Valfal's photos

Leaving Governors Island after the VW classic show "Traffic Jam", 8/24/14

From Governors Island after the VW classic auto show "Traffic Jam", 8/24/14

Taken on Governors Island, NY as we were leaving a classic VW car show, "Traffic Jam", 8/24/14

This photo was one of the many I took during my vacation at Assateague Island, MD. My grandson, Logan, was a boy in constant movement while at the beach. He loved the water and rarely left it (See another photo in the note).

This photo was one of the many I took during my vacation at Assateague Island, MD. My grandson, Logan, was a boy in constant movement while at the beach. He loved the water and rarely left it.

This photo was one of the many I took during my vacation at Assateague Island, MD. My grandson, Logan, was a boy in constant movement while at the beach. He loved the water and rarely left it.

These beautiful classic Beetles were among the many beautiful vintage VW cars and buses at the August 24, 2014 "Traffic Jam" VW car show, held every year on Governors Island, NY.

When I was 8 years old, I developed a big crush on a little puppet mouse known the world over as Topo Gigio. Little Topo would be a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show, being his cute self with "The Stone Face" Ed Sullivan. Topo invariably succeeded in softening that face with laughter. I had always wanted a Topo doll, but could never find one until I found this beautful example on eBay several years ago. Topo is very special to me for all the fond childhood memories he evokes. In-camera monochrome. Thank you so much for your lovely comments and faves!

Another week where I had to depend on my collections :) Most of the pandas are vintage from the fifties and sixties.The sweet little guy in the center of photo with the plastic face is from my childhood. Thank you so much everyone for your wonderful comments and faves! :))

Colour of the Month: May - White and/or Fern Green

NTSC: Selective lighting This is an alternate photo for this week's TSC: selective lighting. This image was taken at Winterthur botanical gardens in Northern Delaware.

Photographed at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA.

A photo I took of Broadway in Lower Manhattan while riding home from a VW classic car show held on Governors Island last weekend. Thank you all so much for your comments, invites and faves! They are much appreciated :))

I snapped a photo of these beautiful flowers that were in a garden located outside of the entryway of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. Thank you so much for your kind words and faves, they are much appreciated :))

My photo, texture PicMonkey Taken at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA.

My photo using a PicMonkey texture Photographed at Assateague Island, MD, this is what's left of the road that was put in to develop the Island into a beach resort. The idea was tabled after a destructive hurricane blew through in 1962, which effectively separated Assateague from Ocean City. Thereafter, the island has been overseen by the National Park Service. See the original photo in the note.