Cooler Weather

I took this picture last winter during the record blizzard, and it really doesn't seem that long ago. New York is a very seasonal place, and the weather really changes the way that people think and act. Summer in New York is just like those Spike Lee movies; kids jumping in front of fire hydrants, people playing dominoes out on the block, girls in their short shorts. For me, growing up in the South, summer was that time from April to almost November, but here it's much much shorter. After that big heat wave that knocked out all the power in Queens, it rained for like two weeks, and it's been cool and breezy ever since. It's a strange feeling, to step outside and almost need a coat. Soon it's going to be like this picture again.