It seems--at least in this part of the world--that the colors of October are celebrated more than those of any other month.
Reverence for the hues of that month are certainly just. However, some of what I saw on today's ride left me absolutely stunned.
I saw this on the wooden bridge in the Randall's Island nature preserve:
Oh, but the visual feast didn't end there. Barretto Point Park was closed, probably because of flood damage and weakened trees that might fall at any given moment. However,through the fence, I saw this:
and this:
I know that the hues of autumn sunsets are particularly rich. But lately it seems the skies are outdoing themselves. I wonder whether it has anything to do with the recent storms.
My ride today was short. But the name of this park, about three miles from my place, says it all:
This piece of real estate is in Rego Park, a Queens neighborhood that is currently home to thousands of emigres--many of whom are Jewish-- from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia. It gets its name from the Real Good Construction company, which developed most of the neighborhood in the early 20th Century.
If you are visiting the neighborhood for the first time and it seems familiar, you've probably read Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus. The scenes with his aged Polish Jewish father are all set in the neighborhood, where Spiegelman grew up.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, today's ride was short but Real Good.
Reverence for the hues of that month are certainly just. However, some of what I saw on today's ride left me absolutely stunned.
I saw this on the wooden bridge in the Randall's Island nature preserve:
Oh, but the visual feast didn't end there. Barretto Point Park was closed, probably because of flood damage and weakened trees that might fall at any given moment. However,through the fence, I saw this:
and this:
I know that the hues of autumn sunsets are particularly rich. But lately it seems the skies are outdoing themselves. I wonder whether it has anything to do with the recent storms.
My ride today was short. But the name of this park, about three miles from my place, says it all:
This piece of real estate is in Rego Park, a Queens neighborhood that is currently home to thousands of emigres--many of whom are Jewish-- from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia. It gets its name from the Real Good Construction company, which developed most of the neighborhood in the early 20th Century.
If you are visiting the neighborhood for the first time and it seems familiar, you've probably read Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus. The scenes with his aged Polish Jewish father are all set in the neighborhood, where Spiegelman grew up.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, today's ride was short but Real Good.
The delayed change from DST in recent years has launched November into the "colorful running," as you note since nowadays sunset in October is an hour later than it used to be.
ReplyDeleteSteve--That's a really good point. I remember when the change from DST came on the third weekend in October; now it's the first weekend in November. It definitely has made a difference in the timing of autumn sunsets--and, to some degree, foliage.
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