DrFran Babcock

DrFran Babcock

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Like cats and tech in that order. Big fan of democracy. And books.

#dailypicturetheme #tear
This fountain, on The High Line in NYC, depicts the water fountains installed by compassionate people. These fountains provide water for immigrants crossing the desert in Mexico.
The Fountain of Tears
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ART! Guillermo Galindo - Fountain of Tears | Fountain made f… | Flickr

Fountain made from remnants of the water fountains left for immigrants along the US/Mexico border. Wow.

05:47 AM - Apr 28, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #long
I live on Long Island, so the choices were multitude, but let me share the Shipwreck Diner. Since 1924, this actual trolley car, has sat. It was used in the movie In & Out with Kevin Kline https://flic.kr/p/WD2SLB

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Exterior, Shipwreck Diner | Northport, Long Island | Flickr

Northport, Long Island

04:11 AM - Apr 24, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #hug The day after Earth Day is still time to hug a tree. In Paris, Bastille. https://flic.kr/p/8XbkwK

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Hug A Plane Tree Today | Back at the Bastille. I forgot abou… | Flickr

Back at the Bastille. I forgot about, so stumbled over the great market there.

04:14 AM - Apr 23, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #earth
Happy Earth Day, everyone. Today I like to remind myself that we are guardians of this planet, and we can live in harmony if we choose to do so. Be kind to Mother Earth. There is no Plan B. https://flic.kr/p/gDTsbr

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A walk along the Canal du Midi | Fran Babcock | Flickr

04:07 AM - Apr 22, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #free
Clase Oldenberg's giant stamp in Cleveland, Ohiohttps://flic.kr/p/VLyDKd

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The FREE Stamp - Claes Oldenberg | TeamSTEPPS Cleveland 2017… | Flickr

TeamSTEPPS Cleveland 2017

04:18 AM - Apr 21, 2024

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I went to the Vatican, and by accident, it was a day when he held a public audience. Half a million people—me amongst them—saw the Pope in St. Peter's Square.
After the audience, I snapped this picture. If you want to sit now, you can. https://flic.kr/p/gvbt9a

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Rome 2013 Sitting to see the Pope | These chairs are the onl… | Flickr

These chairs are the only clue that there was an almost half million strong crowd in St. Peter's Square to see the Pope earlier.

04:19 AM - Apr 19, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #spell
How do you spell peace? For me, it's always been along a canal. Here, in Colombiers, along the Canal du Midi in France, I was in heaven.
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Colombiers - How do you spell Peace | Looks like my Second L… | Flickr

Looks like my Second Life bridge was pretty accurate.

04:20 AM - Apr 17, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #skirt
I cringed when I saw this wedding party walking through the Centre Ville of Rennes, France. https://flic.kr/p/apUD9k
I feared for their skirts.

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Rennes - OK, let's ruin our wedding dresses. Black skirts … | Flickr

Well, you hope you only have to wear it once.

03:12 PM - Apr 16, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #tax
In the 1200s Maison Kamerzell was built. Only the wealthy could afford having glass windows. The tax assessors levied your tax fees by counting windows. The building houses the most famous Choucroute restaurant in Strasbourg, France. https://flic.kr/p/29aMQLq

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France 2018 | Mason Kamerzell from the side. All the tourist… | Flickr

Mason Kamerzell from the side. All the tourist guides mention that back in the 1200s you paid taxes according to the number of windows in your house, so the folks who owned this establishment were very rich.

04:22 AM - Apr 15, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #pale Each year I wait for these pale beauties to bloom up the street from me. I wonder how many years it took for them to get this way. Enjoy.

04:19 AM - Apr 14, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #drape
In the Red Light District in Amsterdam, when the drapes are drawn, that means the lady is working. https://flic.kr/p/727jP8

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Red Light District | When the drapes are drawn, and there is… | Flickr

When the drapes are drawn, and there is no girl in the window, it means she is working. Busy night in the district.

04:47 AM - Apr 13, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #press
My favorite statue in the NYC Met Museum is Carpeaux' Ugolina and His Sons. One of the many reasons is—as shown in my detail shot—how his son's fingers press into his leg. This is marble not flesh! How did he do it? https://flic.kr/p/2gVJMfj

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Carpeaux's Ugalino and His Sons | This is just one of the th… | Flickr

This is just one of the things that amazes me about this work. Look at the pressure of the fingers on Ugolino's leg. That's stone, people, stone.

04:52 AM - Apr 12, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #sear
This duck kebab was perfectly seared and eaten outdoors in Carcassonne, France. If you never had magnet du canard, you really should. https://flic.kr/p/arc8Ue

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Brochette de Canard, Seared to Perfection | Yeah, I know it'… | Flickr

Yeah, I know it's duck again, but omg. The ratatouille underneath had been cooked in the greenest olive oil I have ever seen. The duck was not as tender as what I had yesterday, but being outside in Carcassonne was very pleasant.

04:14 AM - Apr 11, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #pain
At The Museum of the Augustines in Toulouse France. These gargoyles look anguished and in such pain.
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Howling at the Moon | These gargoyles, rescued by the August… | Flickr

These gargoyles, rescued by the Augustins, look peculiar vertical. They seem to be wailing in emotional pain.

04:35 AM - Apr 10, 2024

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#dialypicturetheme #gust
The winds on the Jungfrau were so strong that you could lean downhill and not roll down the mountain. It was really cold. https://flic.kr/p/5Mmq86

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Super Winds on the Jungfrau | Hannah and Kaveh are leaning i… | Flickr

Hannah and Kaveh are leaning into the downhill as the wind holds them up. There is no way to communicate how cold it was.

04:25 AM - Apr 09, 2024

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My potato #eclipsesolar2024 photo.
I put one of the glass lenses over the lens on my iPhone.
There will be so many pro photos of totality, but I wanted to be part of this. I will never see another again.

03:41 PM - Apr 08, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #steps
These are the colorful, fun, mosaic steps in Lincoln Park in San Francisco. https://flic.kr/p/MSBSVv. http://www.lincolnparkstep...

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San Francisco 2016b | Lincoln Park Mosaic stairs. | Fran Babcock | Flickr

Lincoln Park Mosaic stairs.

04:24 AM - Apr 08, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #worth
Definitely worth the trip. We were soooo lucky that the clouds weren't around the day we visited the Matterhorn. Like Mt. Fuji, it can be elusive. https://flic.kr/p/roFaH

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Duh, the Matterhorn | Amazing in real life. The air is rarif… | Flickr

Amazing in real life. The air is rarified, but it's worth the traveling. And, the weather was perfect.

04:11 AM - Apr 07, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #pit
Today a sad one. This is a placarding the meditation garden at the Holocaust Museum on Long Island.
Explanation here: https://www.hmtcli.org/gar...

04:30 AM - Apr 06, 2024

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I almost forgot that the sun was out for a few hours during my morning walk. It was lovely.

05:02 PM - Apr 05, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #ripe
These fruits are post-ripe. This very old photo is one of my favorites, snapped in early morning sun in that heaven called Nice, France https://flic.kr/p/roFaV

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Market Place-Nice | Oh, these candied fruits looked so lumin… | Fran Babcock | Flickr

Oh, these candied fruits looked so luminous.

05:19 AM - Apr 05, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #state
Don't like the state you're in? Literally and figuratively?
Well just walk around this obelisk and you can go from Switzerland to France to Germany within a few seconds. Magic! https://flic.kr/p/3jKfEB

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Three Countries | Walk around this obelisk and you go from S… | Flickr

Walk around this obelisk and you go from Switzerland, to Germany to France and back to Switzerland. Try that in the States!

04:21 AM - Apr 04, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #gold
This was an easy one. What says gold more than the infamous Goldfinger? And, here's his Rolls Royce, seen in a James Bond show in London. It even has the license plate AU1
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Goldfinger's Rolls Royce | Fran Babcock | Flickr

04:08 AM - Apr 03, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #stay
When it first arrived on Fifth Avenue, the Guggenheim
was an afront. It still looks a bit out of place, but, hey, it can stay. Besides, it's a great museum trip. https://flic.kr/p/2gVJJNA

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim | Stay Classy NYC | Fran Babcock | Flickr

Stay Classy NYC

04:25 AM - Apr 02, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #come
I am such an NYC fan. If you visit, or, if like me, you have lived here all your life, come to the Museum of Natural History. My favorites are the Hall of Minerals, and of course, the dinosaurs. https://flic.kr/p/9QgERX

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Come to the Museum | Well, I walked from Columbus Circle, bu… | Flickr

Well, I walked from Columbus Circle, but this makes it look like I took the subway. Right?

04:38 AM - Apr 01, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #cage In a world supposedly more savage than ours today.
Underneath the coliseum in Rome, animals in cages rose through the floor to astound the crowd. Chilling. https://flic.kr/p/gs9aQe

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Europe 2013 - Colosseum | Under the stage. These were stable… | Flickr

Under the stage. These were stables and cages. The "performers" were raised by pulleys to appear magically on the stage.

04:14 AM - Mar 31, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #steel
When I think steel, I can only think of NYC's skyline. It STILL pains me a bit that the WTC is not in this view, but it's still a glorious view. Taken from Jersey City, where I went to visit my niece. https://flic.kr/p/2hSgbey

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Downtown Skyline from the Jersey side. | Steel can be beauti… | Flickr

Steel can be beautiful

03:58 AM - Mar 30, 2024

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#spoutingclassics Heard this while driving home from my hiking spot. I cried again as I have cried a hundred times. A pure masterpiece of music.
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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupVincent · Don McLeanAmerican Pie℗ A Capitol Records Release; ℗ 1971 Capitol Records, LLCReleased on: 1988-01-01Pr...

07:29 PM - Mar 29, 2024

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#dailypicturetheme #hearth
In Barcelona, at Casa Battió, an example of Antoni Gaudí's greatness, this quaint hearth has seats to welcome people to its warmth.
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Casa Battló | A mushroom shaped opening holds a hearth with … | Flickr

A mushroom shaped opening holds a hearth with built in seats on either side.

04:23 AM - Mar 29, 2024

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#spoutingclassics #70sanddown
A weird little gem from Belgian.
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09:07 AM - Mar 28, 2024

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