February 29, 2024
The shortest month, though a little longer this year, has come and gone. To follow some of the misplaced pieces of its path. The moon. This was from the driveway. I shot as long as I could before frozen fingers put me back inside. With some finally clear skies, more Read more…
January 31, 2024
Month 1 of 2024 took its sweet time–the pace of ordinary, the pace of feeling things out. Here are some outtakes. The late 1900’s. A really yummy mac and cheese I made with that cheese sauce you make from potatoes and carrot. It is so damn good. I had a Read more…
January 14, 2024
Though wafts of snow land in Buffalo, Rochester is somehow protected by Lake Ontario. So just a thin sprinkling to enjoy. The temperatures are very low, like many parts of the country. This is the kitchen window. Headed to Highland Park for sledding Love the pops of color against the Read more…
January 8, 2024
With the first significant snowfall, I knew I had to return to Green Lakes State Park. I knew its emerald lake would look beautiful next to a soft white. Some quick shots before the wandering rabid emaciated raccoon attacks me or one of the many dog walkers. Some playful visitors Read more…
November 24, 2023
There is so much to discover at Mount Hope Cemetery, one of the two beautiful historic rural cemeteries in Rochester. On this visit on Black Friday (i.e. “Buy Nothing Day”) I caught the last of the fall’s color before a cold snap would drop the rest of the leaves to Read more…
March 6, 2023
I knew when the snow was falling I had to see this angel. Holy Sepulchre‘s gorgeous Corona/Di Cesare angel. So much fluffy show How I look in the morning LOL Miscellaneous droids I liked Scenes from Krudco Skate Shop
March 4, 2023
With some gorgeous snowfall in Rochester and another new used lens to try out, I headed to Letchworth State Park in Castile, New York. I bought a new wide angle after some photographic failing on my recent trip to Arizona. I was impressed with this new wide angle. Here are Read more…
February 28, 2023
The end of a packed but short month… one that makes the first two months of ’23 feel like a year already. And a lot of pancakes… Good Morning! Sweet routines: Yardsale‘s vegan pistachio chocolate chip cookie Dog Day Afternoon‘s Vegan Chicago Dog Thai, my usual order: dumplings and Pad Read more…
February 22, 2023
Heading north through the mountainous San Carlos and Fort Apache reservations made for a grueling day of driving. The windstorm that shook my vintage tiki bus through the night, whipping songs through it’s crevices, was part of the weather system that rocked travel across the country. Snow and frigid temperatures Read more…
January 30, 2023
Well, January is over… and the short but mighty month of February ushers us close to spring like a time machine. Because it’s always gone in a flash. Before we dive in, some outtakes from January 2023’s archive in my three favorite boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, & Staten Island. Manhattan On Read more…
December 30, 2022
The frigid Lake Ontario We were doing remote control cars. Can you tell? Two-berry pancakes. So pale! I haven’t been satisfied with my pancake making lately. The first ever Wegmans. Vintage delight. I finally won in bowling. I guess I need the bumpers up all the time. teehee Breakfast It Read more…
November 13, 2022
Some quick shots from my extended weekend in Rochester. At Krudco. . . I always like taking pictures of the decks. Making pancakes with/for the little ones Gosh, kids eat so little. Some funny looking pancakes This is the Times Square Building in Downtown. It really is gorgeous… Art Deco. Read more…
February 24, 2022
Having acclimated to driving about Fairbanks with some confidence, the perceived barrier of distance dissipated. I would travel south to enter the mouth of the Castner Glacier. And the 2 hour and 45 minute drive was gorgeous, with glimpses of Denali, the tallest mountain in the Northern hemisphere, and the Read more…
February 21, 2022
After a long day of travel, I arrived in Fairbanks at 2 a.m. But before the excitement of that moment, there was a lot of staring out airplane windows at pretty frost forming. The white in the cracks of the country below Saying goodbye to the Lower 48 as I Read more…
February 19, 2022
February always flies by in a flash. But here are some parts of it and things I ate before I skip town. A quick trip to Dog Day Afternoon on my prep always results in my rushing back texting colleagues to stall the students. Here, the vegan Chicago Dog. Obviously Read more…
February 3, 2022
Rochester Harbor Lighthouse is on the end of a long pier. In the whipping negative temperature windchills, we ventured to it as if on another more brutal planet, one that would help prepare me for the deep freeze of Fairbanks. There it is waiting… Along the way, the mouth of Read more…
February 2, 2022
Rando Abando. The Finger Lakes from the sky A city covered in white. The tremendous Kodak campus. A creepy mess of old utilitarian buildings of bygone era. Baby Yoda vegan waffles, because I couldn’t resist. She slaved away on her plastic oven for this meal. More rando abando. This is Read more…
January 23, 2022
In the middle of Long Island’s forks is the Peconic River, whose shores freeze beautifully about many locals-only beaches. In a new winter activity entered into my love list, a frolic on these shores and a hope to return again soon for shelling. To follow some shots that seem like Read more…
January 16, 2022
Being a happy vegan traveler requires special consideration, forethought. So when I booked my way to Fairbanks, Alaska in a mission to capture the Northern Lights, I knew I had to outfit myself with warm gear that aligned to my values–free of animal materials. Cold weather gear is different than Read more…
January 8, 2022
A healthy start, the artistic cross-section of the cabbage. Greens. My salad with tons of detoxifying veggies with a yummy avocado dressing. There’s your booster right there. I think I would seriously hire someone to peel my pomegranates seeds. It’s so labor-intensive! Christmas is all boxed up. Walking to my Read more…
December 31, 2021
School festivities were subdued than my usual. Just trying to get through this year… My awesome colleagues help! Best holiday movie: A Christmas Carol, the Alastair Sim version It comes but once a year! So I used curlers. Awesome gift from my brother Awesome gift I made for my brother Read more…
February 5, 2021
I kind of react to snow like someone in a movie, hands out and smiling gleefully. Though I am well aware of water cycle diagrams, powdery white fluffy flakes blanketing the entire neighborhood still holds a bit of childish magic. So I tried to take selfies within it, just like Read more…
December 18, 2020
A perfect snowball Winter trees look like capillaries On shoveling duty Ol’ lady & ol’ man winter Before I ruined it Trying to see The Great Conjunction brought me the bridge. I forgot my gloves so I didn’t last very long.
March 4, 2019
I really wanted to take snow pictures today, but I had to settle for slush pictures. The bright white would help me play a little bit with aperture, shutter speed and exposure compensation, the three variables that were the subject of my first photography class. Setting out, I wanted to Read more…
February 18, 2019
In Montpelier, Vermont’s Green Mount Cemetery upon local businessman Hubbard’s gravesite is a sculpture entitled Thanatos, the Greek word for death. Despite winter-related odds, I would see him. In fact it was only him that had me continuing north in the whipping snow to the gates of the unplowed cemetery. Read more…
Ice Castles is a man-made tourist attraction made entirely of water, the brainchild of a California ex-pat who relocated to Utah and needed a way to get his six cooped-up kids out of the house. His ice castles became a neighborhood draw and, in 2011, he brought his castles to Read more…