It was a good day for kites in the city. There were some in the park, bien sur, but also out by the Verazano, and some on the beach in Coney Island...



none here, of course, just a beautiful shot of the city. (sorry for the poor resolution, a camera phone, ya know?)

Near Miss

Near Miss
Originally uploaded by nichol alexander

That big 707, no MATCH for Boxy! Luckily it didn't come to that. (its sorta hard to see, but there's a plane right to the right of the kite)

58th Street, or there abouts, and the way east side, just north of the old brooklyn army yard, a big pier and it was mostly empty. me and a few guys fishing, someone listening to a baseball game and a kid reading harry potter - it was as good a place to fly as any.

next is, i wanna fly between the buildings of industry city; i expect the wind patterns and shifts to be fun and difficult.

WTF

Is no one flying kites? Is it the humidity or is it just god damn laziness? there's no room for non-believers, those not of faith, those who do not walk the path, who don't see the light, who don't have a little bit of toughness on their knees from getting down to ask the sky to blow a little, in a quiet soft sweet little prayer, there's no room. . hell, i'll tell you what, i tried.

i did, but god damn it there wasn't any good god damn wind. and so...

SO?!

what.

yeah what? oh for a sweet breeze and a little bit of kite line out into the blue...