Downtown Ft. Myers, Fla. Paul Goldfinger photo.
VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS. From the movie The Aviator: “Stardust.”
Archive for the ‘Photography: Florida’ Category
Florida Rep….
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Enlightenment….
Posted in Photography: Florida, tagged Bunche Beach Florida, Leonard Cohen on Blogfinger on March 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©. March, 2020. Click to enlarge. Bunche Beach, Fla.
LEONARD COHEN. “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye.” From The Essential Leonard Cohen.
Thomas Edison’s Florida Winter Home
Posted in Florida connection, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Florida, tagged Ft. Myers Florida, Thomas Edison winter estate in Florida on February 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Edison house on McGregor Avenue in Ft. Myers, Florida. By Paul Goldfinger © 2012
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. His winter estate in Ft.Myers is located next door to Henry Ford’s. Both homes are open to the public now. They are situated on the Caloosahatchee River.
DAVE STEWART and THE SECRET SISTERS:
Color psychology at the Food Pantry
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Florida, tagged Color psychology at the Food Pantry in Fort Myers Florida on September 24, 2019| 1 Comment »
Food Pantry on Gladiolus Avenue in Fort Myers, Fla. Paul Goldfinger © March, 2016. Re-post from 2016. Click to enlarge
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
Colors do affect emotions. Designers and marketers are very interested in how colors effect our moods. There are scientists who specialize in this subject.
So whenever I pass the Food Pantry in Fort Myers, I wonder about the colors. It seems like some thought went into this yellow-green color scheme.
Is this just an attempt to create a cheerful tint for those who go there, sort of like rose-colored glasses? Or is there a message there having to do with food sustainability or more generally, the environment?
Perhaps the message is, “For those of you who come here, know that we are interested in more than merely filling your bellies”
I don’t know what goes on inside, or what it looks like inside, but the message I see is that the poor people who come for assistance receive more than some canned vegetables. They probably receive heaping portions of good will, smiles, compassion, and support.
Occasionally I see people there, milling about in small groups, chatting. So that’s the core answer: It is a community where people socialize and find hope—-discussing more than just eating.
NATASHA PATAMAPONGS From An Afternoon with Bob James
Sanibel Lighthouse, Florida southwest coast.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photograph by Prosper Belizia, Photography: Florida, Photography: Sanibel and Captiva Islands, tagged Sanibel Lighthouse on June 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©.Sanibel Island Lighthouse, Florida. c 2016. Tri-X Collection. Click to enlarge.
WARREN VACHE´AND FRIENDS. Houston Person (tenor sax) and Nicki Parrott (vocal.) “Only Trust Your Heart” Written by Benny Carter.
“Never trust your dreams
When you’re about to fall in love
Or your dreams will quickly fall apart
So if you’re smart, really smart
Only trust your heart.”
Passover celebrates spring….it begins at sundown on Friday, April 19, 2019 until Saturday April 27 at sundown.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photography in America, Photography: Florida, tagged Passover in Ocean Grove, South Pacific on Blogfinger on April 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©. Bunche Beach. Ft. Myers, Fla. Spring, 2018. Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
At the Passover seder, “Solomon’s Song of Songs” (from the Bible) is read. Much of it is about romantic love, but it also has something to say about Spring.
This is from Meyer Levin’s Israel Haggadah for Passover. A Haggadah is a guide book which is read at seders. There are many versions of Haggadahs, and one could search Blogfinger’s archives by typing in “Passover” into the search box at the upper right. One was written by an Ocean Grover.
As those attending a seder know, everyone gets a chance to read. The father says, “Like all people, our people in ancient, pastoral times celebrated the liberation of the earth itself from wintry darkness, and rejoiced in the yearly rebirth of nature. This is beautifully described in Solomon’s Song of Songs read by the mother:”
For, lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,
And the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance.
Paul Goldfinger © Neptune Township April 16, 2019. Spring is emerging. ©
GRAHAM BICKLEY with THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA From South Pacific
Motion by the ocean….
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Girls in their summer clothes, Music: DooWop classics, Photography Girls in their summer clothes, Photography: Florida, tagged Fashions in Florida, motion at the ocean, SAnibel Island Flor, thong bathing suits at Sanibel on February 22, 2019| 1 Comment »
By popular demand on Blogfinger. Sanibel Island Florida. 2017. Girls in their summer/winter clothes. Paul Goldfinger action photo. © Blogfinger.net
Paul Goldfinger Editor @Blogfinger.
Above we see what looks like summer at the Jersey Shore but is actually winter on Sanibel Island in southwest Fla.
In case you didn’t notice in Ocean Grove the last few seasons we had the summers of gravity-defying short shorts for women. The fashion caught on like wildfire and also probably got caught elsewhere as well.
Who knew that such shorts were physically possible? As a student of human anatomy and gravity, I found it difficult to explain, but no more difficult than jeans worn halfway down a guy’s backside which manage never to fall down.
Butt, it also was the summers for thong bathing suits, rarely seen in the Grove, but more common over in Asbury or a quick jog south to Belmar. However, last summer we saw a young woman in a thong walking her dog right past Days Ice Cream and then past the Camp Meeting Association world headquarters. She wore no coverup. Needless to say, some ice cream did drip down the shirts of the Days crowd.
Here we see it in Fla La Land, giving new meaning to the gulf of Mexico.
However the most evident women’s fashion look, seen everywhere, are the black spandex pants that rarely make it down to the ankle, but they are so revealing, that despite covering all critical parts, they leave nothing to the imagination as they show every curve. Why do that, when a bit of mystery is always more tantalizing?
The funny thing is that men’s summer clothes don’t change much. The “drop your pants and reveal your boxers” fashion seems to be fading. For men, jackets and ties have been gone for some time, except maybe for funerals, weddings, playing in a symphony, or working in a law firm or corporation.
For the summer of ’19, Blogfinger will bring back the “girls in their summer clothes.”
THE DRIFTERS:
Thomas Edison hanging around in Ft. Myers
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Camelia River
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Threesome by the bay
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, Photography: Florida, Photography: Sanibel and Captiva Islands, tagged Emmy Rossum on January 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©. San Carlos Bay. Sanibel Island Causeway. January 2019.
EMMY ROSSUM
