A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: 2010 Snow Day, Redux, Down Goes Frazier!

So check out this sequence of events:

Earlier tonight, I posted this photo of my favorite tree, snow-laden, here.

This was the photo:


That was from the front stoop.

A little after 10:00 PM, I took this eerie shot from the living-room window:


Five minutes later, Melanie looked out the window and gave a yell. This is what provoked the reaction:


That's a big branch down across 92nd Street.


We watched as the first car approached...


And the NYFD was right behind....and they got right to work...






Except now this huge branch is blocking the driveway...


But the cavalry arrives with a chainsaw...


Leaving behind a pile of kindling.....


I just hope my tree doesn't lose any more limbs overnight!

Great job NYFD! Thanks!!

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: 2010 Snow Day Edition (Chapter 12)

This is my favorite, lovely tree across the street:


This is our old friend, the tree, in previous Billyblog posts here and here.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 2008 Edition

This is a special request from Rabbi Micah Kelber, who mentioned to me last weekend that an update to the TGiB series would be welcome, especially in light of the fact that earlier this week was the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat ("The New Year of Trees"). To relive the original series, head here, the 11th installment of BillyBlog's 2005-2006 project. This last post is startling in how bright and glowing the tree can be. One can then click backwards through time via links to see the whole series in reverse.

Random Tuesday Junk

Go here and have fun pretending to be Jackson Pollock.

Here is an eBay auction run by a talented woman who wrote a hilarious product description for a box of Pokemon cards and has ridden her blog to waves of fame and envy-inducing traffic that leaves the rest of us in the blogosphere in awe.

Speaking of eBay, I'm selling some signed books here, trying to get rid of some yummy items to raise money for the Weird Al Yankovic Hollywood Star fund. Signed books from Charles Simic, Kurt Vonnegut, Jimmy Carter, Orrin Hatch, John Irving, and Charles Bukowski. Actually, just using BillyBlog to possibly promote more notice for the books.

Oh, and my sister sent me these:





with the following explanation:

I've been meaning to get this for you sooner, but, well, I'm lazy. This sign is tacked to a tree on my block where leftovers are often found at the base of the tree. There is also a chicken that lives on the opposite corner - perhaps the food is left for it, but its hard to tell. If you look closely, there is rice at the base of the tree today - evidently (I didn't see, but have it on good authority) the first day the sign was there a pot was sitting next to it, the following day, a second, and the next day, a third. I wish I had gotten to see that ;)

Thanks BillyBlogSister!

A Who Grows in Brooklyn's Endless Wire

Here's another shot of the world-famous BillyBlog Tree, photographed on the morning of October 31. That happened to be the day that the Who released their new album, as orginally reported here. Go to that link to find another link to some sample tracks from the new album, which I downloaded from iTunes and listened to for the first time this morning.

It's exceptionally good and I do recommend. Check out Rolling Stone's excellent review here.

One of my favorite songs is called "The Man in the Purple Dress". Here's the band performing it on Letterman earlier this year:



Find a way to listen to this and enjoy.