My Ole Pal He was born with a deformed right front leg.  His ears weren't perfect.  He was large for a Dalmatian and thought he was a 76 lb. lap dog.  He got hair everywhere and I love to wear black.  But, he was our pal and bud for 12 years.  He passed last year and this was one of my last shots of him probably wanting a bone or treat or a butt rub or back scratch or his favorite, a scratch behind the cockeyed ear.  I miss him.  But everytime I see this pic, I smile.  He was the happiest being I have ever met despite all his imperfections.  This creature loved life, eating, playing, and curling up for a nap.

His original owners were going to put him down at 8 weeks old because he did not meet AKC contest specifications.  Who does?  We took him and loved him and still do.  His name. . .Alex.  I have part of a song posted I wrote for him at http://www.davidcraton.com/mp3/stampede_tc.mp3.  

The big goober!

Usually every Friday night I am at my parent's house in Queens (I'm the King of Queens) and the internet doesn't exist there.  So tonight's post is special, I'm at home in Brooklyn, after a badly planned company holiday party.  

During the week I was looking down at :

Fancy Pizza on 8th Ave, not my style I like it Sicilian from a pie of eight slices (2x4)        
         
       from my 14th floor office window, 7th Ave and 36th  St.

              The subway tracks toward Coney Island

                       The Christmas tree wrapping machine  
 
And yesterday, I went under cover on 37th Street

 ahhh, snake  

Some things I've seen when looking down:

eartha kitty
guitar
happy django

This is my first post.  Thanks for looking!

Thespian,Wm. Gillette,who portrayed Sherlock Holmes in the early 1900s had this castle built for his own private residence. Recently restored by the state,here are a few images of well spent tax dollars.Solar Glow Castle Angel Tiffany Light Castle Keeper(Sherlock Holmes) Going down Going down in black Golden Era Ct. River Glory

NYC is reaching the saturation point.  Today was a grid lock alert day, which means it's so crowded the city street grid locks (see photo below)from too many cars.  That doesn't stop us from walking over to the skating rink during lunch hour.

Looking Down at Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Skating Rink
Skating from Behind
Skating
Drummer

Just Looking Around
Betting It All
Watching the Today Show
Grid Lock Alert
Walk On By

The children often say, "Teacher will take pictures of anything."  Well, I guess today was one of those days.
Looking Down at School
At School 2
At School 1

Last spring my family and I went to Arizona for spring break. We spent some time hiking in different parts. We saw tons of seguaro cactiseguaro over hiking trail all over those beautiful landscapes. One day we drove to Sedona,ended up finding out about a place  not too far from there.We went down curving roads into the still slightly snow capped mountains and stopped at a site near a bridge for a nice little restriver under bridgebefore traveling back down the mountain to look at and buy native american jewelry. I bought a sweet turqoise and silver butterfly necklace.The trip was refreshing overall.

    Had to travel for and hour and half the other day but finally saw some
Ice and then just a little further looked down and saw a small Waterfall

My catch of a
Blue

Have a good day!

Mossy Brick with shadow Swirly Green Plant

The best ride at the fair Looking down on visitors at the fair

I just returned from Germany and Austria just in time to post in the Look Down Challenge!!
I took close to 1500 shots while we were there, there will be plenty more coming once I finish cleaning and resizing.
Here is a look from a 3000 meter high Alp called Der Dachstein. Was a fabulous ride to the top in the Gondola. On the trip up we saw this Hikers House about 1/2 way to the top. In the hiking season these building are used for rest stops for the hikers. They are everywhere in the Alps. Now the view from the top of the world, Looking down at clouds was a very impressive site. At the bottom was the Gondolas starting point.
Now for the news..............
Micky my lovely lady said YES!!!! I did the formal thing and asked her dad (in German I might add)at dinner permission to marry and she said YES!!! I even got down on the knee and slid the ring on! Was a fantastic vacation!!!

Been travelling for the past two weeks and have not had to time to work the pictures that I have taken. I did take one for the weekly challenge.

cactus

A more scenic shot.

Cactus 2

Can't wait to get home!

Kids looking down at me These are my children looking down at me while on a ride at the fair.

hi. i just wanted to post a quick one to say thanks to SANTA. i was a very good girl this year and i waited so patiently that he decided to bring my present early this year. a new canon camera. my husband drove us to town the other day so i took my new camera along for a practice shoot.
i did this drive-by shooting while crossing theLittle River Bridge doing about

60.
i haven't figured out all the buttons yet, i took a few more i wasn't happy with.
ttfn!
love,
dee

oh, and then there's simon!

This is my baby.. when I look down, I almost always see him :)

Looking Down..

Leaf in drain.

Leaf in drain up>

Dog

Stairs

Stairs going down  

Here's a few shots Looking Down At -

Coming OR Going ? Walk This Way

This Way Out -> Stairs Down

Here's Looking at You Lady Looking Down

Birds Eye View (*) Eagle's View

Close to the Edge > On the Brink

Pretty Pollution in Gasoline Alley

 

Down With The Blues Looking down on the son The Son looking down Sundown

I've not taken too many pictures lately and none worth sharing :-(  Not wanting to miss out on the challenge I found three from the past to share.

Looking Down Fontana Dam in Smokey Mountains.

Looking Down Hole in Dam  Not in the Fontana Dam, but an old one that's fallen into disrepair.

Looking Down Jupiter Lighthouse in Florida.

Enjoy!

Richard