Puzzler4879's photos

Just a light ripple on the surface of Lake Loree at the Sunny Hill Resort and Golf Course in the Catskill Mountains if New York. Taken in June, 2021.

A shot of the western tower of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, shot from the Belt Parkway today, June 25, 2021. Brooklyn is to the left, and Staten Island is to the right. Sometimes that low overcast and ground fog can make for gorgeous photos!!

The completed 300 piece puzzle 'Tree Farm,' art by Bigelow Illustrations and manufactured by Bits & Pieces. I know it's not Christmas quite yet, but all I have left are holiday puzzles! So just put on one of Johnny Mathis' Christmas albums and make believe!

A beautiful Great Blue Heron I shot from my car by the shore of a small pond at the Sunny Hill Resort and Golf Course in Greenville, New York. The original shot came out a bit fuzzy, so I just went for it, accentuating that aspect as a texture. Shot on Memorial Day weekend, 2021. Hope you like it!

Monday, June 14, 2021 is Flag Day in the United States. Our nation's flag is seen here flying over the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Let us never forget the many sacrifices that have kept it flying. God Bless America!!

A small succulent specimen that I bought recently at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden gift shop. The species is Gasteria var. bambino. The plant is 2.25 inches in diameter. I thought it was lovely and unique. It reminds me of scoops of pistachio ice cream with vanilla frosting in top. Hope you like it as well.

Two young vacationers out rowing on 11 acre Lake Loree at the Sunny Hill Resort and Golf Course in Greenville, New York. Located in the beautiful Catskill Mountains, this vacation spot first opened in 1920. I've been vacationing there on and off for 69 of my 70 years For more information on Sunny Hill, visit www.sunnyhill.com .

The beautiful white flowers of Mock-Orange, shot at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on June 5, 2021. This flower ranges from North and Central America to the Caucasus and Hymalayan Mountains and throughout much of Asia.

A small yellow Marigold plant with one bright and cheery flower, growing outside of my Brooklyn Coop building.

The warm glow of a beeswax candle I bought on a recent trip to the Sunny Hill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. It was being sold at a craft festival they were holding there. The candle gives off a subtle buttery aroma.

A Red-Spotted Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens. I met this beautiful creature along a path at Lake Loree at the Sunny Hill Resort and Golf Course in Greenville, New York during my recent Memorial Day trip up to the Catskill Mountains. This is a juvenile, called an "Eft," and is 1-3 inches long. The adults are green and are 3-5 inches long. They secrete a poisonous toxin to warn predators to "lunch elsewhere." This brings back happy memories of finding these when I was a Boy Scout at summer camp when I was 11 or 12 years old. It was so nice to find them again!

Red roses growing outside of my apartment building. I thought they would look good on black.

A very beautiful Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, in the middle of preening itself on a small floating dock tied to one of the fishing piers in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay in New York City. There are two or three pairs of swans that call the bay their home. Mute Swans mate for life, and are not actually mute, although they are not as vocal as other swan species. If disturbed or threatened, they can become quite aggressive and hiss, as many humans have learned. Their young, called "cygnets," are often grey. Mute Swans are in introduced and invasive species throughout much of the world.

A view of the beautiful Delaware River above Stroudsburg. Shot in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in May, 2021 from the Pennsylvania shore.

The completed 300 piece jigsaw puzzle "Skating Today," art by Nancy Wernersbach and manufactured by Bits and Pieces.

A couple of once dazzling pink Roses a few days past their prime, growing in front of my apartment complex in Brooklyn.

The beautiful lavender colored flowers of Dame's Rocket, growing along the Delaware River in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. This beautiful area is administered by the National Park Service. Taken on May 16, 2021.

A lovely mid May sunset over the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania, shot through my hotel room window in Stroudsburg.