By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Mystical. And it makes me very happy to learn that, in choosing that theme, she was inspired by a photo that I posted recently. Unfortunately that means, too, that I can no longer respond to her Mystical challenge with that, my most Mystical photo…
Never mind. Here are a few photos taken at a moment that truly came close to being mystical during one of our paddles in New York Harbor—
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By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Green.
Kayaking around New York Harbor, we see quite a few green sights…
A second “Green” post is here.
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Tagged Green, Kayaking, New York Harbor, Photography, postaday, postaweek, postaweek2012, Weekly Photo Challenge
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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