Tiger Play at Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Liberty Deli on Crouse near Genesee

Gotta Love This Place!

The Menu Board at Riley's

Love Me at Genesee and Crouse

Then and Now: Burnet Park

Labrador Mountain = Fun

City Daily Photo Theme Day February 2012: Animals

We live a mile from Rosamond Gifford Zoo. It's easy to go any day, even if only for an hour. Ours is a winter zoo.  Many of the animals are northern, active when it is cold here in upstate NY. Many of the people around here are not active during the winter, so we often have the place to ourselves.

Beloved or not, zoos have become an important link in species survival. This is a snow leopard.

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Then and Now: Lower Onondaga Park

Then and Now: Upper Onondaga Park Grotto and Pond

This somewhat hidden grotto-like area of Upper Onondaga Park is a treasure. It doesn't receive the care it once did, though there are some, your photographer included, who keep it picked up and replace rocks that have fallen out during the winter. The city continues to fill the pond and run the stream which originates at the top of the mountain.

Then and Now: Upper Onondaga Park Bathing Pavilion

Women bathe on the Eastern half of the bathing area, men on the Western half. Note the guy on the roof. Staging this photograph was clearly an extravaganza! I love it!

Then and Now: Upper Onondaga Park Bandstand II

Then and Now: Upper Onondaga Park Bandstand

Then and Now: Upper Onondaga Park Island and Bathing Pavilion

Then and Now: Gale Spring

I've long been interested in postcards of local scenes. I have some of Syracuse, though my concentration is on the Oneida Community, Kenwood, Sherrill and Oneida, scenes of my youth and a decade in mid-life. 

The best postcards, and the most expensive, are real photographs. Often only published and sold in limited editions, they are becoming rarer and dearer. I once had my hands on a photo postcard of a border collie on a tightrope. The dealer wanted $50 and this was 10 years ago. I felt that was just too much. I regret that decision. 

Easier to find are hand tinted cards. These started out as photographs, they have a painterly quality which can be quite beautiful and they sometimes have interesting details.  

Today I begin a project of posting park scenes in Syracuse and modern photos of the same scene. I have discovered that the greater challenge than finding the right spot to stand is finding the right lens. I believe the photographers also used step ladders on occasion.

Cooper's Hawk Drops By Our Feeders Every Day

Stillwater: Rap-Shaw

Stillwater: Sled on the Flow

Stillwater: Thick Ice Over Low Water, Little Snow

Weighlock Building and Erie Canal Museum

What Glue...

...could possibly be holding this leaf onto the oak tree in our front yard? The leaves came down practically in one night in November, and then there was the wind storm Tuesday night. Yet this morning it is still there, fluttering in the breeze.

Streetview From Glenwood Avenue

Spain Posts Up to Date! and Elmwood Park: Red-tailed Hawk, Interrupted

Spread throughout latter November and much of December are photos of our adventures in Spain late last year.

Enjoy! Go!

If you click on the label SPAIN at the bottom of this post, all of the posts will line up for viewing.

Also...

Ski at Baltimore Woods on a Crisp Afternoon

Snowing in Upper Onondaga Park

Finally!

Heids in Liverpool

Design Display Window at the Warehouse

Yesterday, a Bald Eagle on Onondaga Lake

Witch Hazel Blooms in January

Love Me Comes to the West Side