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It's a beautiful day in the Neighborhood...

Updated: Apr 29, 2023


Alternate take:


I'm goin' where the temperature matches my age..."




WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR???


--beginning at 00:34 Mr. Rogers shares with his interviewer what he calls the most beautiful word in sign language: FRIEND.



Fellow Passengers: When we're riding the rails, be sure to pay attention to that sign on the subway car door.

Ah, but when our lives are goin' OFF the rails, follow these recommendations:



Added April 14...After writing this post, Eileen and I re-watched the film and I re-visited the post to add these two songs...One sung from a man's perspective and another from a woman's... James Taylor & Carole King - You've Got A Friend (BBC In Concert, 11/13/71) (05:04)



--Nov 14, 2011 Elmo and Grover cover The 59th Street Bridge Song at the Library of Congress tribute to Paul Simon in 2007.


Here's the view from in front of the venue:






One more with Paul and Art so I can include it in the WALKLIST at the end of the post. The others are marked for kids only and can't be shared.



Out walking around town...


"DON'T FOLLOW LEADERS...WATCH YOUR PAWKING METAWS..."




How Julius would cross that river today (Stop & Shop "pawking" lot):



The die is cast... [History buffs: "Alea iacta est"]

--I studied Latin for 4 years at Power Memorial Academy in NYC and then 2 more at our "graduate" school in New Rochelle: Iona...

--At Power, we had a teacher for Latin named Brother Phillips. Out of his earshot, we used to joke that he was so old, he had taught Julius Caesar to speak Latin.

--Eesay elowbay...


...NOW...



...THEN...



IGPAY ATINLAY...




"DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?"...



If this was a qualification for elected office... How'd George and a lot of the other officials ever get elected???



"It's a beautiful day in my West Hempstead neighborhood..."




Ant Colony...Subdivision...Be mindful of where we step...OR...




After a Grateful Dead concert...



Nearing home...just kicking down the cobblestones...covered with children's sidewalk chalk artistry...





PREHISTORIC WEST HEMPSTEAD


Spotted this fella in the middle of the street while I was out walking on Meredith Lane. Hmm...It's a dead end street...guess nobody told this critter that dinos are passé...



The real deal...see next section...


CLIMBING THE WALLS...






--Hey, Gumba's - Yeah, I'm talkin' to youse...Don't get upset that these creatures come from Sicily...I'm not makin' any comparison...as I value my legs...Just the way they are... :)))


--As I watched this video, I learned that I share an important evolutionary adaptive trait with "podarcis siculus" - WE ARE BOTH OMNIVOROUS.


--And another clarification: Herpetologists are persons who study these ancient beings. It's a process called "herping." NOTE: They are NOT called...

HERPEES


(also in the Italian Wall Lizard video) One of my favorite desserts (spelled with 2 s's - b/c we always want seconds). Oh...this deSSert also has a double consonant: "nn"...Nice!



NOTE: These wall lizards are different from Lounge Lizards...though some who've encountered the latter might disagree....: )))



NY LIZARDS


Located in nearby Garden City, they are part of major league lacrosse.


OF TEACHERS & LOUNGE LIZARDS...




With apologies to all my teacher friends : ))))

--Lemme know when you're having a garage sale of all the confiscated items.

Geez, back in my day, I'm sure the nuns & brothers had a ton of these:



"We sure could use a man like Alfred Neuman today..." : )))




WALLS: KEEPING SOME PEOPLE IN AND SOME OUT...


...SEE ME AFTER SCHOOL...IN DETENTION...




DANCIN' IN THE STREETS...COSMIC CARDIO...


We're never to old...




We'll still be dancin' when we're DEAD...



We know "Jerry"...but what about "Tom"??? Read on...




Tom Constanten (Grateful Dead 1968-1970)




GRANDPARENTS: Once upon a STORYTIME...





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