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July 29, 2020 - Beginning with this page, I will post the photos differently. I will post the photos in descending
order by month. This month, I will post July photos on top. In August, I will move July's photos down and post
August's photos on top. Every month, I will do that. Why? This way, when I tell my viewers I have posted new
photos, they will NOT have to bypass all the "old" photos to get to the "new" ones. Like the idea? Let me know.
And it's not difficult to do. All I have to do is Ctrl + click on photos and drag them down as a group!

The following photos were taken July 4th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 24th and 27th. They include photos of a falcon, moon,
rain, and falcon chick (eyas or hatchling).

Why are you taking my photo?
A real New York falcon would say, "WTF you looking at?"

Regular shots of the moon. It was 4:36 p.m. when I saw the moon in
the sky. The last two photos were taking using a different setting.

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Please don't jump!
Seen on the window sill of an apartment on the 14th
floor of the Mandalay building.

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Do you see the falcon?

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The following photos were taken August 4th, 28th, and 29th. Shots of the moon and the
Morning Glory plants growing on my terrace. The vines have taken over!

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Dark spots are clouds.

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Moon with Jupiter

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On 8/29, Saturn would have been closer to the moon.
However, the clouds preventing viewing the two together.

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Saturn?

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It would have been easier to string the vines on the railing.

The following photos were taken October 1st and 3rd, using my new Galaxy S20 5G.

See right for cropped photo.

East Courtyard, LeFrak City

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A bee enjoying the left over ice cream in the bowl I left on a chair while sitting on the terrace.

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The moon of October 3rd. Taken using my Panasonic Lumix camera The last photo was taken with the "star" feature.
Remember: If the moon looks "oval", it has to do with adjusting the photos to fit in this space.

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Morning Glory in park on other side of Rego Center.

The following photos were taken September 5th, 6th, 8th, 16th, 23rd, 25th, 28th and 29th.
Photos not showing a date were taken with the Galaxy S20.

Morning Glory on my terrace.

Citi Field, US Open , etc. - Flushing Meadows
Corona Park. Night view.

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Sunrise, different settings.
The last photo is in monochrome.

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September 23rd - Galaxy S20. Last photo taken at night.

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New building
going up on
108th and
Horace Harding
Exp.

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Sunrise, different settings.

The moon coming out from behind the water tank on the
Mandalay building. And what is that star above the moon
and another one to its right?

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The moon of 9/28/2020 - Different views,
different distances, different settings.

The moon of 9/28 using Galaxy S20.

The following photos taken on
9/29 with Galaxy S20.

Morning Glory on my terrace.
Rain

Cropped photos: Rain.
Galaxy S20

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9/28, Galaxy S20: Some of the
colorful veggies in the GW
Supermarket.

Mommy, where are you? Help!!

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Monochrome shot.

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Portion of the teaspoon.

The following photos were taken October 22nd and 26th. The fall foliage/flowers are in LeFrak City.
The jigsaw puzzle is 1000 pieces, The Grand Canal, Italy. Photos were taken with Lumix camera.

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Update: After October 2020, I will go back to old system: New photos will go to the bottom of the page.
Moving the photos downward so the current month is on top turned out to be a headache. Sorry!!!

Section 3

Special effect on building created by camera.

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November 2020 - Photos taken the 11th (falcon), 25th (moon, using S20 5G), 28th (jigsaw puzzle) and 29th (moon).

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or satellite? 11/25/2020

The moon of 11/29/2020.
Different settings used.

Box, photo that came
with puzzle
& completed puzzle.
1000 pieces.
"Summertime" by
Kim Norlien

Left: Photo that came with puzzle. Right: Box.

Completed puzzle. Not as dark as depicted here.

Photographs taken in December 2020 follow. The photos were taken using Lumix (L) and S20 5G (S) cameras.
The photos were taken on the 1st (S), 16th (S), 17th (L and S), 19th (S), 21st (L), 24th (L) and 25th (L).

Seen on 97th Street and 63rd Road, Rego Park, Queens
12/01/2020 (S)

The snow began on 12/16 and didn't stop until 12/17.
Here you can see snow that had accumulated on my
terrace on 12/16. (S)

View from my terrace: 12/17 (S)

Burger King on Queens Blvd.
12/17 (S)

Benches next to AT&T building, exit
from Lost Battalion Hall Playground.
Taken 12/17 (S)

Part of Rego Center (red siding) can be seen across
the street. 12/17 (S).

View from my terrace, 12/17 (L)

These 2 photos and the following 4 were taken with Galaxy S20 5G on 12/19/20. It was 2 days after the snow storm.
The sky was beautiful with streaks of white made by the planes flying by.

Times Square, 12/24. From this point on all
photos taken with Lumix camera.

Fog rolling in.

The late Chadwik Boseman.
Movie: "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

Reads: Move On 2020!

Entrance to subway, 42nd Street.

Cartier

The Vessel. I did not get to climb the stairs because tickets were unavailable.
It also started to rain heavily so I left the area. 12/24 (L)

From Times Square, I took the #7 train to Hudson Yards.

On one side of the above structure.

The entrance to The Stores (mall).

Sunset after lots of rain
and wind. 12/25 (S)

Hot air balloon made from lights. The red rectangle
represents the flame.

The following photos were taken December 27th and 29th. On the 29th, various settings use. Lumix used.

Sunset

2020 - What a year! Pandemic. Political unrest. Social unrest. Racial unrest. Lock down. Pause. Shelter in place.
Social distancing. No hand shaking. Masks. Many people infected. Many people died, mostly people of color.
A new strain of the virus has arrived.

A president who feels COVID does not exist. COVID is a hoax, created by Democrats to make him look bad.
Did COVID cause him to lose the election? We were spared from a dictator wanna be. Then there was the president
vs a doctor. The president could not grasp the science. Similar to him not wanting to understand global warming.
I asked a neighbor why he wore no mask. He said he's not a Democrat. WTF. Instead of being in this together,
we are far apart. The president did not win a second term and challenges the results. Sore loser.   Case after case
thrown out of court. He was represented by loony lawyers. Many of the loser's friends, who had been charged
with a crime, have been pardoned.

Long lines at stores. At times hard to find toilet paper and/or paper towel and other products. Businesses shut down
due to lack of customers, many bankrupt. With so many stores closing, what will become of malls?

Instead of eating in, we ate outside or ordered food to be delivered or picked up.

No 4th of July celebration. No Mermaid Parade.   No West Indian Day Parade. No Macy's Day Parade.
No Times Square end-of-year celebration. No Military parades. Every celebration now virtual.

Though warned against traveling, many did so during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Has it caused many more to get infected?

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines released, distributed and administered. How much will they help?

To all those who died in 2020, may they RIP. If only we could do away with 2020!! GOD help us all.
Will 2021 be any better? We can only hope. Wishing and hoping!! Happy, healthy and better 2021 to all.
Life goes on.