When I was a little girl and my grandmother took me for drives across western New York, we always passed signs that said “Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.” My grandmother always pointed out the place. I thought it extremely odd that anything in New York would be called “Montezuma.” I also thought it odd that my [...]
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We visited this great park- Beaver Lake Nature Center– many years ago, when the kids were young. It is one of the best little parks and nature trails I have ever visited. We haven’t gone yet, but I’m keeping my options open, since we’ll be out toward Baldwinsville twice next month. I just thought I’d [...]
Since owning our own house and land, we love birds. My young son is a budding ornitholigist (and yes, he knows what that word means. Did you know that ornith is Greek for “bird”? Ornithology is the study of birds). Birds have been very helpful to our gardens, too. New York State has loads of [...]
I’d mentioned that we went to see the Fenner Windmill Farm again today, in Madison County. I don’t know what it must be like living up near them, but I do think they are rather beautiful, and majestic. The entire area up there is absolutely beautiful; I tell the kids that this area of New [...]
I can’t believe that I took over 100 photos of our day spent at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY! We were there for most of the day, on July 4th, and had an absolute blast.
You can see all the photos I took here at my Flickr site. I’ll showcase only the basic photos [...]
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I’ve heard of geocaching here and there, but didn’t give it much attention before. I’d always heard about in the context of wealthy Californians in the Redwoods forest, loaded with heavy-duty equipment and who have loads of time for frivolities (kind of like global travel or mountain-climbing or kayaking the river rapids). I never [...]
Before the Rosamond-Gifford Zoo was titled such, I knew it as the Burnett Park Zoo, or more casually to us who lived in the Central NY area, “The Syracuse Zoo.”
We visited the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse this time last year. We hadn’t been there in over ten years, and my youngest child had [...]
Hey, I know it’s only July (wow, that came quickly), but it’s never too early to start scouting the Internet for hunting gear and articles. Hunting laws and regulations seem to change every year in New York State, so we’re always on our toes. The deer are out in full force right now, chewing up [...]
Spring has arrived in Upstate New York!
Someday I’ve got to finish that walkway, lol. Hopefully, within a few weeks I’ll have it done.
The Mohawk Indians called it “Kauy-a-hoo-ra,” or Leaping Water. Trenton Falls leaps no more, but it is still a grand site to see. We visited in October, at the height of Upstate’s brilliant autumn season. This area is the property of Brookfield Power, and the location of the hydroelectric power facilities in the Town of [...]
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In autumn of 2007, after a trip to the Baron von Steuben Memorial Site in Remsen, we took a late-afternoon drive through the Adirondacks. I scooted up Route 28 to White Lake.
It is absolutely beautiful here. We couldn’t get very close to the lake. “Private Property” signs screamed at us from all directions. Aw! Well, [...]
