Balancing Act
3:00 PM. Photo: JH.March 12, 2013. Fair, mild and grey yesterday in New York with rain expected this morning.I went down to Michael’s to meet Carol Joynt and Rachel Pearson who had come up from our...
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Smoke break on 55th between 5th and 6th. 3:15 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Rain all day yesterday, sometimes heavy, windy, clearing after night fall with the air feeling fresher.American...
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Spinning in Central Park. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Friday, March 15, 2013. Fair, cold, and sunny yesterday in New York; high 40 degrees mid-afternoon. The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) opened with its gala...
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The San Remo from the Shakespeare Garden in Central Park. 3:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, March 18, 2013. Cold, sometimes sunny weekend in New York. The private schools are out on their Spring break, as of...
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Looking up towards the Empire State Building from 34th Street and 6th Avenue. 5:00 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, March 19, 2013. It turned very cold yesterday afternoon, with an icy wind whipping off the...
View ArticleBright and sunny; and cold
Cold retreating, flowers blooming, 4:00 PM. Photo: JH.Friday, March 22, 2013. Bright and sunny; and cold. The weatherman is warning of maybe more snow coming this way. Big deal, I don’t think so. Now...
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Stretching in Central Park. 2:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, March 25, 2013. Sometimes sunny, fairly cold, dry first Spring weekend in New York. Rain and/or snow headed this way at the time of this writing...
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Late afternoon in Palm Beach. Photo: JH.Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Snow in the forecast; turns out to be some rain, and cold; leaving everything wet and raw in the first week of Spring.Diaries on Early...
View ArticleThe Final Act of the Astor Saga
Budding in Central Park. Photo: JH.Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Cloudy and bright in the city yesterday. Temps in the high 40s, low 50s.Big clouds moving in mid-afternoon yesterday promising ...?The New...
View ArticleEscaping the winds of March
Soaking up the late afternoon sun in Palm Beach. 5:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, March 28, 2013. Sunny and cold yesterday in New York. But I didn’t need an overcoat; a scarf could handle it.I went to...
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Easter colors. 1:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, April 1, 2013. Easter Weekend and the very first signs of Spring appeared, like magic. It was warmer in New York – although not warm; and dry (until late...
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Flatiron Building. 4:30 PM. Photo: JH.Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Sometimes sunny, temps in the 50s, with clouding in the late afternoon and a very light rain to wet the sidewalks and roadways. The...
View ArticleStill Here
Downtown Manhattan skyline from the West Side Highway. 5:00 PM. Photo: JH.Wednesday, April 3, 2013.Cold in New York, just like the weatherman promised, with bright sunshine and the forsythia gaining...
View ArticleThe Neighborhood
Sunbathing outside Madison Square Park. 2:00 PM. Photo: JH.Thursday, April 4, 2013. Sunny and cold in New York.The Wednesday lunch at Michael’s was busy and all business. Dennis Basso with CeCe Cord;...
View ArticleThe Spring social season is now in full flight
School's out. 4:00 PM. Photo: JH.Monday, April 8, 2013. Sunny, chilly early Spring weekend with occasionally overcast. The daffodils are in full bloom in the flowerboxes along the avenue. And the...
View ArticleAlmost, but not quite there ...
Profile. 2:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Very warm, yesterday in New York (mid-80s); and sunny. And for the first time this year, some of the pears had begun to bloom – just...
View ArticleThen the rains came
Upper West Side sky. 6:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Thursday, April 11, 2013. Beautiful Sunny day, yesterday in New York, with temperatures close to 80 until late afternoon when it suddenly got...
View ArticleThe bloom
Tending the community garden in Riverside Park. 4:00 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Monday, April 15, 2013. A beautiful early Spring weekend in New York.On Sunday I went into Carl Schurz Park to get some...
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Pear trees along Broadway and 81st Street. 1:30 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Beautiful day, yesterday in New York. The pear trees are now in full bloom, like delicate festooning...
View ArticleThe great cross section
Reading under a magnolia tree. 3:30 PM. Photo: Jeffrey Hirsch.Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Partly sunny, partly cloudy day in New York with temps in the high 50s.I went lunch at Michael's which was...
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