Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’

Special focus on the Visual Arts (or when I am being extra artsy with the camera) with a side hustle of nature photography

The SOFIE Trophy

Posted on January 18, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A big Fed Ex box got delivered today, and inside, carefully packaged, was our SOFIE Trophy, the award “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won from The Short Film Awards last November. It’s rather big and has weight. And shines … Continue reading →

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ARIZONA VISTAS

Posted on January 17, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Continuing our August 2019 tour of the American West, after we left the grounds near the Petrified Forest Visitor Center, we drove on into the Petrified Forest National Park, a large national park in Eastern Arizona, with more petrified trees, … Continue reading →

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Shifting Light

Posted on January 2, 2021 by dannyashkenasi
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PETRIFIED FOREST

Posted on December 18, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

If a tree falls in a forest 200 million years ago, can you hear it? Well, no, you probably will not hear it. But if the tree is carried away by flood waters, and quickly submerged in silt… … it … Continue reading →

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A TOWN OF TWO LUCYS

Posted on December 5, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

In the village of Celoron, part of the town of Ellicott, on the western boundary of the city of Jamestown, in Chautauqua County, in the state of New York, United States, a statue was erected in honor of Lucille Ball, … Continue reading →

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AUTUMNAL SPLENDOR in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on November 10, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I took some pretty pictures last Sunday in the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden…

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Mini Zen Garden

Posted on October 16, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

A year of miniature landscapes in sand and stone. Last Christmas’ favorite stocking stuffer gift was a Mini Zen Garden kit Ed got me. It came with a black sandbox, sand, five black mini stones, and a miniature wooden rake. … Continue reading →

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BLACK LIVES MATTER MURALS in MADISON, WISCONSIN

Posted on August 22, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Black Lives Matter Art in State Street and Environs, Madison, WI

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GRAND ARMY FOUNTAIN

Posted on August 18, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Statues Splashed in Water and Light I have already posted pictures of what I called The Lovers of Grand Army Plaza. But those spring pics are few and overcast compared to these sun drenched shots I took over several days … Continue reading →

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48 FINAL DAYS OF OUTDOOR MEMORY ESCAPES

Posted on August 12, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

All Things Come to an End, if not this Pandemic (yet) I’ve continued posting the awkwardly named Daily Outdoor Memory Escapes far longer than I thought I would. Arguably the pandemic is worse in the whole of the USA than … Continue reading →

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BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN REOPENED

Posted on August 7, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

After 5 months locked out, a return to the gardens Last March, on the weekend where Broadway was already shut down and schools were cancelling performances and assemblies, but the rest of the city was still open for a few … Continue reading →

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108 WYCKOFF

Posted on July 17, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

I’ve been taking long walks in Brooklyn lately. And the other day in Cobble Hill I came upon this amazing facade festooning the brownstone at 108 Wyckoff Street. It’s a fantastic riot of mosaics and messages, colored stones and mirror … Continue reading →

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BLACK LIVES MATTER MURALS ON 4TH AND UNION

Posted on July 8, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

A construction fence wraps around a shut down gas station on 4th Avenue and Union Street where Park Slope borders Gowanus in Brooklyn. Many Black Lives Matter demonstrations took place in this area this past month, and it is around … Continue reading →

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A DAY IN SEDONA

Posted on July 1, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

The Landscape of Red Rock State Park – The Art in the Galleries

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40 More Days of Outdoor Memories

Posted on June 21, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Covid 19 Taketh Away, but these Photos Remindeth When Covid 19 started us sheltering at home, and I started posting daily photo reminders of lovely outdoor memories, I didn’t think I would be doing this for three months and counting. … Continue reading →

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LOOKING UP FROM MY LAWN CHAIR

Posted on June 1, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

While the world goes to hell … … I looked away from the news on my lap top and pointed my camera up and about while still perched on my back yard lawn chair…

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