Walking Through Central Park ~~ Morning and Evening
I am continuing with my video phase. Still shaky but I think I’m improving. All these videos were taken today. Two at 8:00 am on my way to work but one turned out to be a Blooper so I made it Private. Let me know if you want to see the Blooper video. So weird. The two I took after work around 5:00 pm came out much better. Perhaps I was more awake by then!! LOL!! 🙂 😀 You can even see some of the New York Skyline.
I think I’d better hurry up and get my digital camera fixed, learn to use it and make some improvements with both my photos and videos!!
Folks Having Fun in Central Park ~~ Along the Great Lawn
What sort of music was played in your house when you were growing up? What effect, (if any) did it have on your musical tastes?
Will There be Lindy Hopping in Heaven?
Silently. Quietly. Watching the records drop down, spin and play on the Victrola my mother Mable Palmer pondered many things. Things she kept close to her in a broken and torn heart. Blame. Hurt. Guilt.
Toni Braxton’s Lessons In Autism: “I Thought It Was Something I Had Done”
Big Bands blasting out hits from times gone by. Long past. Sometimes happy and carefree. Sometimes the reality of Jim Crow, lynchings, separate but equal……
Sam Cooke. The Temptations. The Four Tops.
Sam Cooke — Change Gon’ Come
Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X. Dr. Martin Luther King. Two Kennedys shot down.
Suddenly a Savior. Tall lanky Black Man from New York. Husband material. First met. Wilberforce AFB. The Bells rang at Carillon Park. Dayton Woman. Harlem man. Suave. Sophisticate. New Life. Bright Lights. Big City. The Bronx. Baseball Yankees. Baby Girl. Two years pass. Baby boy joy. Need more space. Queens move. Something’s wrong. Something’s not right with our Prince. Two years old and still no voice. Doctors. No answers. Whispers. Not so secret. What did she do wrong? Was it the tea she drank during her pregnancy? What did she do to make him “that way.”
Untold suffering. Lord I Love my child. Why is he this way? Why does he scream nonstop? Why does everyone blame me? Sorrow. Pain. Agony. Doing my best.
Years pass. Mother ~~ A broken sparrow fallen to the ground. But my son. He shines. My daughter a Redeemer arisen. My children. My joy. Now go I to my eternal rest. My Angels shall live on after me. For now there is Lindy Hopping in Heaven.
Mable Elizabeth Palmer
May 2, 1930 to August 2, 1998
See you one day once again Mommy. We Love You!!
Sam Cooke & Soul Stirrers – The Last Mile Of The Way
Proverbs 31:10-31
King James Version (KJV)
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth theLord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
We are now on to a new series which topics. I like to think it will be fun series. It consists of combinations of colors and happy and pets. It is time to just have some fun.
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This week’s topic is Happy. Anything in this world that makes you feel happy or smile is allowed in this series. It could be a beautiful land or seascape to a close up of a flower. Your significant other, family, kids or even pets. It could be a delicious plate of food or ice cream. Show off your photos of things that make you happy. The thing is to have a lot of fun with this challenge. Feel free to dig around in your archives for photos if you don’t have anything new you can photograph.
HAPPINESS FOR ME IS MY BROTHER STEPHEN AND MY CAT SYLVESTER!!!
Stephen as Robin Hood October 30, 2015
Sailor Stephen
Sailor Stephen
Stephen as Scarecrow
Stephen, Me & Daddy 1977
Me and My brother Stephen December 1961
My Brother Stephen standing next to a Kehinde Wiley painting at the Brooklyn Museum
This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs. And give me a pingback.
With your answers, please remember we are in the SYW world and which may not always match our reality.
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If you had to have your vision corrected would you rather: glasses or contacts? Or what do you use if you need to have your vision corrected?
I currently wear glasses. I had retina surgery on my Left eye in Jan. 2018. Prior to that due to a minor stroke caused by extreme high blood pressure I could only see gray, light and dark. After the operation I was able to see some details. Now the sight is once again worsening in that eye but I have neither the time nor the money to return to the eye doctor. Fortunately the brain has a mental map of everything we have seen from birth so it fills it what should be there. I just rely on my right eye. No glasses or contacts could really help me. I need a miracle from God.
If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be?
Detour
Was school easy or difficult for you? How so?
K-12 was not exactly easy. I excelled in English and History. It would have been better if all math courses could have been avoided. I hate math. Always have. Always will. I suck at math. Red marks and F’s in every math course. If not for the New York State Regents exam I would have never graduated from High School. I have a math block.
College was great. Hooray and Cheers for Marymount Manhattan College!! Lots of work and challenges but I Loved every minute of it except those stupid dreaded math courses. My Chinese friends at my previous workplace helped me. Those Ladies were brilliant at math and they also had plenty of patience because when it comes to numbers I’m stupid and thick as a brick. Thank goodness in the over 40 years I’ve been in the work force I’ve never used algebra or geometry. Both were a total waste of time.
Would you rather take a 1 or 2 week vacation with an organized tour or take a cruise of your choice?
Both! Two weeks. One devoted to an organized tour the other on a cruise. Took a cruise back in 2004 and Loved it! Had a Wonderful time!
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Grateful that my African co-worker had a healthy baby girl. Her name is Laura Destiny! Looking forward to next weekend, good warm weather and more photography opportunities!!
Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit 