Posts

Showing posts with the label 2012

Fall 2012 in photos

Image
Washington hawthorn berries...10/4/12 Since I have an overabundance of photos that I have taken, I thought I would give you some other visions of Fall here in the Southern Tier of New York. Burning bush in our yard...10/4/12 The hillside across the valley from us...10/4/12 sparrow...10/4/12 Red-winged blackbird...10/4/12 neighbor's maple (in orange)...10/5/12 another neighbor's maple...10/5/12 wild berries growing off a telephone pole guidewire...10/5/12 some weeds also turn red...10/5/12 burdocks...10/5/12 leaves on a tree in front of our house...10/5/12 hillside outside of Naples, NY...10/5/12 Another hillside outside of Naples, NY. Notice the haze...it's likely from the high humidity we had during a spell of warmer weather...10/5/12 another view of the hill across the valley from us...10/6/12 (again, you can see the haze) bale of wheat straw, beginning a growing cycle, despi...

Winter has arrived!

Image
Well, it's here...Winter has arrived and with a vengeance.   We knew it would...it was a matter of time, but what was unknown was just how much we would get. First thing this morning, just after daylight broke, I got a few photos before the snow became too disturbed by the winds that were building: The truck before my brother left for work     I apologize for the quality of these photos...I took them from the windows ...warmly stationed inside the house! You can see the wind blowing the snow The wind had begun to really start blowing, which can be seen in this photo. The roads have been kept plowed, and school went on as scheduled...no delays. A good 3 inches already at 7:43 a.m.     Snow that had accumulated on the railing... pines frosted A closeup of the pines that are catching the snow on their limbs... better view of the depth of snow on the railing Snow not only accumulated on ...

ImprovEverywhere: 'No Pants Subway Ride 2012'!

Image
Gearing up...er...down! ImprovEverywhere has released another video with this caption: "On Sunday, January 8th, 2012 tens of thousands of people took off their pants on subways in 59 cities in 27 countries around the world. In New York, our 11th Annual No Pants Subway Ride had nearly 4,000 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines." Check out the looks on people's faces!  Enjoy!