Color and Light

Here is the same tree in April.

Red Bud

Hurricane Sandy's Red Sky in Morning

Blue Bicycle at Liverpool Library

Hudson River at Albany

The Leaves, The Light

Route 11 Holstein House

Route 11 North: Architectural Detail, Continued

Route 11 North: Architectural Detail

Tug Hill in the Rain

Mission District

Brilliant!

The Horned Dorset in Leonardsville

Honey for Sale on Route 80

Ommegang Brewery South of Cooperstown

These folks understand the value of pure aquifers and are major opponents of hydrofracking. Excellent allies!

Consider just buying Three Philosophers in the store and skipping the visit to the brewery. The building is pretty great but so are the crowds.

Kingfisher Tower on Otsego Lake in Cooperstown

Kingfisher Tower was built by a millionaire to create a scenic view. 

Mohawk Bark House at Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown

This reproduction bark house is situated beside Otsego Lake.

Seneca Log House at Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown

The Fenimore Art Museum now has on its grounds an original Haudenosaunee building brought from Rochester and originally built at Tuscarora.

Route 20 - Cherry Valley Turnpike

  

A day in Cooperstown always includes cruising Route 20, the old pike that runs from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania and finally all the way to Oregon. It runs parallel to the NYS Thruway and Route 5, south of them by 20 miles along this stretch we used from Cazenovia to Richfield Springs. 

Those other two highways run in the Mohawk River valley and along the southern edge of the lakebed of post-glacial Lake Iroquois. Route 20 is inland and hilly. Further west it drops into deep valleys between Cazenovia and Skaneateles, and then crosses the outlets of the Finger Lakes.

The topography makes for an interesting ride.

We Live Where It's Orange

Original Collamer Cornet Band House

Just east of Vollmer Farm's greenhouses, the Band House survives.

Planning Meeting for Onondaga Creekwalk Next Steps: Possibly a Local High Line

Lights on the Lake Work Begins in Early October

Lowville: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Part 2

Lowville: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the Lowville Farmers Coop

Big Moose Station: Fixing Track

Stillwater: Thompson's Barge Makes One of Many Runs This Weekend