Five Years Ago

The graffiti wall in Plainfield, NJ. This is just off of East Fifth Street. The graffiti artists who did graphics for the front and side of the business where this is located apparently have been given the wall to do whatever they wish art-wise. It's constantly changing. I should walk by and snag a shot of the latest.

The Empty Train

 

On the Raritan Valley Line of NJ Transit, sometimes the off-peak trains are nearly empty. I'm not complaining, mind you.

The Damselfly

 

My apologies for having gone missing for about a week. I was a bit under the weather both literally and figuratively.

Here's a damselfly and the hope of spring.

The Graffiti Wall

 

A wall in the back of a building in Plainfield seems to have been given to graffiti artists in exchange for them doing actual graphics on the front and side wall of said building.

Vintage

 

A restored (and probably souped-up) car sits in front of Flash Tattoos on East 4th Street in Plainfield.

Colors of Spring

As we had yet another record breaking cold day, I thought some spring colors were needed. This is the inside of an iris, up close and personal.

Bring on the Damselflies!

 

Yes, bring on the damselflies!

Or, at the very least, spring.

Heck, I'd be happy with the 30s.

Spores Gone Wild

 

This is what happens to the dandelion spores when I mess with them with a photo editor.

Feel the power.

Cold Acorns

 

The squirrels are talking about beating up the ground hog.

The Night Station

 

The Plainfield Train Station at night. Obviously in much more pleasant weather, mind you.

Over the Fanwood Train Station

 

Some years back I had to regularly go for blood testing in neighboring Fanwood, NJ. I had had a DVT after knee surgery and was on an anti-coagulant. While kind of cool, their foot bridge over the tracks certainly wasn't disability accessible. But I did it anyway.

Spring Can't Come too Soon!

 

Yes, I need to see goslings.

I need spring.

I'm over the winter.

It needs to go away.

Now.

At Least it's not Sandy Again

 

While hurricane force winds were predicted yesterday, they were nothing like Hurricane ... er, Super Storm Sandy a few years ago. The only really bad thing about yesterday was that the temperatures never got out of the teens.

Let There Be Berries

 

But when the birds won't eat them, you shouldn't.

These berries were obviously growing in nicer weather.

I am a Bench

 

Yes, I am a Bench and my name is Rambo.

Deal with it.

Graffiti seen in Bridgewater,NJ.

A Taste of Europe

 

Well, okay. It's not really a taste of Europe. It's a European Starling, a bird considered a nuisance or invasive bird in these parts. And, more obviously, the photo wasn't taken today!

Have You Heard?

 

He's going to buy me a mockingbird. If that mockingbird don't sing, he's going to buy me a diamond ring. I that diamond ring don't shine ...

Okay. 

I'll stop singing.

But I'm leaving a mockingbird.

Magicicada

 

A Brood IV Magicicada looks up at me from his perch in a bush. The 17 year cycle of the cicadas was a few years back. We won't see each other for some years to come.

The Plainfield Train Station Groundhog Says ...

... he wants SPRING, the sooner the better! After all, no one gives him bread when he's hibernating.

Dandy Dandelion

 

I'd prefer to see these covering the lawns rather than snow.

Mother Nature doesn't care what I prefer.

Grr.