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Skiing, playing and photography

January 2025 brought together an interesting group of pics as Colorado, Massachusetts and Vermont were my choices for sports photography and just pure fun.

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Photography

Best of 2024

2024 brought different kinds of images to my best for the year. I took advantage of time and spent more hours on the water, exploring the Farmington River in my kayak. Europe featured heavily with returns to Barcelona and Paris, and new excursions to Pairi Daiza in Belgium and black sand in Iceland. Sports are still a passion and skiing has stayed a constant.

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Jos Prol painting
News & Stories

Gowanus DRIFTWOOD Comes Ashore

Artist Jos Prol’s Debut Solo Show Opens November 9, 2024, at Gowanus Dredgers Gallery with GIANT GOWANUS DRIFTWOOD SCULPTURE and 14 FOOT-TALL PAINTING.

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Arthur Ashe and David Dinkins at US Open Arthur Ashe Day 1992
News & Stories

Sportsball at 30: The legacy of Arthur Ashe

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health celebrates 30 years of Sportsball tonight at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, bringing a new vision to healthcare. Arthur Ashe created the Institute on December 3, 1992, just three months before his death from AIDS.

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Following multiple sold-out shows on a floating stage on the Gowanus Canal over Labor Day weekend, The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal will debut several new songs in upcoming performances at Principles in Gowanus on October 4th & 5th.
News & Stories

The Fish Queen returns to Gowanus

Following multiple sold-out shows on a floating stage on the Gowanus Canal over Labor Day weekend, The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal will debut several new songs in upcoming performances at Principles in Gowanus on October 4th & 5th. The Fish Queen of the Gowanus Canal, a new musical,

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Shomari, a western lowland gorilla, atop his habitat at Pairi Daiza. ©Mark D Phillips
Beyond Brooklyn

Once upon a time in Pairi Daiza

With 185 acres and the opportunity to visit with more than 800 species in its “nine worlds” housing more than 7,500 animals, Pairi Daiza was the culmination of a dream for Eric Domb, founder and chairman. He discovered the property in 1992, abandoning his career and devoting himself to the creation of paradise out of the former Cistercian Abbey of Cambron, founded in 1148 in Brugelette by twelve monks from Clairvaux.

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