Posts like these help explain the blog\u2019s name. I still write a good number of music-related posts, but I AIN\u2019T JUST MUSIC.<\/span><\/p>\n That said, it\u2019s time to prove it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n JANUARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Jan. 2 – From the Bloomberg Building down to Hudson Yards, with the Empire State Building still wearing Christmas colors. Click to enlarge (whenever I write that, click once or twice to fully enlarge, start scrolling side to side if necessary and hit your back button to return).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 4 – Two photos:<\/span><\/p>\n a. Sunrise in Fort Lee, NJ, just south of the George Washington Bridge (the buildings are The Modern 1 and 2). Taken from my living room in Hackensack, about 6 miles away.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. This scene is just to the left of the above picture (and zoomed in). On the far left, you can see the top of the New Jersey tower of the GWB (but only when the leaves are off the trees).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 5 – A more spectacular sunrise showing both areas covered by the previous two images.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 8 – Geese above and Hudson Yards below<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 9 – Three photos:<\/span><\/p>\n a. It must be Pizza Day in Hackensack.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. Interestingly-put-together person<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Photo-stitch of the Manhattan skyline (Click to enlarge)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 10 – Two photos:<\/span><\/p>\n a. Looks like the sign had to P.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. This photo-stitch shows a new project in Bogota, NJ, on the banks of the Hackensack River. It replaced a Hess oil tank farm (quite an improvement). Click to enlarge.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 11 – I get a lot of weird photos from this source that range from looking like anything from a tornado to a massive explosion. Truth is, it\u2019s just steam coming from a PSE&G power plant in Ridgefield, NJ – next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Hudson Yards in Manhattan is behind the plume.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 23 – It was just a picture of a woman taking clothes to the cleaners, but got an added component 9 minutes later on her way back.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 24 – I love these Sunday-go-to-church outfits. By the way, that\u2019s my building\u2019s reflection in her car windows\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.AND the large window on the far left is my living room window – from where I took this picture.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 30 – Three pictures:<\/span><\/p>\n a. Sort of a windier repeat of the PSE&G plume\/Manhattan Yards image from 3 pictures ago.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. Here\u2019s an innocent picture of a nice couple dutifully feeding the meter after parking\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE-WAY STREET! They had to drive down that street to get to that space – how could they be so oblivious?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n c. This is looking straight down out my living room window near sunset as the sun only hits the tree and some of the parking spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan. 31 – No comment\u2026\u2026\u2026.. but, EGAD! And I\u2019ll let you look up the UFFU on the hat.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Feb. 2 – Looking straight down out my living room window\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026the garbage never looked so good.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 3 – See caption on photo.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 4 – Two Photos: a young girl gathers some snow and chucks it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 6 – Two shots:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n a. Wide shot of sun, clouds and The City (in the distance)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. Comets and\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.Christmas pants? In February?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 7 – Five shots:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n a. Gradual snowstorm intensity<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. Wipers assume the position.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n c. Setting sun illuminates snow on tree.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n d. Variations on a theme<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n e. Mini-snow-plow caravan<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 8 – PSE&G\u2019s NJ steam and NYC\u2019s Hudson Yards at sunset<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 9 & 16 – Same building, different waves<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 10 – Stopped at a light, I shot this in my rearview mirror. I could have flipped it to look normal, but sometimes, normal is boring.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 16 – I shot the top row of curtain hooks while lying on a table getting an ultrasound. Back on my feet, I shot the same row from a slightly different perspective and flipped it so it almost<\/em> looks like a mirror image with a different background.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 18 – Two images<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n a. Taking a break outside during a snowstorm doesn\u2019t seem like the best idea.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. Shooting the full arc of a sidewalk snowblower from a block away in my warm living room was a much better idea.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 20 – The snow, the tree, the weird light coming from inside the building all combined to make this a shot I wanted to take.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 21 – Four photos (all taken on the Hackensack Walkway by the Hackensack River at Fairleigh Dickinson University):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n a. A little inlet filled with frozen waterfowl<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n b. Like the caption says, \u201cMoon Over MLK\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n c. From the Teaneck side of the campus<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n d. On the connecting pedestrian bridge over the river<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feb. 25 – Read the photo\u2019s caption.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MARCH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n March 3 – I saw these two containers in the ice cream freezer at my supermarket and couldn\u2019t believe that they\u2019d think someone might want to buy either of them. It looks like someone started to clean one of them up and then said, \u201cWhy bother?\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n March 5 – I didn\u2019t care about overexposing the moon because I wanted to be sure the NJ tower and cable lights of the George Washington Bridge would be clearly visible.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n March 7 – Complimentary curvature – the only way to do it (my watermark disagrees)<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-STITCH2a-1-2-21-WM-min.jpg\")
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