Page 8 - Boca ViewPointe - October '19

Page 8, Viewpointe October 2019
The Photo Corner: On Assignment

– September – Peace Finally

By George Steinman (who later on became famous with their song ‘Who let along the 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach at Monterey,
the Dogs Out’) were dedicating songs to Susan. CA. It’s one of the most famous trees photographed in
Thus far September has September 11th is a tragedy which we will never North America. It’s located on a granite cliff jutting into
been a terrible and tragic forget. I was down in lower Manhattan that December. the Pacific Ocean and is roughly halfway between the
month between Hurricane I will never forget looking south from Canal Street that famous Cypress Point and Pebble Beach golf courses. It
Dorian and September night and seeing total darkness, total silence, and feeling is rumored that it started with seedlings about 250 years
11th. With this I wanted the terrible smell of death and devastation. I still have two ago. Technically it’s called Monterey Cypress and has a
to present some of my different NYC Fire Department hats which I wear only sister tree located on a granite cliff at Point Lobos, CA.
thoughts and then just on 9/11. Construction of the new Freedom Tower started California Coast
clear my mind and show about thirteen years ago and along with the monument So peaceful. So quiet. Just sitting and looking at a
some really neat pictures has turned the area into a shrine. We this remarkable feat small ocean side area – lots of plants and lots of color
of peace and serenity and we also have extreme diverse opinions and associated combined into a peaceful scene along the Pacific Coast.
some beauty and some happiness from another side of actions. A congresswoman stated that regarding 9/11, The scene was soften by the light slowly rolling in. When
our planet. ‘Somebody did something...’ and a war ensued. At I first saw this, it reminded me of the old song Sittin’ on
So first, thank goodness the catastrophic hurricane baseball games on 9/11, there is a moment of silence. the Dock of the Bay’ by Otis Redding. So Serene.
Dorian has come and gone. To me it was an ominous But Major League Baseball mandates that the wearing of Happy
name as it reminded me of the old horror film The Picture non-approved baseball hats (e.g. NYPD, NYFD, PDFD, Happy as we know it is a state of mind. Here you see
of Dorian Grey. The continuous weather updating status etc.) was not allowed. So one baseball player designed what I believe is a happy squirrel. You see him in his
was nerve racking but required as the associated agencies and ordered custom made 9/11 memorial spike shoes for environment of century old California driftwood along
did a necessary but terrific job in keep us informed. The his team-mates. Only in America. So with all of this I just the Pacific coast near Monterey. The plant life looked
tragedy – the Bahamas were really devastated. We had have to present photographs totally from the ‘other side good and healthy by it’s proximity to the ocean water
been there many times and all we have now are very fond of the world: peaceful, serene, pretty and happy. I hope and the driftwood has remained through the years. Just
memories. We visited Freeport quite a few times, loved you like them. one of Mother Nature’s great creations.
dining at the Ocean Club, and dancing in the lounge in the Lone Cypress
Atlantis at the Paradise Island casino where the Bahamen Peaceful, serene, and Pretty – The lone Cypress is The Photo Corner on page 9

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