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Fab Foto Friday – Finches Feeding Frenzy

Posted in Fab Fotos, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged , , , , on April 3, 2011| 1 Comment »

It’s kind of a lame and late for an April Fool’s Day joke so let me say right up front, the fact that Friday’s Fab Fotos did not get  posted till Sunday is NO JOKE!  Other things kept popping up and some even got posted for that matter…this is where a cliché comes in handy; “Better late than never.”

After the Robins as harbingers of Spring, come the Finches.

I wonder who hangs these Finch feeders in Central Park?  Maybe the Audubon Society although in addition to that organization, there are hundreds of amateur bird-watchers and lovers.

Central Park, Gold Finches, Finch feeding bags, thistle seed

Flock of Finches Feeding

Photo by Murray Head

Central Park, Finches, Gold Finches,

Caught in the camera in midair

Photo by Murray Head

Gold Finches, finch feeding, thistle seed, Central Park, New York city

Feet First Finch

Photo by Murray Head

Central Park, New York city, Finch feeding, Gold Finches

Approaching the Dinner Table

Photo by Murray Head

Apparently Finches are a bit territorial about their feeding stations and quite testy too.

Gold Finches, Central Park, New York City, finches feeding

"Oh No You Don't"

Photo by Murray Head

Gold Finch, finches feeding, Central Park, New York city

"Now scram"

Photo by Murray Head

Gold Finches, Central Park, New York city

I'm Full

Photo by Murray Head

Central Park, New York city, woodpecker

"I'm Not a Gold Finch"

Photo by Murray Head

Now how did he get in the picture?





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CANDY LAND – A Game To Keep Kids Inside!

Posted in BY THE WAY, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 3, 2011| 5 Comments »

Who knew? Well certainly not I or even me! Charles Osgood knew or least his researchers and fact checkers ascertained for him that this neat little popular game of the 50’s (and still today) was originally conceived as a way to keep children happily playing indoors where they would not be exposed to the dreaded disease of polio!  I heard this on Sunday Morning today.

Over the years the board graphics have changed, the playing pieces evolved, not necessarily for the better in my opinion, but then again I am a great fan of vintage graphics.

Here is a photo of a very early Candy Land game board.  Isn’t it great?  Revisiting my old favorites of the Molasses Swamp, the Ice Cream Float and the Peppermint Stick Forest brings back a flood of nostalgic memories;  playing this simple game for HOURS with my girl friends.

1949

Lollipop woods, gum drop mountain, molasses swamp, candy cane forest

Original Candy Land Game Board

1985

Candy Land Game Board 1985

Theme Version

Dora the Explorer in Candy Land

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