Bowery

these two are very similar but not identical

maybe I just want them all to be unique

this one looks a lot like one I saw in Brooklyn, in which the red dots were faded

I want to collect them all.

Keep your eyes open

and let me know if you figure out where these come from.

I’ve found some more, twice NOT on scaffolding.  What’s the deal?

not on scaffolding:

Sorry about the night photos.  Tell me what these are!

What a delightful surprise!  Thank you K.T. McMillan of TailorTaste for awarding me with an Honest Scrap!  Visit her wonderful site at http://www.tailortaste.com/

The guidelines for an Honest Scrap award are as follows:
1. Say thanks and give a link to the presenter of the award. (check!)
2. Share “10 Honest Things” about myself.
3. Present this award to 7 others whose blogs I find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged me.
4. Tell those 7 people they’ve been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving.

Ten things about me:

1.  I’m a native California living in the tamed wilderness of New York.

2.  I hate my middle name. (thanks Mom)

3.  I play the piano.

4.  My favorite animal is the African elephant.

5.  Autumn if my favorite season.

6.  I like to make quilts.

7.  I would love to be a photographer or a ballerina some day.

8.  I plan on retiring to a cabin in Norway in the next few years.

9.  I love strange place names, specifically of the West. (e.g. You Bet, CA; Surprise, AZ; Truth or Consequence, NM)  I also love looking at maps.

10.  I’m dying to visit the Grand Canyon.

And to pay it forward:

1. http://tailortaste.com

2. http://3191.visualblogging.com/

3. http://101cookbooks.com/

4. http://www.ambataliafabrics.blogspot.com/

5. http://jordangordon.wordpress.com/

6. http://2or3things.blogspot.com/

7. http://themollu.blogspot.com/ (if only she would update!)

Thanks again K.T.!

Ben pointed these out to me when he was here in July

I’ve been seeing them all over ever since, mostly in Brooklyn

Have you seen any others?

The High Line is finally open!old and new

above it all

I’m sure it looks better in the sunshine