Category Archives: Nature

Brooklyn Commons Frozen Dog

January 23, 2025Museums, Nature, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

On January 21, after Sunday snow storm, Tony Matelli’s Stray Dog became an ice sculpture.

NYC April 8, 2024 3:38 pm

April 8, 2024Nature, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

It was Monday afternoon, and I had just left an appointment on the Upper East Side. I was struggling to use a folder with a pinhole to view the eclipse. A woman noticed this and offered me a pair of viewing glasses, which allowed me to take this photo looking south at the corner of Lexington and 70th.

Central Park North Woods

January 21, 2024Nature, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

Central Park after January 19 snowfall was magical as always.

Misty New Year Run

January 16, 2023Nature, NYCPaul Mason Fotsch

January 3rd was a warm winter evening to run in Prospect Park. And I was glad I did.

Come Over Then (Ben 5)

October 24, 2021Chicago, Food, History, Nature, podcastsPaul Mason Fotsch

In the 1990s Barack and Michelle Obama could often be found dining at a Hyde Park favorite, the Medici on 57th, whose owner Hans Morsbach was also a carpenter, tree farmer and author of a book on sustainable forestry.