My World Tuesday: Pawling, New York
Walking around Pawling, New York, last weekend, I was struck by all that the shop windows held--the merchandise, the sky, the buildings on other streets. Each pane of glass was at once a mirror and a way into the spirit of the place. The small town is at once old-school New York State--quaint and yesteryear--and here and now with its immigrants working the restaurants and the laundromat and the like.
The yellow ribbon in the middle of it all? Because it's there in the middle of it all--a sense of patriotism and history. There were oak trees planted to honor the memory of those who served in the Second World War. The ribbons are there to remember those in the service and serving overseas now.
I love the tree with a ribbon, reminds me of song "tie a..." lol..
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Nothing says summer more than bicycles to me. Ahhh those training wheels bring back some fond memories.
ReplyDeleteGreat window shots. Happy Labor Day!
ReplyDeleteCute reflective images...Loved it!
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Great reflection, one picture tell many story.
ReplyDeleteOnce again lovely snaps showcasing the beautiful world.
ReplyDeleteMarvelous reflections of your world! Lovely shots, Sandy!
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Sylvia
I love the beckoning quality of the bike and the stuffed pig trying to engage the viewer through the glass.
ReplyDeleteI like your reflection photos, reminds me of our minds filled with so many images and thoughts...
ReplyDeleteLike your first commenter, I'm now singing 'Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree....!'
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I enjoyed your window shopping tour through NY, Sandy. I hope you bought yourself something special...
ReplyDeleteLoved all the reflections and the toys ... bikes and the pigs! The yellow ribbon around the *old oak tree*! :D
ReplyDeleteI really love your first shot!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome reflections!
Have a great tuesday :)
Reflections and ribbons. All lovely photos - that bicycle shot in particular. It makes me think of a kid longing for the new, red bike displayed in the window.
ReplyDeletelovely photos as usual!
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The yellow ribbon tugs at my grown up heart. The shiny red bike at the heart I had as a child.
ReplyDeleteInteresting reflection shots. I like the tree with a ribbon, too.
ReplyDeletesome good shots here of your town..
ReplyDeletewhat a lovely summer day that was my dear friend, thank you for sharing some small town Americana with us.
ReplyDeleteWonderful images...Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree...
ReplyDeleteNice reflections, set the mind wandering into the annals of memory.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the yellow ribbon is for.
ReplyDeleteI hoped your Labor Day was fun and restful.
Very refined compositions, Sandy.
ReplyDeleteInteresting the tree with the yellow ribbon.
Nice reflections in windows. . . there will always be yellow ribbons 'til they all come home. . . 9-11 is Friday also . . . never forget. . .
ReplyDeleteThe middle picture reminds me of Tony Orlando and his band singing Tie a Yellow Ribbon during the ISP Convention in Wash DC. Great pictures talking to us.
ReplyDeleteGreat reflections!Thanks for your visit!
ReplyDeletenothing like the small ton feel- takes away the conglomerate roteness of one wally world after another..sk
ReplyDeleteThe tree is a present for who? ;p
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ReplyDeleteOh, I didn't know you live in New York.
Have you seen Jon Bon Jovi by any chance?
I loved him since I was in high school. I wanted to talk with him and I started to study English.
a half month ago a friend of mine has been to New York and she took a picture of the apartment of Carry in SATC.
Such a busy looking world compared to mine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing me how the "other half" live.
Sandy: That was an interesting way to see the city.
ReplyDeleteI too love to window shop with my camera, especially at Christmas. I have a cool bike shot this week too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful windows! enJOY your day!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of others thinking about soldiers at war...that it's still happening and not just way back then...we need to remember those who are trying to protect us from evil tyranny...
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Reflective shots are among my favorites and these are so well done ... the yellow ribbon .. its good to remember we still have young men and women serving overseas
ReplyDeleteLove the photos, especially the yellow ribbon...very nice. : )
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your creative "tour" of Pawling, Sandy. I couldn't help thinking how clean those windows must have been to give you such a good reflective surface. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteVery clever! Your photos make one feel as if they are walking through a ghost town or someone's memories!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos of the reflections, Ive been upstate NY many times and you are right about the towns, great places.
ReplyDeleteSome great reflections in them.
ReplyDeleteIt looks an interesting little place. Intereting photos too.
ReplyDeleteLOVE these reflections of ordinary things ~ it is also like a window into the past. Excellent shots!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots!
ReplyDeleteThe reflections and the objects inside captured so well.
I love that! I also love finding you in the reflections as you take your pictures.
ReplyDeleteI love to look and wonder at reflections in windows-and you know I liked the pigs : )
ReplyDeleteAn unusual view of New York. I love the reflections in the windows too. Great shots.
ReplyDeleteAn unusual view of New York. I love the reflections in the windows too. Great shots.
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