Captured back in April while walking the dog around the neighborhood. Very colorful, but I have no idea what tree this is.
Taken with an Olympus OM-D EM-10 and Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42 f3.5-4.6 II
Around the Neighborhood – Spring Blossoms
Paul’s house
I mentioned my friend, Paul in the preceding post (See: My friend Paul). This is the inside of his house. He has an fascinating collection of objects, the highlight of which is probably his collection of vintage magazines (not shown in these pictures). They are displayed in frames he designed so that cover is seen from the outside, but the inside of the frame contains the full magazine.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.
My friend Paul
Paul is an actor and in his day was well known for his work on TV. He’s also done quite a bit of stage work, as well as voice overs. It was his 90th birthday yesterday.
Happy Birthday Paul!!!
Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.
Back in Manhattan again
I went into Manhattan AGAIN (I don’t think I’ve been into the city this often since I retired) to meet up with some friends and to watch England play Denmark in the semi-finals of the delayed Euro 2020 competition. England won 2-1 with a quite controversial penalty. Controversial penalty or not I felt England deserved to win. They are now through to the final of a major competition for the first time in 55 years and for the first time ever in the final of this competition. I wish them luck.
Update. I just watched the final against Italy. England scored after 2 minutes. Italy equalized after 67 minutes. At the end of full time the score remained the same (1-1) so the match went to extra time (15 minutes each way). After extra time the score still remained the same (1-1) so the match went to penalties, which Italy won 3-2. Just as I felt that England deserved to win against Denmark, I felt that Italy deserved to win against England.
I was still an excellent performance by England though. Well done!
Taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M10 and Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7
Ken’s Hat
I had to drop off something at my friend Ken’s house. As I walked up I saw that he was outside and working in the garden. He must have decided that he’d done enough gardening because he invited me onto his deck for a drink. As we walked up to the table he took his hat off, put it down and went to get the drinks.
It was at that point that I took this picture. I’m not sure exactly why I like it, but I do. It’s something to do with the early evening light falling on the hat and the chair behind. I also like the colors
Taken with a Fuji X-E1 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II