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Category Archives: Two-fisted Touristing
EIFFEL TOWER VIEWS
Making my way through the Great American Southwest posts took the focus off our 2018 trip to Paris. Much has been shared from that visit already, but there’s still more. And how could I have not yet included our trip … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Arche de Triomphe, Claire Eiffel, Ed Elder, Eiffel Tower, France, Gustave Eiffel, heights, Montmartre, Paris, photography, Seine, Thomas Edison
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EASTER KNICK-KNACK HUNT
A Game of Hide and Seek in Photos What I enjoy most about Easter is the hiding and seeking of treats. I best like hiding and having my loved ones do the seeking. It’s just Ed and me together today, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged back yard, beads, bear, Blow Up, cows, daffodils, dragon, Easter, frogs, game, Garden, hand puppet, hide, hunt, hyacinth, Lion, mardi-gras, mourning dove, Once Upon a Frog, photography, seek, toys, witch
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Crocuses on the First Day of Spring
Ed and I visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden yesterday, on the cool, sunny first day of Spring. The crocuses were in full bloom. Deeper into the gardens, the crocuses spectacularly blanket a particular hill.
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Tagged botanic garden, brooklyn, Cherry Esplanade, Crocus, Edward Elder, geese, shadow play, Snoopy, Spring
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ALL OF THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST BLOG POSTS
All 26 Southwest USA Twofisted Touristing Posts Collected in One Spot OK, I can’t actually promise the full Great American West, that would basically be all of this: The area Ed and I toured August 2019, and from which the … Continue reading Continue reading
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Tagged American West, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, Bryce Canyon, Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Colorado River, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Grand Staicase-Escalante, Hoover Dam, Horseshoe Bend, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Meteor Crater, Monument Valley, Navajo, Nevada, North Rim, Petrified Forest, Rainbow Bridge, Red Rock, Sedona, South Rim, Utah, Valley of Fire, Walnut Canyon, Zion
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MONUMENT VALLEY
Our final magnificent stop of the Great American West Tour Ed and I took the summer of 2019 was Monument Valley on Navajo land right at the border of southeastern Utah and northeastern Arizona. Certainly saved one of the best … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Arizona, Artist's Point, Butte, Ear of the Wind, East Mitten, Great American West, Hogan, Hollywood, John Ford, John Wayne, Merrick, Monument Valley, Navajo, petroglyph, photography, selfie, Stagecoach, Sun's Eye, Totem Pole, Utah, West Mitten, Western, Yei Bi Chei
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Canyon de Chelly
The most famous feature of Canyon de Chelly is Spider Rock, a 750 feet (229 m) tall sandstone spire. So I will start this blog post with it, even though it is not the first thing visitors entering Canyon de Chelly … Continue reading
ARIZONA VISTAS
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
PETRIFIED FOREST
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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Tagged Arizona, desert, Edward Elder, forest, fossils, National Park, Petrified Forest, petrified log, photography, stone, trees
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A TOWN OF TWO LUCYS
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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Tagged Celoron, Chautauqua, Dave Poulin, Ellicott, Jamestown, Lake, lighthouse, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Mark & Jetta Wilson, memorial, New Lucy, New York, park, Scary Lucy, sculpture, statue, Vitameatavegamin
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AUTUMNAL SPLENDOR in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Ed and I took some pretty pictures last Sunday in the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden…
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Autumn, botanic garden, brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Cherry Esplanade, colors, Fall, Japanese Garden, leaves, nature, New York City, November, photography
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TELL-TALE NYLIFF AWARDS
NYLIFF – NEW YORK LONG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL gives “THE TELL-TALE HEART – a musicabre” the BEST THRILLER – SHORT award as well as a SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD to Danny Ashkenasi
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Award, Covid 19, festival, film, Lindenhurst, Long Island, Mask, Moose Lodge, musicabre, New York, NYLIFF, short, short film, Special Achievement, The Tell-Tale Heart, Thriller
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GRAND ARMY FOUNTAIN
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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Tagged arch, cherub, civil war, Fountain, Grand Army Plaza, JFK, lovers, memorial, photography, Prospect Park, statues, sun, Union Street, water
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48 FINAL DAYS OF OUTDOOR MEMORY ESCAPES
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
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, brooklyn, cactus garden, Cherry blossoms, Death Valley, dragon, Escape, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Iguacu, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Little Colorado River Gorge, Memory, National Park, New York City, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Sedona, Spreewald, Statue of Liberty, Vermont, Versailles, winter, Zion
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BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN REOPENED
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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Tagged botanic garden, brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Covid 19, devotional, Edward Elder, Fragrance Garden, Garden, hill, Japanese, koi, Lockdown, Mask, Native Flora, nature, New York City, photography, pond, Rainbow, shade plants, Shakespeare, Snowflake, Sweet Pepper Bush, turtle, walled garden, Woodland Garden
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TELL-TALE over TIMES SQUARE
The Tell-Tale Poster Shines on a Big Billboard over Broadway Last night Ed and I travelled to Times Square to watch the poster for my gothic musical short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” be broadcast over Times Square. … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged billboard, Black Lives Matter, Broadway, Competition, coronavirus, Covid 19, Ed Elder, Facebook, Film Festival, Godzilla, horror, long hair, Marriot Marquis, Mask, musicabre, New York City, pandemic, poster, Rainbow, Shockfest, Silvercast Media, The Tell-Tale Heart, Times Square
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