Photograph of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church in Red Hook (Brooklyn, NYC). I took this photograph on April 19, 2025 using the GrapheneOS camera app on my Google Pixel 6a, and shared it in a short post commemorating Easter in 2025. One year later, I share it for Easter 2026.

(Aside: I took this photo a few minutes after taking the profile photo I use for NLJ and Emu Cafe Social.)

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/easter-sunday-2025/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #RedHook #Church #CatholicChurch #Sun #Easter #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #GooglePixel6a #GooglePixel #GrapheneOS

The Moon was bright on March 12, 2025. Here, I was standing at the intersection of Joralemon Street and Boerum Place in Downtown Brooklyn. I took this photo before the light changed.

Article with more details:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-moons-reflection-in-downtown-brooklyn/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #DowntownBrooklyn #Moon #Reflection #Bus #Intersection #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

I took this photograph through my window (Brooklyn, NYC) on February 22, 2026. You can see a very snow-covered tree (it will soon be covered in pink flowers). This photo came out surprisingly well given the conditions and my limited Ubuntu Touch-powered camera on my Google Pixel 3a XL (if I do say so myself). Only mildly touched up with Krita.

Associated Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/february-2026-at-the-new-leaf-journal/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #Snow #Tree #Window #Chickenwire #SnowTrees #UbuntuTouch #GooglePixel3aXL #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal

Pictured is a memorial bust of Robert F. Kennedy in Columbus Park near Brooklyn Borough Hall. I took the photo on February 24, 2026, which was the day following a blizzard. You should not need all 20 questions to ascertain which way the wind had been blowing.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/snowy-statues-in-brooklyn-february-2026/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #DowntownBrooklyn #BrooklynBoroughHall #ColumbusPark #Statue #RobertFKennedy #Bust #Snow #UbuntuTouch #GooglePixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

A goose in Brooklyn Bridge Park stares at the Statue of Liberty. To be sure, it was not actually staring at the Statue of Liberty, but sometimes your photograph just works out that way. There were actually about 14-15 geese on the snow in Brooklyn Bridge Park on that February 13, 2026 afternoon, you can see some of the group photos in my article: https://thenewleafjournal.com/geese-in-the-snow-in-brooklyn-bridge-park-02-13-26/

== Tags ==

#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynBridgePark #Snow #Geese #Goose #StatueOfLiberty #Marina #UbuntuTouch #UbuntuTouchCamera #GooglePixel3aXL #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Two snow creatures... maybe bears... maybe Ewoks... seen on Court Street in Cobble Hill (Brooklyn, NYC) on February 24, 2026. Photo taken with the Ubuntu Touch camera app on my Google Pixel 3a XL.

Article:
I included these "snow bears" in an article covering snowmen I saw around Brooklyn Between February 24-28.
https://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-snowmen-in-february-2026/

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #CobbleHill #Snow #Snowmen #Snowman #Scarves #Hat #Bench #TreePit #GooglePixel3axl #UbuntuTouch #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

I took this photo in Brooklyn Heights (NYC) just after 11:00 PM on August 15, 2025. The recall having noticed that headlights seemed to be growing brighter a few years ago. It turned out I wasn't the first person to notice. This is downright excessive!

Article:
I used this photo in an article about my second pair of anti-headlight glasses:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/fighting-headlights-with-ebd-blue-360-lenses/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynHeights #Sidewalk #Street #Cars #Headlight #Headlights #StreetLights #Trees #GooglePixel6a #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

I took this photo of a bowl of cherries on February 17, 2024. Is there a story? There is not MUCH of a story, but I published my thoughts on low-price out-of-season fruit in Brooklyn, New York City.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/cheap-winter-cherries/

Tags:
#cherries #bowl #googlepixel #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal

On December 28, 2025, I happened across a very impressive snow sculpture of the head of a bearded king with a crown on Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn (NYC).

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/seeing-atlantic-avenue-snow-king-12-29-25/

Unfortunately, I did not stop to take a photo (it was getting late and there were people gathered around). The next morning, I saw an article about the sculpture in the New York Post. I decided to walk back out that afternoon and see how the Snow King was doing. As you can see, he was a little worse for wear 20-22 hours after I saw him the first time (he looked like the newspaper photo linked in my article when I first saw him), but I thought the weathered snow king had its own dignity and charm (albeit he could have done without the dirt and car exhaust tarnish).

NLJ article on my photo and story:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/weathered-snow-king-sculpture-in-brooklyn/

(For any open source mobile OS fans out there, I took this photo with the Ubuntu Touch camera app on my Google Pixel 3a XL.)

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #DowntownBrooklyn #AtlanticAvenue #Snow #SnowSculpture #Snowman #King #Sculpture #Cars #Trucks #Traffic #GooglePixel #UbuntuTouch #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Seen in Brooklyn Heights on April 6, 2025, an Amazon e-cargo "bike" (I dispute "bike" but setting that aside). I used these photos to illustrate an article. Setting aside the question of whether something with four wheels can be a bike, I like the form-factor and it is fun to watch them chug along in Brooklyn.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/amazon-cargo-bikes-in-brooklyn/

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #BrooklynHeights #Houses #Brick #Street #Amazon #ECargoBike #EQuadCargoBike #Delivery #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS