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wednesday’s word: towers, a photo tour.

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At the beach, Amelia Island.
Disney’s City Hall.
Amongst the trees.
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs, Florida.
Fernandina Victorian gem.
Famous shadow.
The Tower, Pisa.
Disney World towers, spires, and chimneys.
Church tower, Fernandina.
Tower-tower.
Another Victorian gem in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
The Clock Tower – Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Famous silhouettes.
My favorite lighthouse – Montauk Point, Long Island.
Montauk Lighthouse, 1972.
A small lighthouse, Mayport, Florida.
Power to the people!
Up close.
The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island.

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word wednesday

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Inspiration

A painting I started and almost finished in 1967.
Here is the inspiration piece. A postcard from 1953.

The Montauk Point lighthouse was one of my favorite places to visit as a child. It was the first place I drove to by myself after receiving my driver’s license in 1971.

A family vacation in the summer of 2002.

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autumn’s beautiful litter

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Maple leaves, Upstate New York.

Image taken by my daughter, Lindsay.

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Friday Fotos!

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Pontiac NY

My Mom and Dad’s favorite tree and oh, by the way, their new car! A sleek looking 1949 Pontiac Chieftain coupe at a park in New York City in the early 1950s. I’m not sure which one was responsible for the photo gaff but its a great shot anyway.

Mom and Car

Mom posing in their new Pontiac. Taken by my Dad with Mom’s Kodak 620.

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Throwback Thursday – Dapper Dude with Seaplane

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Dapper Dude with Plane logo

I don’t know much about the dapper man pictured with what I imagine is his seaplane. I believe it’s a 1939 model Piper Cub J-3 and judging by its appearance it could be new or just a few years old. My Mom took this picture with her trusty Kodak 620.

Since my Mom grew up in New York City and knew her town like the back of her hand I’m just guessing that it was taken somewhere in New York in the early 1940s. It could be in Long Island Sound or on the Hudson but I don’t know the background of the image. It’s part of a vast trove of pictures that my Mom took over the years that I have no idea of the who, what, where. Good shot though!

Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Shea Stadium August 19, 1972

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New York Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds at Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York. A Saturday afternoon game on August 19, 1972, with a crowd of 43,257 fans. The Mets lost 5-0 to the Reds.

47 years ago almost to the day.

Mets Aug 1972 Yogi

(L-R) Pete Rose LF, Tom Gorman Home Plate Umpire, Yogi Berra Manager, Chris Pelekoudas 1B, Nick Colosi 2B, Andy Olsen 3B.

Tom Seaver

The GREAT Tom Seaver hitting flies to the outfielders before the start of the game during warmups.

Johnny Bench

The great Johnny Bench takes a mighty home run swing. He did hit a home run that game (#27) and was playing right field. The GREAT Jerry Grote is catching for the Mets.

All pics were taken by me with my trusty Yashica TL Electro-X 35mm SLR on Kodak Ektachrome 64 color slide film. I was using a 2x teleconverter on my 50mm Auto Yashinon lens.

The high temperature was 84 degrees which was recorded at Central Park. Bright sunshine and low humidity – perfect baseball weather!

boxscore 8-19-1972

The Mets record stood at 59-52 which is just a bit lower than their 2019 record of 63-60 but still in the typical range for the Mets this time of year.

Have a great day everyone and Let’s Go Mets! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Montauk Point, Long Island

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From a wonderful visit in the Summer of 2002 to one of my favorite places on Long Island – the Montauk Point Lighthouse.

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July 2002

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Tim 7 and Lindsay 13

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How many times have I run up and down that hill as a kid???

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