#365 - coming full circle

Starting and ending the year taking photos.

And everything in between. . .

#364 - ridiculousness

This is getting really, really old.

#363 - light one candle

Don't let the light go out

it's lasted for so many years.

Don't let the light go out

let it shine through our love and our tears.

- Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul, and Mary)

While Hanukkah is over for the year, I came across this menorah while out today and appreciated its significance--representation of so many New Yorkers.

"Light One Candle" is one of my most favorite holiday songs.

#362 - home again, home again

#361 - around town

A few photos taken during my now-habitual drive down Hwy 101. . .

Downtown Encinitas

Self-Realization Center in the background

The "Cardiff Kook" sans his usual holiday costume

Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA

#360 - the shadow

#359 - merry christmas!

Handmade ornament circa early 90's

(I love the crooked star. Mom did a wonderful job decorating!)

#358 - so cal christmas

#357 - bakin' and domesticatin'

a busy day of baking and wrapping gifts

#356 - my heart belongs. . .

Along with books and my dog, Rico's is one of the longest loves of my life.

13 years and counting for this relationship.

#355 - let's try this again

Well, San Diego. . . Nice to finally see you.

#354 - that's my boy

While I was having a travel day I'd rather forget, Casper the dog went to the vet.

He gets so excited and therefore is fodder for silly photos in which he looks like a doofus.

#353 - autograph

Practicing with holiday cards for work

#352 - chilly walk through riverside park

Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial

#351 - hot water?

It has come to this.

#350 - robot christmas card

#349 - lights

City sidewalks

busy sidewalks

dressed in holiday style

in the air there's the feeling

of Christmas

"Silver Bells"

#348 - walking down library way

A word is dead

When it is said,

Some say.

I say it just

Begins to live

That day.

- Emily Dickinson

#347 - my name is not erin

Too bad. . .

#346 - gorilla cheese

S&L Marketing loves the grilled cheese truck.

#344 & #345 - it happens

Lots of TV and reading this weekend. . .

#341 - old digs

Stopped by Random House this afternoon.

Their lobby still amazes me.

#340 - believe

#339 - boy tree

It is definitely tree season.

This is our office building's tree. (The photo is a bit blurry. Not my best.)

You can tell it is a boy because it has no hips.

#338 - nyc christmas tree lots

In Manhattan, Christmas trees are sold on the sidewalks.

Some "lots" are bigger than others. In about 20 Upper West Side blocks I saw 5 or 6 today.

I almost bought this little guy.

"All it needs is a little love."

(Charlie Brown Christmas, anyone?)

#337 - deck the halls

I spent the morning at Jennie Clark residence where we. . .

helped the kids decorate their rec room

baked cookies

played games and colored.

Such wonderful, bright kids.

Such a joy to be a part of their day.

#336 - drawing thunderbirds

Best Friday night date ever

#335 - your horse

#334 - forward

"I'd go anywhere as long as it's forward."

Truer words. . .

#333 - blue tree, red tree. . .

one tree, two trees. . .

(and many more trees to come)

Jacques Torres on Hudson Street

#332 - dragon tattoo

Won't be as good as the Swedish film but I will still see it.

#331 - sparkle

#330 - kensico dam plaza

Kensico Dam Plaza

White Plains, NY

#329 - white on "black"

The subway performers were out in full force today. . . probably because it was "Black Friday".

#328 - happy thanksgiving

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness,

universal to all ages and all faiths.

At whatever straws we must grasp,

there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.

- J. Robert Moskin

#327 - leaves' leaving

"I don't mind the leaves that are leaving. It's the leaves that are coming."

- Piglet (Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day)

I mind the leaves' leaving. This tree was full and orange just a few days ago. Winter is coming.

#326 - blustery day