Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Great Peconic Bay, Long Island, NY - June 2014

Sunrise over the Great Peconic Bay
Laurel, NY, Long Island

Great Peconic Bay Sunrise

Great Peconic Bay

Jellyfish caught in the sand at low tide

Very tiny Beach Hopper, Amphipod, in my hand, sometimes called a sand flea but it does not bite humans. You can see just how tiny it is by the size of my hand print ridges! They were hopping all over the beach just above the tide line. More on the Beach Hopper.

Large white ridged shell is called a False Angle Wing.

Another False Angle Wing Shell along with Slipper Shells, Ocean Crab Shell and Red Seaweeds.

Broken Whelk and Common Razor Clam with some Slipper Shells.

Red and Green Sea weeds

More on the Soft-shelled Clam

Common Atlantic Slipper Snails & Shells, Jingle Shells and a few Atlantic Bay Scallops

Along with numerous Slipper & Jingle Shells is this Stout Tagelus

More on the Common Razor Clam

Found two Sea Robins left on the shore to die. This one was stabbed through its body. Sea Robins are aggressive and will interfere with people fishing for other fish like Stripped Bass or Blue Fish and are consider junk fish.

More on the Eastern Mud Snail

This Whelk Egg Case is that of the Knobbed Whelk. More on the Knobbed Whelk Egg Case

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Old Westbury Gardens - Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns - October 11, 2013

Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns
Old Westbury Gardens


Pumpkin Carving




Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton Characters


New York Sports Teams
Found one carved Dragonfly among the pumpkins
New York City Skyline, train and NY iconic symbols
New York City Skyline and train
Empire State Building
Wolverine from X-men
The Joker from Batman
Wolf Man
Tim Burton Characters
People who passed during the year.
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Our Sun
Uranus and Saturn

Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn
Saturn, Jupiter and Mars

Jupiter




Monday, June 16, 2014

Sakura Matsuri - Stony Brook, NY - May 4, 2013

 Sakura Matsuri
Charles B. Wang Center
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

Sakura Matsuri - Cherry Blossom Festival

Stonybrook University Taiko Tides





Japanese Flower Arranging
Exhibit Area
Exhibit Area
Exhibit Area
Long Island Bonsai Society

Neo Blues Maki: Contemporary Old School Japanese Soul Music




Ichifuji Kai: Japanese Classical Dance
Ichifuji Kai: Japanese Classical Dance
Cha-no-Yu: Tea Ceremony: L.I. Cha-no-Yu no Kai
Martial Arts Demos: Ryu Shu Kan
Martial Arts Demos: Ryu Shu Kan
Martial Arts Demos: Ryu Shu Kan
Martial Arts Demos: Ryu Shu Kan
Gerard Senese
Cha-no-Yu: Tea Ceremony: L.I. Cha-no-Yu no Kai
Cha-no-Yu: Tea Ceremony: L.I. Cha-no-Yu no Kai
Bamboo Garden
Peony