Having a Heat Wave!
Another muggy summer's day here in Gotham with heavy clouds and rain. Temperatures are rising. Some days the rain falls in heavy bursts only to have all traces of it removed in moments once the tantrum is over and the sun comes back to play. The heat however lingers. As if to read my mind my iPod tapped into the mood and suddenly I am listening to Marilyn Monroe raising the mercury to ninety-three because she started a Heatwave. Because she can can! Now Steve Earle is serenading me with City Of Immigrants, of whom I am one! All of us are immigrants. Enjoying the heatwave. What choice do we have! What's not to love! * * * * *
Great shots.
You are most kind, thank you Joe!
The first rainy photo should be printed big and in a frame on the wall, Beautyfull!
Thank you for this thought Han, will keep you posted! I always have the best intentions when it comes to printing and then I get into big fights with the printer . . .
Me too. I put the picture on a usb-stick and go to a printshop.. Its not very expensive.
Love the joy on the face of the woman getting her feet wet ;>) … great tune by Steve Earle – here is one that popped into my head:
I love it! Thank you for reminding me of Quentin Crisp with the twinkle in his eye and also how good looking Sting was back in the day when NYC itself was back in the good old bad days! A fantastic track! Do you know which bar they used for filming?
Once again, thank you Pat!
Glad you enjoyed it – I would like to think that the bar they used for filming was in the Bowery but it did not look familiar for that part of town.. I’ll ask some film students I know if they can shed some light on it but I do suspect a good number of the walking street scenes were in the West Village and a few in TriBeCa..
I had a quick look on the internet but couldn’t find any information. The video reminded me of so many of your great shots Pat!
Thanks Patti that’s very kind of you – your query has piqued my curiosity so I will be on the lookout for the spot ;>)
patty, they are really telling the story again. your photos are so narrative!
Thank you so much Inge, shifting weather patterns are so exciting! Aren’t they? 🙂
Great photo’s. So real… So Cool
We find cool where we can, thank you so much Tex!
The heat comes and oppresses us. The rain arrives and gives us a respite. The heat returns to use the what the rain left behind to add to the humidity.
It’s a vicious cycle!
Great series! I especially like the ladies on the park bench, one with toes extended and the people in the park- the cluster in the distance, and the young man in brown, behind the tree…Olive has it so right re: narrative!!
At that point resistance was futile and it was fun to see her making the most of it! Thank you so much for your kind words!
Great series of photos. I can tell you were on a photographic high. It shows.
Quentin Crisp’s statement that “dust will finally settle in my room’s corners like snow!” He never swept his room.
Thank you Gerard, it was a fun challenge! As for Mr Crisp, he is my domestic idol and you are right, he never swept, dusted etc. His theory was to let it all go for four years after which it would never really get any worse after that! Hope all well with you!
Fabulous! He deserves to be a domestic idol. When I first looked at the still of Quentin Crisp I thought it was Robert Helpmann.
PS 2nd photo, for mine x
QC and RH must have known each other, don’t you think? I love how QC never edited himself, shooting straight from the lip!
Nice series. Love your shots in the rain.
Thank you Lignum, it was tricky keeping the umbrella from slipping into the frame!
Love the woman on the park bench! Wonderful images as always! Tweeting this now.
She was so comfortable with it all and perhaps she was the coolest woman in the city! Thank you for the Tweet!
I identified with that lady … I’ve “posed” my stems in similar fashion numerous times! :))))))))))))))))))
Happiness!!! 🙂
Yup 🙂
nº 5 (woman on the park bench) and nº 7 (fun in the sun) are fantastic !!!
nice serie Patti.
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Such is summer in the city, thank you so much HG!!
Great series Patti.
Thank you David! I remember your brilliant NYC rain shot!
That lady laughing barefoot in the park just raised my level of elation! Isn’t that just the best: when I picture evokes joy, there’s that immediate connection across the many miles! Thank you for that, Patti!
Annie, that is so sweet of you to say and I am sure she would be thrilled and delighted with your comment!
Pablo. Chico. Megalito! I love that song! Wonderful photos, as always. I particularly like the first rainy photo. Such a wonderful sense of atmosphere.
Aren’t they gorgeous! This song always makes me want to join a dance class but I would want Pablo, Chico or Megalito to be teaching the class!!
All the pictures I liked
Thank you freehugs3!
Usually I can’t get enough heat, but when it’s there I might just as well complain about it… Awesome pictures of the two sides of the late summer heat. I love the rain pictures.
It took me a long time Otto but I have at last made my peace with the heat – complaining used up so much valuable energy!
I envy people who can’t get enough heat, if it were for me summer would be just a month long, just to give me a quick taste ;). Patti these photos are special, the mood, the faces, the moments – everything, and I like your immigrant song – Sting I’ve skipped this time 😉 Keep cool.
Paula, I cope with the heat from the shadier side of the street and can’t remember the last time I sunbathed let alone wore a bikini . . .
Steve Earle has so many other good songs worth looking up. Hope you have enjoyed your summer where you are Paula!
I can almost feel the hot rain from here. And I love the way you included the “Fun in the Sun” poster in one of the umbrella shots.
Throw in a palm tree and fun in the sun is always so full of promise!
Great stuff, you have mastered the art of capturing your city’s most intimate moments!!
You are very kind, thank you Derrick!
Great shots. I love the reflection in the car (picture #1) and the one of the lady, stretching her legs in the rain.
Have a nice weekend, Patti.
Thank you MC, NY certainly has its moments of intensity!
Not much ‘fun in the sun’ from the look of it 🙂 Another fabulous series Patti.
Am thinking what a great job you would do with our monsoon deluges!
Just around the corner from this was an open top tour bus with plastic coated tourists not having too much fun . . . . I am sure you would have fun with your camera in one of your deluges!
Am loving summer in your city and it is going to be interesting watching the heat turn cool over the coming months. Looking forward to it!
September, October weather here in the city is usually just right with enough warmth and sunshine to get the most out of the day, give or take the occasional burst of rain and hurricane before the cold weather begins to settle in!
I so enjoy your work Patti. One is able to walk into your photos and experience everything. Ah, that rain is refreshing:)
Thank you so much Elena! Wouldn’t it be so much fun to run around in the rain!
Oh wow… These are deliciously evocative Patti. Love those of the brown t-shirted chap under the tree in the rain and the rainy city-scape is beautiful 🙂
Never a dull day here Geoff, even with a sky full of dark heavy clouds! Thank you and trust all well with you!
Great series, Patti! I really like the way you capture place – it grounds the shots in reality (although some of them contain fantastic stories).
Yet my reality is but one version of the story! I think . . .
Thank you so much Richard!
“water between toes” is my favorite shot, Patti, – the lady made me smile!
Thank you Frizz, she has made quite a few people happy!
Beautiful work, Patti! Particularly for working in/though heat like that!
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AND the rain!
Definitely fun in the rain, thank you SiG!
Lovely shots. Funny with the lady that’s sticking her toes out in the rain 😀
Making the most of cooling down, thank you Cardinal!
Nice and funny, and so relaxed to be in the big city.
Something for everyone! Thank you Bente!
Full on summer. That series really gives a sense if it. Great photographs, Patti!
Karen, how many times I think of you when I am in Central Park and what you would make of the gorgeous photo ops . . . and not just CP either! There are so many natural spaces here in the city.
Patti…..your photographs take me right there again…….the steamy heat, street fairs……..dog days etc. etc.
Sorry to have taken so long in getting back to you, blaming those dog days! Have you booked a ticket yet?
that lady stretching her legs in the rain photo is so sweet 🙂
Isn’t she just? Even her flip-flops are happy!
I love the shot of the guy hiding against the tree as the rain drums down… Lots of other great shots there too 🙂
I love this series – the rain pictures are excellent – they guy by the tree, the bare foot women, the shot up the avenue – I appreciate your spirit Patti, because that’s essentially where these shots come from.