Photo of the day: COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL, IT’S EASTER! – Liberate yourself for Easter!
Awesome visual provided by the Third Rail Projects dance group performance of “Yolk”.
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Photo of the day: JESUS ‘CROSSES’ THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
JESUS ‘CROSSES’ THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE: (Re-post from Good Friday 2013) I was conducting a walking tour across the Brooklyn Bridge this Good Friday and wondered why I was hearing this mass amount of voices singing up ahead of us. When we got to the center of the bridge there was Jesus and his followers crossing the bridge. Hundreds of people recalled the suffering and death of Jesus with a procession over the bridge in observance of Good Friday.
Called The Way of the Cross, the traditional Catholic pilgrimage began at St. James Cathedral in Downtown Brooklyn where Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio presided over a short service. Observers then spilled out of the church doors to follow the Rev. Richard Veras, who carried a large wooden cross over the bridge.
The Way of the Cross procession in Brooklyn began in 1996 with a small group of friends. Participants visit five symbolic stations of the cross at St. James Cathedral, a point on the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall Park, Ground Zero, and finally ending at St. Peter’s Church on Barclay Street in Manhattan.
People of all ages followed the somber Friday morning procession — some praying and singing out loud while others stayed silent. My Swiss guests were astounded to see so many people in the procession. I told them, “Having once lived at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, I have seen all sorts of people cross the bridge, from racers, protestors, 9/11 survivors and politicians – now I have seen Jesus crossing too.”
Photo of the day: LILIES OF THE FIELD
Photo of the day: LILIES OF THE FIELD – Fun facts about the Easter Lily:
| HOUGHTON LEAVES A RYUKYU – Louis Houghton, a soldier during World War I, is responsible for the popularity of the Bermuda lily, better known as the Easter lily, here in the U.S. In 1919, he brought hybrid bulbs home with him to the southern coast of Oregon and gave them to family and friends to plant.
Today, ten growers, most located along the California-Oregon border, in an area known as the “Easter Lily Capital of the World,” produce 95 percent of all bulbs grown commercially in the world. They produced almost 11.5 million bulbs last year for commercial greenhouses in the U.S. and Canada. Easter lilies are the fourth largest crop in wholesale value in the U.S. potted plant market despite a sales window of only two weeks. The Easter lily is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The cultivar “Nellie White” is the most popular form of Easter lily in the U.S. To prolong the life of an Easter lily’s blossoms, remove the yellow anthers (pollen-bearing pods) found in the center of each flower. |
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Photo of the day: FROSTED BLOOMS
Photo of the day: FROSTED BLOOMS – Yesterday morning many of us in the Central and North Eastern part of the United States woke up to a rather rude awakening – that four letter word SNOW! After having been teased with near 80F degree weather here in Manhattan and sporting flip flops, this morning the roads were iced, cars were encased in an icy snow and the spring plants had been covered with a last minute frosting.
But, warmth is coming, the Farmer’s Almanac predicted today that the summer of 2014 will (again) be unusually hot and filled with (more) torrential rains – at least it’s not snow!
Photo of the day: MORNING REQUIREMENTS: STALE TOAST AND TWO PEANUTS
Photo of the day: MORNING REQUIREMENTS: STALE TOAST AND TWO PEANUTS – This is Oscar my ‘pet’ squirrel who comes by every morning to have his breakfast served by me. Every morning he has 2 unsalted peanuts and 1 pecan waiting for him on my third floor windowsill, but nothing gets him going more than a good old fashioned piece of stale toast! (But no coffee, it’ gets him too wired.)
Photo of the day: TAX DAY ! Even drunks file their taxes . . .
Photo of the day: TAX DAY! – So how did you make out? Do you owe? Do they owe you? Or, is it a wash?
I went to the post office yesterday here in Sunnyside Queens to mail my forms – only 2 windows open, with one drunk chatty guy who was enamored by his postal worker and didn’t want to leave. “They won’t and can’t give me a gun, ’cause I only would shoot my self!….I wouldn’t shoot you darlin’. Although, I could kill myself with my shoe laces, there are ways you don’t even know about, hee hee!” Twenty-seven people on line just went on about their business checking their iPhones, counting the minutes . . .
Photo of the day: NEW YORK FK’N CITY
Photo of the day: NEW YORK FK’N CITY – In Manhattan’s Little Italy you can say what you want on a t-shirt! Just six for $10.
Photo of the day: BIBLE SEMINAR
Photo of the day: BIBLE SEMINAR – Those bible seminars can really wear you out!
Bryant Park April 11, 2014.
Photo of the day: GASPING FOR ART
Photo of the day: GASPING FOR ART – This is one of the brilliant works of art on display at the “Whitewash” exhibit currently featuring artists and photographers honoring the memory and tragedy of 5 Pointz Graffiti and Street Art Museum, brilliantly curated by Marie Cecile Flaguel.
“Gasping for Art” is by SEE TF aka Carlos who is an incredibly gifted artist with many sensibilities. This timeless piece evokes images of the Fritz Lang film classic ‘Metropolis’ to images of World Wars I & II in its haunting yet futuristic imagery. Check him out! Prepare to be knocked out by an entire gallery filled with such great art and even some of my photography. The Jeffrey Leder Gallery: 2137 45th Road, L.I.C. Open 12noon – 6pm.
Leder Gallery: http://www.jeffreyledergallery.com/whitewash.php
Photo of the day: “COME TO THE JEFFREY LEDER GALLERY MY FRIEND!”
Tom Orzo, Mindy Cassle-Rosato, Hans, Ursula Von Rittern, Deborah Blau, Frederica Meister
Photo of the day: “COME TO THE JEFFREY LEDER GALLERY MY FRIEND!” – So, life is disappointing? Forget it! We have no troubles here at the Jeffrey Leder Gallery! Here life is beautiful…
The paintings are beautiful…even the photographs are beautiful (and selling) !
My dear friends Tom Orzo, Mindy Cassle-Rosato, of course Mom, Deborah Blau and Frederica Meister all came for the grand opening party of the 5 Pointz “Whitewash” exhibit that I am a part of! Why don’t you join the ranks of graffiti lovers, street art lovers, preservationists and the passionate and check out my 16 photos along with the fantastic works of artists Auks, Cortes, Jerms, Just One, Meres, Orestes, Shiro, See TF, Topaz, Zimad, Hunt Rodriguez proving art is forever! A mourning and celebration of the destruction of the world’s most spectacular street art museum. $20 catalog available for sale in the gift shop.
The paintings are beautiful…even the photographs are beautiful (and selling) !
My dear friends Tom Orzo, Mindy Cassle-Rosato, of course Mom, Deborah Blau and Frederica Meister all came for the grand opening party of the 5 Pointz “Whitewash” exhibit that I am a part of! Why don’t you join the ranks of graffiti lovers, street art lovers, preservationists and the passionate and check out my 16 photos along with the fantastic works of artists Auks, Cortes, Jerms, Just One, Meres, Orestes, Shiro, See TF, Topaz, Zimad, Hunt Rodriguez proving art is forever! A mourning and celebration of the destruction of the world’s most spectacular street art museum. $20 catalog available for sale in the gift shop.
Come see the exhibit till June 8 at the Jeffrey Leder Gallery: 2137 45th Road, 1/2 block away from the #7 & G Court Street subway station. Two blocks away from 5 Pointz and MOMA’s PS1. Open 12 noon – 6pm.
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, etranger, stranger.
Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchante,
Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, spray paint!
Fremde, etranger, stranger.
Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchante,
Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, spray paint!
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