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At the hardware store

Local Alps

Not all snow is white.

Carwash

Oh yes, let's get all that salt and sand off the old buggy.

Cuidado

Cleaning up

My theme this week is CLEANING UP. This fellow at the Post Office didn't mind me taking his picture. I asked him first, as I always feel funny about capturing the images of complete strangers. What do you feel about that? I know in the city you'll never see the subject again so it doesn't matter but here in the suburbs you may very well see that person you've snapped again, and they may conclude you're a nut, or worse.

Stony Brook Community Church

Here's the United Methodist Church on Christian Avenue in Stony Brook next to the Montessori School. 2009 is their 200th anniversary year. Constructed in 1860, this building stands close to the road in an area of wonderful old houses.

I love steeples. Up there against a blue sky, unchanging, watching all our changes. Look up, they say, look up.

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Surf's up!

Long Island Sound is usually calm as a lake, but look at West Meadow Beach on the last day of January a little after noon. Wind chill terrible. Hands nearly frozen after two minutes. Ran for the car, from which refuge #2 and #3 were taken. The four stacks are the LIPA plant in Northport. The gulls just hunkered down.