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Central Park winter landscape. San Remo through snow-covered trees. New York City

Summer’s memories sit suspended like words caught in the throat of winter: stifled, muffled utterances barely able to escape in the form of speech.

But in the wide open expanse of dreams, words take flight as summer’s memories break through the shards of branches conjuring up the outline of buildings and cityscapes on the condensation of winter’s frozen breath.

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Spring cherry blossoms overlooking the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Central Park, New York City.

On Spring mornings, the world hangs in sleepy stasis.

Trees, adorned with blossoms as soft as winter’s first snow, use their branches to gracefully conduct the world’s awakening in a daily symphony at dawn.

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I am admittedly a night person. I have tried for years to trick my stubborn body into accepting a different biological time-clock to no avail.

However, on days when I am carefully trying to get myself to accept the mornings as a friend and not a foe, I am always amazed at how differently the world appears especially during certain times of the year like springtime.

On a perfectly cloudy Spring day in Central Park, it’s as if the world is opens up its dewy eyes one by one as the city stretches out languidly for a few hours.

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Summer’s memories sit suspended like words caught in the throat of winter: stifled, muffled utterances barely able to escape in the form of speech.

But in the wide open expanse of dreams, words take flight.

Summer’s memories break through shards upon shards of branches making their way past the ice-kissed lips of winter conjuring up the outline of buildings and cityscapes on the condensation of winter’s frozen breath.

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View from Belvedere Castle in the snow overlooking the San Remo. Winter. Central Park, New York City.

In the yawning hours of the morning, the earth stretches its snow-laden limbs skyward and the clouds leave a dissolving trail of heart-heavy whispers in their wake as all of the city’s structures deliquesce into nothingness.

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Autumn landscape through willow trees. Central Park, New York City.

What a surprise yesterday! I got home in the evening after a grueling day to find that my last photo from my celebratory visit to Central Park over the weekend made it to Tumblr Radar. I could barely believe my eyes. Thank you so much Tumblr! (I am still reeling over last month’s post that also got featured on Tumblr’s Radar) My inbox has exploded with lovely messages which I am very grateful for and will respond to later in the week when I have a bit more time. In the meantime, thank you so much everyone.

When I was at Central Park a few days ago, the weather was deliciously ominous. It was the sort of day when grey clouds do their best to compete with the sunlight for the spotlight. I love the quality of this sort of contrasting light. During moments when the sun does manage to peek through the gray blanket of clouds, the foliage seems to reel in the bits of scattered sunlight.

This is a recent favorite spot of mine in Central Park. It’s a vista that seems to come alive in the autumn and winter due in part to Central Park’s beautiful willow trees. There is a quality to the placement of the branches that is reminiscent of theatrical stage curtains in a persistent state of dramatically opening to reveal the landscapes that are just beyond their grasp as if they are revealing a show that comes alive in the final two acts of a performance that spans a year.

In the autumn, these sorrow-soaked branches frame the sprawling autumn landscape that surrounds the lake and in the winter when the lake is covered in snow, the same branches hold multitudes of icy tears framing the towers of San Remo perfectly.

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Bow Bridge with San Remo in the background. Central Park, New York City.

I was featured in the Photographer’s Directory today! :)

It was sad when Tumblr opted for the Explore feature over the old Directory feature since the Directory was a great place to find Tumblrs with original content. The Photographer’s Directory is a great new addition to Tumblr created by other people on Tumblr in the effort of having one place to showcase Tumblrs with original photography content. I can’t recommend it enough!

Definitely visit and take a look around if you haven’t already: The Photographer’s Directory.

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Vivienne Gucwa is a native New Yorker who was born and raised in Queens and has lived in Manhattan for the last decade. Currently living on the Lower East Side, she considers herself to be a memory collector and urban documentarian.

She strives to not only capture the beauty of more well-known New York City landscapes but also parts of New York City that aren’t as well-visited or documented. She firmly believes that there is a tremendous amount of beauty and diversity to be found in the landscapes and cityscapes of New York City and her goal is to share that beauty and diversity with the rest of the world.

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Central Park West. Upper West Side, New York City.

The view is from the top of Rockefeller Center.

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