River of Desire

Apple of my Eye

Last weekend, while I was working at the food coop, I saw apple after beautiful apple. The MacIntosh ones were especially red and delicious looking, so when I got my 5 minutes for quick shopping, I headed straight for produce and picked out 4 perfect apples. Each day last week, I enjoyed one of the apples for lunch or for my after-work snack while waiting for the bus, and each apple was perfectly divine.

Before I worked & shopped at the coop, I knew there were green apples and a few varieties of red apples... Now, I'm becoming familiar with different types of apples and learning about which ones are really good for you (red delicious) and how macs are good to get through the fall... After spending a few days bragging about apples (yes, I even told friends the other night at a house party... These apples have swept me off my feet!), Seth decided he was going to find the best apple too. Above is a photo of his 0.94 pound Jonagold apple. I had to snap a photo this morning before it got packed in his lunch. I don't know how he's going to eat the whole thing... I get my filling of apples the size of the smaller one beside it (normal size).

[I just peeked over at lens.us.together to see what the theme was for this week, and without knowing it, I shot my photo to meet the new theme! Fall fruits must be on more minds than just mine!]

Fall in the City

It's interesting how time always flies. Fall is slowly making its way into the city. Pumpkins have started decorating the neighborhood and the leaves on most trees are slowly losing their bright green colors. There are a few trees that have changed to a brilliant yellow, and their leaves will soon be gracing the cement below. In the weeks to come, we'll start seeing more and more changing colors and the fall's cool weather will continue to keep me reaching for my sweater.

This weekend's weather is absolutely perfect. It's in the 60s today and just warm enough to be able to enjoy brunch outside. Hopefully tomorrow we'll enjoy another nice day of sunshine!

Seth

Yesterday, I got a crazy desire to shoot in black and white. So sitting at my desk, I pointed my camera in every direction, including Seth's. He's used to me pointing the lens in his face...

Shoot the Freak

I Dream of Love

W Broadway

Another Bubble

Remember the bubble from yesterday... Here's another one! I'm so busy/exhausted, I can't process more than one photo at a time. (So you're going to be getting them one at a time :)

This bubble makes me happy, takes a little stress off my shoulders, as I remember the man calmly creating these large beauties merely steps from one of my favorite spots in the city/ever.

Overgrown Sidewalks

Photo was taken in Williamsburg. Overgrown sidewalks, graffiti covered walls, bikes chained to poles fill parts of the neighborhood.

Creator of Bubbles

One more quick photo from earlier this evening. A man was in the park creating large bubbles. Quite entertaining for this girl and her camera :)

Dying the Share...

Tonight, after work, instead of heading straight home, I stopped off in Central Park. My whole reasoning was to meet up with a friend from the blogosphere, Tristan, to do a little photo shooting in the beautiful park! It was so much fun! We wandered through the park to some of my favorite spots (see above!) taking photos and enjoying the music and performances that were going on. I'm so excited to look through the rest of my photos, and I definitely want to share more. Sadly, dishes are calling right now, and I'm supposed to have them done before Seth gets home with a friend who's crashing at our place tonight.

Ok

People's painted words fill the city environment, and I guess that's ok.

Greenpoint View

Seth and I helped a friend move today. He's leaving our neighborhood to live in Greenpoint for a while. We are sad that he'll be far away (compared to how close he was before the move), but we are also excited to get to hangout in Greenpoint and learn the area up there. After we schlepped all of his apartment belongings from his place and stacked it (like a life size game of Tetris) into his 5 foot by 10 foot storage unit, he treated us to beers in Greenpoint near this park with this view of the city.

The weather was absolutely beautiful and perfect this afternoon. The sky was a beautiful blue with bright clouds building in the distance. The temperature was absolutely perfect with just a hint of fall in the air. I was really craving my camera this afternoon, and I must get back up there to wonder the neighborhood for new inspiration. For today, my iPhone camera had to be enough (and surprisingly, the photo didn't come out too bad. Don't you agree? Of course, I did the processing on photoshop.)

See the Sign

Happy the weekend is so close... We don't really have too many plans. I have a few things I want to get done for work, but I hope I don't have to spend too much time working... We are hoping to hang out with some friends, maybe go to a new bar opening in Williamsburg with some friends on Saturday night. Hopefully I'll be getting lots of extra sleep too. Oh, and enjoying lots of yummy warm morning drinks :)

Photo was taken in Williamsburg, Brooklyn about a week ago.

PS: Seth and I are planning how to use the rest of his vacation for this year and also how we might use a part of next years... I have a 3 day weekend next weekend, so I'm hoping to convince him to take a day off to join me for a nice 3 day weekend as well... and tonight, over drinks, we agreed to another New Year's trip this year. My requirements are snow and a hot tub. As far as next year, we are heading home for my brother's wedding (my first sister-in-law from my side of the family!!!) in February, and they were so perfect with the date-picking and picked right around my week off in February... This means Seth and I will probably get to spend a couple extra days at home in February. By then it will be a year and a half since we've been home. Can't wait to see family and friends and relax in the Midwest for a few days (even if February in Kansas is gray and cold).

Sprinkle-Eating Pigeon

Don't let him fool you, he was definitely eating those sprinkles on the ground. A mid-morning sweet treat for our friend, the pigeon.