The Fountain is back on at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadow Park!

August 2, 2010:  Bob and I took today off work for working Saturday, and decided to get out early on our bikes before it got too hot! It's been ages since we've ridden our bikes, because neither of us could muster up enough energy or desire to ride in the heat we had all of July.

We rode to Flushing Meadow Park and... *wow*, what a surprise!  The fountain around the Unisphere is on!!!!   I can't remember the last time (if ever!) I've seen it working. It's been in disrepair for ages!

At one time the non-working basin was accessible (my son tells me he used to rollerblade in it as a teenager!) but for the past few years the entire Unisphere and non-functioning fountain area has been surrounded by an ugly chain link fence.

What a beautiful sight to see it back on!  It really made my day!

Some rainbow shots: 

Some backlit shots:

Some Garden Perspectives:

Resting on a Frond:

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4th of July ~ 2010

Yikes, I don't remember a heat wave like this for a long while.  It was 102 degrees today at 6:00PM and tomorrow is supposed to be worse!  (105 and counting!)  Despite it all, I'm keeping the camera cooled off, and at the ready!

So yesterday was officially the 4th of July!!  We really tried to get some fireworks shots, without battling the crowds to get up close and personal.  But we were thwarted at every attempt - they wouldn't let us onto the Queens College campus (there's a high spot near the Library with a great view of the Manhattan Skyline!) and from the walkways over the Long Island Expressway there were just way too many lights in competition!  Oh well, someday I'll see some really great fireworks, and get some great shots of them too!

I did get a shot once upon a time - it wasn't the 4th of July and it was over a year ago, when I wasn't as good a photographer,  but it keeps me hopeful!  I'll just pretend I took them last night...if you can pretend that I'm MUCH better now!

Meanwhile, the shot I DID get last night was a nice one of the Unisphere in Flushing Meadow Park!  I've been meaning for a while to get one of the globe all lit up at night:

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