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Heckscher Park

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 August Heckscher was a 19th century capitalist, born in Germany, who emigrated to the United States and became quite wealthy. According to Wikipedia, Heckscher eventually became a multimillionaire and a philanthropist. He started  The Heckscher Foundation for Children  and created playgrounds in lower Manhattan and in  Central Park .  Heckscher Playground , Central Park's largest playground, is named in his honor. Heckscher also created  Heckscher Park  in the town of  Huntington  and created the  Heckscher Museum of Art . The State of New York purchased nearly 1,500 acres in  East Islip  with money donated by Heckscher to create  Heckscher State Park , made famous for hosting summer concerts for 35 years of the  New York Philharmonic . Why am I telling you about him? Because on Thursday I was in Heckscher Park in Huntington. The very last performance of this year’s production of HMS Pinafore was scheduled to be pres...
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Feline Friday

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 It’s too darn hot    Just hanging in the living room  Clearly Duchess is in charge …
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#skywatchfriday suburban skies:clouds and contrails on a summer’s day

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     (There always has to be an airplane…) #skyeatchfriday
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Another neighborhood walk

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They’ve got a set up on the front lawn.  I guess that’s what happens when you don’t have a porch. But a volleyball net on the front lawn?  I can only speculate … Quite a setup in this front yard. That white pole on the right, behind the bench…it’s a child’s swing set. The Levitt houses were built on slab foundations.  But it looks like this new house might have a basement. Lots of construction in the neighborhood… But the house where the fire was last year is still boarded up. And after my walk I come home to … this.  
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