Miles in Snow

I walked along the west side of Greenpoint yesterday afternoon in the fading sun and the colors thrown up by the snow against the bluest sky filled me with a kind of enduring joy.

Light Bulb Awnings: Bushwick & Bed Stuy

Rodriguez Grocery Store
560 Evergreen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221

Bracero Liquors Inc.
41 Bleecker Street
Brooklyn, NY 11221

Stop 1 Grocery Store
463 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205

Miles in Sky Meadows (again)

I spent a week in Virginia over the holidays and made a point to walk every day, either in the large field behind the church or in Sky Meadows. I didn’t have my camera the day that everything was encased with ice–shards falling all around us–and the trees were glittering and creaking. But it’s enough to remember the sights and sounds, and to be relieved that even these grasses made it through such an ordeal.

Back in New York, the winter has not been so picturesque, but, yes, there are lights and the ocean remains close, and, as ever, I hear the sounds of the little resilient birds who are staying put.

Miles in Sunset Park

Winter trees are my favorite, especially these London Planes with their white bark all exposed. On this day, the view of Manhattan was obstructed, the whole city crowned with fog. The wind kept us all cold and alert–perimeters became shields and the path to the water was like walking into a silent and subdued storm.

Miles in Sky Meadows

Every time I go home to Virgina, I take a trip to Sky Meadows. If I’m lucky, the sun lights up the grass and milkweed strands coat the fields in some places. Despite the cold, I love this landscape in winter. All the colors are muted, the trees are reduced to striking shapes grasping the sky, and all the hunting birds are visible. The wind, though, whips across this rise with some forgotten strength, and I’m always happy for some warmth to return to.

Light Bulb Awnings: 4th Avenue

 

El Che Jewelry Boutique
914 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232