The views from Niagara Falls State Park Observation Tower are absolutely stunning and easily rival those of the Canadian side….

In the latter part of June and early July Venus and Jupiter aligned closer and closer together until they nearly appeared to be one point of light. In New York City, the skies were cloudy after this night, so this was the closest alignment I got to see.

Our Southern Magnolia produced so many beautiful flowers this year, we stopped counting after 15 or 20 of them. The action started in mid-June and lasted all the way till July.

One does not often associate a gaggle of wild turkeys with New York City streets, but a hybrid breed of wild turkeys is quite common in Staten Island.

I made these manmade double rainbows while misting roses one July morning. Apparently, I had that perfect 40-degree angle between the sun and the ground…

I headed up Bogard Road and turned onto Finger Lake Park Way and paid the $5 State Park Fee. I then went to the camp host’s trailer and waited. The camp host was at another location and dropped what she was doing to facilitate my canoe rental. I chose a red Coleman flat-bottomed canoe, rather [...]

Finally, my time to vacate the Lake Lucille Bed and Breakfast came. I had my final Part I of breakfast in the kitchen, and packed my gear into the rental car. I then went to the dock to bid Lake Lucille a long final farewell. So many treasures on this lake I have seen and [...]

Following my tour of downtown Anchorage, I went along the Seward Highway and stopped at Potter Marsh – a wetland created accidentally when the Alaska Railroad was built. You can see salmon swimming in the marsh, though I could not pick them up with the camera. Moose frequent the area as well, as you can [...]

After Independence Mine and and my stops in Palmer and Wasilla Lake for the Sarah Palin History Tour, I stopped off at Señor Taco, because I was jonesing for Mexican food. From there, I returned to Lake Lucille Bed and Breakfast. I pulled the laptop out of the room, set it on a table on [...]