{"id":22544,"date":"2017-04-30T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T00:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=22544"},"modified":"2026-01-31T22:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:45:30","slug":"2024-bobs-obs-ervations-2nd-half-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=22544","title":{"rendered":"2025 – BOB’S OBS-ervations 2nd-half of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

……………………………………………..<\/span>(Ignore April 30, 2017 publish date – this was published on February 23, 2025)<\/p>\n

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As usual, it’s taken a couple of months to put this together. Is it worth it? Hey – you’re the beholder with the eyes……..you tell me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also as usual, it’ll be chronological – all the pix I liked as they happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please note that whenever you see the word PANO, click it once (sometimes twice) to fully enlarge the image. Some are minor enlargements and some are BIG.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ready? Here we go…………<\/span><\/p>\n

July 1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Early July 4 fireworks from Englewood (note: I shot all towns\u2019 fireworks from home):<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Triple-cross sunset:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 3<\/span><\/p>\n

Somebody\u2019s convertible 7 floors below me:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another triple-cross sunset:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seven Saddle Brook fireworks shots (two have the triple-cross in them):<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 3<\/span><\/p>\n

Meadowlands Fair fireworks (by MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford):<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 4<\/span><\/p>\n

Macy\u2019s fireworks from 5 barges in the Hudson River, 8-10(?) miles away:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hackensack\u2019s fireworks (from my living room) – PANO:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 5<\/span><\/p>\n

Window bug:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 6<\/span><\/p>\n

Shirt with \u201cDOG\u201d spelled backwards (says the dog):<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 7<\/span><\/p>\n

Two very different views of a crescent moon:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maywood (l) and Paramus (r) fireworks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maywood fireworks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maywood OR Paramus fireworks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 8<\/span><\/p>\n

Triple cross sunset:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Triple cross sunset sequence:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 11<\/span><\/p>\n

Roof work:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Did you notice this in the last pic?<\/span><\/p>\n

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It wanted a closeup:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roof workers:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cut and burn:<\/span><\/p>\n

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HFD traffic jam:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 12,13,12<\/span><\/p>\n

Trucks near my building that I don\u2019t see very often:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 16<\/span><\/p>\n

Mexican hat trick: turning dirt into lovely curb lawn (PANO):<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 20,21<\/span><\/p>\n

They tell me it was a sinkhole in front of my building. It looks like a Hollywood production with those spotlights by the corner (maybe those big trucks from a week ago caused it) – PANO (first one):<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 21<\/span><\/p>\n

Same sunset:<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 22<\/span><\/p>\n

Grand Opening of the Maharaja Hypermarket (PANO):<\/span><\/p>\n

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(\u201cHypermarket\u201d definition on Google: a very large store with a wide range of goods and a large parking lot, typically situated outside a town<\/em>.)<\/span><\/p>\n

This one\u2019s on busy Main St (two blocks away from me) and has no parking lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 24<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s all ride the garbage swing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 26<\/span><\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t look good\u2026\u2026\u2026.(PANO)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Never DID find out anything about this, so I guess that\u2019s a good sign.<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 27, 30<\/span><\/p>\n

This shows a scaffold outside my living room picture window where the pointing is being done on my building. Pointing, in its simplest terms, refers to the art of filling the gaps between bricks or stones with mortar or other suitable materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He\u2019s working near one of the sliding window screens, but he got a little sloppy, as you can see on the right half (taken 3 days later). Almost 8 months have passed and most of it\u2019s still there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 28<\/span><\/p>\n

This is one of my favorite shots of the year and all I had to do was stick my phone about 6\u201d out of my bedroom window (PANO):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The ropes are connected to one end of the scaffold below me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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July 29<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve mentioned and shown – usually from a distance – the triple-cross cross atop a gorgeous steeple about a half-mile west of me in Hackensack. I had a doctor appointment about a block from it and decided to do some closeups:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(I may have enhanced the colors a bit.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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ONE block south of the church, somebody lost her nightie, but hung it nicely from a tree:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I saw this about 3 blocks away from my living room and couldn\u2019t resist shooting the colors:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..and that\u2019s how I spent my July.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AUGUST 2024<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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August 1<\/span><\/p>\n

Roof replacement:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Heads up!<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 3<\/span><\/p>\n

More pointing work being done between my bedroom windows:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Overhead closeup views of pointing (PANO):<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 4<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunset shots:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 5<\/span><\/p>\n

MORE roof work:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 10<\/span><\/p>\n

Scaffolding work being done down the side street (second one is a PANO):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Interesting sky:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 11<\/span><\/p>\n

Gloves left on the roof that you might not want to stick your hands into:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I saw this mounted 3\u2019 x 2\u2019 image at a garage sale outside my former dentist\u2019s office a block away:<\/span><\/p>\n

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That was easy.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s now hanging in my living room.<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 12<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the almost-finished luxury building near me that I covered since it was a parking lot. I called it the MBSC project because Main, Berry, State and Camden streets bordered it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was really<\/em> worried that it would block my view of the World Trade Center, but – thankfully – it stopped just short of doing that.<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 13<\/span><\/p>\n

Another interesting sunset:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 14<\/span><\/p>\n

More work being done at 22 Ward:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Everyone\u2019s new favorite (yeah, right) bug:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 15<\/span><\/p>\n

Strange assortment of clothes in mid-Summer (What is she wearing on her left foot?):<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNothing but net\u201d? Closer to\u00a0 \u201cbarely looks like a net\u201d (soon to be replaced):<\/span><\/p>\n

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It might have been a mistake to kill this overly-pregnant bug against a screen (kill one and release 30?):<\/span><\/p>\n

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(I guess I should have X-rayed her first)<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think this is the same bug transferred to a sponge, where it looks like it crash-landed on its eyeballs (but still poppin’ those pups out!) PANO:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 17<\/span><\/p>\n

Superman wears non-matching socks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 19<\/span><\/p>\n

What the hell kind of bug is this?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Behind the First Presbyterian Church:<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 20<\/span><\/p>\n

New Milford National Night Out Fireworks (yes – shot from home):<\/span><\/p>\n

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August 21<\/span><\/p>\n

Attorney humor (appealing to the Korean community?):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Bergen County Courthouse:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Disagreeing clocks near a building\u2019s corner\u2026\u2026\u2026..and neither is correct:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A colorful visitor:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Train on Main:<\/span><\/p>\n