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.”
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
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| Leave a 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:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography: Florida, tagged Thomas Edison winter estate in Florida on February 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography Ft. Myers, Photography: Florida, tagged Yiddish music on Blogfinger on January 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
THE KLEZMER CONSERVATORY BAND Album Yiddishe Renaissance. “Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen”
“Raisins with Almonds,” a Yiddish lullaby, was composed in 1880 by Avrohom Goldfaden as part of a musical play “Shulamis” in the Yiddish theater.
“Due to its beautiful melody and its words, it could be understood as a metaphor for the exile of the Jewish people and their promised redemption.” (Encyclopedia of the Jews in Eastern Europe)
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
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography: Florida, Photography: Micanopy series, tagged Micanopy 2018 on January 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Micanopy 2017. Paul Goldfinger ©. The owner stays open until tourists drive off.
In the 19th century, the town of Micanopy, Fla. prospered with agriculture; then, in sequence came cane sugar, cotton, vegetables, oranges and lumber.
In 1836 there was a battle with the local Seminole Indians. The US Army showed up to rescue the town, and a fort was built. There were settlers and some slaves in the town. But later, the town’s founder Moses Levy, a Jewish immigrant from Morocco, encouraged schools and opposed slavery.
These days (December, 2018) it is a tourist town on the National Historic Register. Antiques used to be big in Micanopy, but now millennials hate that old stuff. It is a fine place to visit and explore for a couple of hours.
Last year I bought a T shirt, but this year they were sold out. The town panhandler hit me up, and a young couple were posing for a professional wedding photographer. I snapped a couple of frames from a distance; the groom looked at me and gave me a grin and a thumbs up.
A guitarist was playing outside some shops. He said that he has made some country recordings. A hat on the ground collected some change and bills. Christmas decorations were scattered about.
Micanopy is near Gainesville (U. of Florida) and had a population of 600 in the last Census.
BOB DYLAN: “The Man in Me.”
Bob Dylan. Photographer unknown.
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Florida, Photography: girls in summer clothes, tagged Bunche Beach Florida on January 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Ft. Myers, Fla. Feb 18, 2018. © Paul Goldfinger photograph. Click to enlarge.
THE McGUIRE SISTERS:
Posted in Florida connection, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Florida, tagged Preservation Hall Jazz Band on July 21, 2018| 1 Comment »
Sanibel Island, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. Early morning. 2006. By Paul Goldfinger © Enlarge by clicking on the image.
THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND OF NEW ORLEANS with “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” This gospel hymn is often performed at African-American church services. It goes back over 100 years.
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, Photography: Florida, tagged Marilyn Monroe on Blogfinger on May 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Boca Grande, Fla. Paul Goldfinger © Click on image to enlarge.
CONRAD POPE with “Arthur’s Notebook”
From the 2011 movie: My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams in an award winning performance as Marilyn Monroe.
The notebook writer is Marilyn Monroe’s husband playwright Arthur Miller. In 1960, Arthur wrote something very special for Marilyn. Click on our link below to read about that and to see the two of them dancing on the set of The Misfits.
And also to hear a wonderful jazz performance by Toots Thielemans with Til Bronner. I love this song.
Meanwhile here is some music from the movie “My Week with Marilyn.”
CONRAD POPE ( American composer) from the movie:
And here is the link to the Blogfinger article from last year with the photograph of the couple dancing.
