Ghost Building in Canastota

Rudy's of Oswego: Restroom Decor

Hawk Watch at Derby Hill on Lake Ontario

Willows Coloring Up in Upper Onondaga Park

Gray Jay at Sabattis in the Adirondacks

Sterling Nature Center: Great Blue Herons

NiMo Building Celebrates SU's Sweet Sixteen

Mural of the Erie Canal at Canastota

Today the trains fly through Canastota fast and elevated. The New York State Thruway skirts the north end of town, where there is an exit.

Back, way back (around 1825 to the early decades of the 20th century )the original Erie Canal put and kept Canastota on the map. 

Today most towns honor their segments of the Canal with parks, murals and museums. The state  improved the towpath for bicycles and walking. In Syracuse the Erie Canal Museum lives in the only remaining weighlock building in the United States.

Dalek Soap Made by Our Young Neighbors!

Lichen Grows in our Garden

Historic Belt Drive in Franklin Square

Whiteface Mountain Looms Near Saranac Lake

Lenten Roses: Subtile Spring Treasure

Cazenovia: Flowers & Threads

Traffic Light on Tipperary Hill

Pink Bathed the Neighborhood

Saranac Lake: Left Bank Cafe's French Tricolor

Saranac Lake: Joan of Arc for "Superheroes and Villains" at Left Bank Cafe

Sabattis Lichen Bird

Same Adirondack Stream on Consecutive Days

Day # 1 Friday, March 11

Day # 2 Saturday, March 12

Washington Street, A Rainy Day

Washington DC: Trompe l'Oeil Architecture

Washington DC: National Museum of African American History and Culture

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is nearing completing and will open this Fall 2016. The photo is taken from the top of the nearby Washington Monument.

Washington DC: Grand Alexander Calder Mobile at National Gallery of Art, East Building

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Washington DC: Petite Alexander Calder Mobile at Phillips Collection

Washington DC: Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks at Phillips Collection

Washington DC: Thomas Jefferson's Library in the Library of Congress

Washington DC: Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is a jewel box of tile work, not to mention the collections. Let me just amaze readers with numbers, taken from Wikipedia:

23,892,068 catalogued books in the Library of Congress Classification system; 

5,711 incunabula (books printed before 1500); 

14,067,260 monographs and serials, music, bound newspapers, pamphlets, technical reports, and other printed material;

and 122,810,430 items in the nonclassified (special) collections:

160,775,469 total Items

I had thought that I would find it but was still quite moved to learn that a copy of my grandmother Dorothy Leonard's small self-published book of poetry, Buttressed from Moonlight, is here and entered in the digital catalog. 

Washington DC: Smithsonian National Zoological Park

I visited the zoo on a cold, rainy day, and the baby panda was not to be seen. 

Still the zoo offers a lovely Olmsted stroll.

Washington DC: Capital Grill

The Capital Grill is another successful repurposing of an historic facade. It is across from the Newseum at the corner of 6th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Washington DC: Janet Echelman at Renwick Gallery