The sunflower is an amazing plant. Its botanical name is helianthus annus. It’s a very tall plant, with an average height of 9.8 feet (three meters). The tallest sunflower plant on record was an astonishing 30.1 feet (9.17 meters). It has large flower heads, and the flowers could be a variety of colors, including yellow, […]
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The topic for week 31 of the 52-week photography project is “frame within a frame.” It’s a picture within a picture. The Dogwood photography studio describes it as “a classic compositional tool to frame the subject within the frame of the image.” I originally learned about framing the shot as a compositional tool when I
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On Sunday, September 3rd, I had the opportunity to experience a slice of Grand Island’s past. I traveled by ferry from the River Oaks Marina in Grand Island to the Long Homestead in the City of Tonawanda. The ferry service, operated by Niagara River Cruises, is the first such service in approximately eighty years. To
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from left, Andrew Rabb of the City of Buffalo,Lt. Col. Adam Czekanski, U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers Buffalo Division Commander,and Brian Higgins, U.S. Member of theHouse of Representatives (26th NewYork district) On Thursday, I went to Unity Park, in Buffalo, to observe a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the ecosystem restoration work performed at
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