This and That

Various Things On My Mind

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #285: Warm Colors

Warm colored red and yellow dragons celebrating the upcoming Asian Lunar New Year of the Dragon….

Wishing all who will be celebrating a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Year of the Dragon!

The Festival of Lights

For those who will be celebrating Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah!

Festival of Leaves Challenge 2023

Photos taken in Central Queens (NYC)….

“Let It Be”

As Jews around the world observe The Jewish Day of Atonement / Yom Kippur tonight, many are remembering the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. The universal “Let It Be” in its Hebrew version (with English subtitles) from that war still resonates today.

Wishing those observing this holiday a meaningful and easy fast!

Len-Artists Photo Challenge #266: The Passage of TIme

It has been 22 years since the 9/11 attacks and still every year new stories are being shared by people that were near where the attacks took place. The passage of time has not diminished the effect of what happened on those who were physically in the area. I know as I am one of those who were in NYC at the time and the aftermath affected my everyday life for an extended period afterwards. So every year, I remember my colleague’s only son who was killed at the WTC and listen to new stories (like the one shared above) while simply remembering despite the passage of time.

Lens-Artists Challenge #259: Unbound

In car centric L.A., after passing by Downtown Beverly Hills in a car, the next time I was unbound and got out of the car to walk around. Here are my photos in video form of the lovely Art Deco style of the area.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #255: Telling A Story

My short video of photos taken during a recent visit to the Fowler Museum (UCLA) not only show the viewer what interested me but also each artwork shown tells it own story.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Mood

The photos taken by me in this short video arrangement symbolize an elevated mood when arriving by air at a beautiful location.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #245: Environments

The environment in my area at this time of year is not only full beautiful homes but gorgeous Cherry Blossom trees. Here is a short video with a sampling of photos I took in the area:

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #240: The Road (most often) Taken

One of my favorite things to photograph are the cherry blossoms at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park with the 1964/5 World Fair remnants around them. Here is a video of some of my clips and photos taken this season: