Clever Squirrel

Only one of our squirrel cluster knows how to get past the baffle and up into the cage. It is so much at rest, leaning back and eating to its heart's content. The others are on the ground scavenging.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911-2011 Centennial Memorial NYC

SoH Cast Iron Historic District

Brooklyn Bridge

Declarations of love on the bridge. There are many.

Frank Gehry Skyscraper in Lower Manhattan

Winter Aconite Will Last Through the Coldest Weather

Also March

Dog in Window

If you followed me in St. Louis, you know I love to photograph dogs in windows.

This dog was curled up and napping in its window on a ledge outside the drapes, 6 feet off the ground with the street and nearby corner its domain. It lives on a fairly busy area for both autos and foot traffic.

Nothing disturbed its nap until I came by and STOPPED. Up popped its head and it went on alert. It woofed, not loudly but certainly putting me on notice that I was being watched. I snapped the picture and went on.

I think it noticed me especially because I was looking right at it when it popped up. Would it have relaxed again if I were looking the other way? That's a test for another day.

March, the Rollercoaster

R House

Recently built in the near-West side, the R House was an award winner even before it was built. "You can heat it with a hair dryer." Google it for more information. We are told it will be open the same day as the Downtown Housing tour later this spring.

These are the north and east sides. The west and south sides have most of the windows.

Ella the Irish Wolfhound

Joli and our neighbor Ella, who is the gentlest of beasts.

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An Abundance of Crocuses

Cobblestone Architecture: Valley Drive

Glaciers left us with this building material, and cobblestones have been used with beautiful results all over New York State. This house is next to the famous Duck Pond. There is a great deal of documentation including the Landmark Society's site, linked just below the photographs.

http://www.landmarksociety.org/tours/index.html?tourID=10017

Niagara Mohawk Building: Wearing of the Green

City Hall: Wearing of the Green

Bento Ya Masako: Best Lunch in Corning

Chemung River Below Corning from Harris Hill, High but Not Flooding

The First Bird I Ever Learned

Onondaga Creek at Flood Stage in Franklin Square

Blow it up for especially dramatic effect.

Niagara Mohawk Building Reflecting Early Morning Sunshine

Binghamton: Lost Dog Cafe

Mardi Gras masks at the Lost Dog. We like the Lost Dog Cafe a lot...super wait staff, tasty and fresh food, WiFi, attractive and changing deco, all around good spot.

MOST: Unobstructed and Snowy

Museum of Science and Technology in Armory Square... colorful, interesting, and unusually noticeable on an early morning directly after a snow storm.

Niagara Mohawk Building: Spirit of Light on a Snowy Morning

Mardi Gras: And We Don't Migrate ... Why?

Mardi Gras: She Goes To New Orleans And All We Get Are These Darn Beads?

Grassse River at Russell: Water Over Ice...Spring is Coming

St. Lawrence County: Yep, Definitely Spring

Grasse River: Rainbow Falls on Tooley Pond Road

Snowshoed in, less than a half mile; well worth the small effort; the Adirondacks are just beginning to show signs of spring on this mild sunny day.  

Canton NY: Maple Sap Collection Tank

New Orleans Mardi Gras: Oshun

New Orleans Mardi Gras: Oshun