Historic Howlett Hill United Presbyterian Church, Now St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church

Spring Pastel

Scarecrow in Plainville

School Bus Shelter in Oswego County

Homemade School Bus Shelter in Plainville

Marsh Marigolds in Plainville

Spring Creeps into the Mohawk River Valley at North Western

Lenten Rose

Payoff for Planting Bulbs in Freezing Rain

Our Prize Aluminum Flamingoes

Bald Eagle in Rome

Congratulations to Recess Coffee for Ten Great Years!

Trump Tuesdays in Syracuse: Art and Public Broadcasting

Our mayor Stephanie Minor brings a different Trump disaster topic every week along with well qualified and powerful speakers. Last week we heard from Nancy Keefe Rhodes, journalist and writer, Amy Bartell, artist and Frank Mulfitano, music promoter. The location in the middle of downtown is aptly named Perseverance Park. This photo is from last Tuesday, April 11.

Spring in the Neighborhood

Arguably the most boring shot I have ever posted. I think I just like the symmetry.

Nesting Bald Eagle Above the Mohawk River Near Rome

Still No Swimming at Long Lake

Not only is there still ice down the lake

but the water flowing out the Raquette River can't handle the melt,

 so the lake is very high and the beach at Long Lake is flooded.

Adirondack Mountains From Long Lake Bridge

The white line on the water horizon is ice.

What Could It Be?

Shrouded Bridge Over Onondaga Lake Outlet

[2015 Governor's Press Release:]  

REPAIRS TO LONG BRANCH ROAD BRIDGE OVER ONONDAGA LAKE OUTLET (ONONDAGA COUNTY)

Work Will Require Short Term Detours, Be Completed By May

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is advising motorists that work is underway on an $180,000 bridge repair project on Long Branch Road over the Onondaga Lake Outlet in Onondaga Lake County Park in Liverpool, Onondaga County. The work will cause limited traffic delays during the next few weeks.

For the past two years, barriers have been in place on the one lane bridge, reducing the sole travel lane from approximately 16 feet in width to approximately 12 feet. The ongoing work will replace four deteriorated steel beams on the center span of the truss bridge so that the bridge can be reopened to full width.

The project will require the construction of a work platform under the bridge. The platform will need to be moved approximately four times during construction. Each time the platform is moved to a different location, the bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic for a period of five to six hours. 

When these short term closures are required, vehicular traffic will be advised to seek alternate routes. The shortest detour route uses Route 370 and John Glenn Boulevard. One of the bridge’s sidewalks will remain open to pedestrians and bicyclists at all times.

All structural repair work is scheduled to be completed by the opening of the canal navigation season on May 1.

Lock 24 Lockkeeper's Station in Baldwinsville

Bloody Brook Backed Up by Onondaga Lake on Stormy Friday

Salmon River Falls, Orwell at Flood Stage

Amor by Robert Indiana,Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Four-Sided Pyramid by Sol LeWitt, Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Objectivity by Sol LeWitt, East Wing, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of the Smithsonian Castle from the East Wing Terrace, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Rooftop Terrace on the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC: Three Boats

Douglas Cardinal, Architect: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC

The architect for this striking museum building is Canadian Douglas Cardinal,  http://www.djcarchitect.com/work/. He has built dozens of public buildings all across Canada. The building familiar to us is the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa.

This panorama from ceiling to floor gives only an idea of the great size of the main room. The huge drum and dance circle is at street level and can be seen and heard from every floor.

[from the web page http://nmai.si.edu/about/:]

About the Museum

A diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is an active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The NMAI cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego.

 The National Museum of the American Indian operates three facilities. The museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., offers exhibition galleries and spaces for performances, lectures and symposia, research, and education. The George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York City houses exhibitions, research, educational activities, and performing arts programs. The Cultural Resources Center (CRC) in Suitland, Maryland, houses the museum's collections as well as the conservation, repatriation, and digital imaging programs, and research facilities. The NMAI's off-site outreach efforts, often referred to as the "fourth museum," include websites, traveling exhibitions, and community programs.

Since the passage of its enabling legislation in 1989 (amended in 1996), the NMAI has been steadfastly committed to bringing Native voices to what the museum writes and presents, whether on-site at one of the three NMAI venues, through the museum's publications, or via the Internet. The NMAI is also dedicated to acting as a resource for the hemisphere's Native communities and to serving the greater public as an honest and thoughtful conduit to Native cultures—present and past—in all their richness, depth, and diversity.

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the Hirschhorn Museum

This little scene takes place within an octagonal box about 5 feet across. That's me just across and another woman at right angles to me.

This retrospective Kusama show of disorienting experiments with lights and mirrors as well as paintings and sculptures has filled a floor of the Hirshhorn to the brim. The wait times for tickets and then waiting to view the large room-sized installations at the rate of 2-3 people at a time for 20 to 30 seconds is worth it until it isn't! You can get tickets in the early morning of the day you choose.