Grand Island’s Nike Base was built during the Cold War as a missile defense site. At the base were Nike defense missiles. This was part of a network to protect major cities from Soviet attack during the Cold War. Since that time, the Nike Base. Here is some more information from AI: “The first Nike […]
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On Ask Me Anything Day, I got one question, and it came from Martha DeMeo! Her question was: “I do have a question, you seem to walk often, about how many miles do you average a day?” I think that I average about five miles in a day. I’m trying to improve that, as I
I am in Virginia, visiting family. It’s really delightful to be here. I am so excited to be with my lovely family, as well as to explore different places. Well, not much exploration today because it was so impressively hot. Since I wasn’t taking a long walk on such a hot and humid day, I
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On Wednesday, I went to an event that I thought would be a simple photo op of the unveiling of a kiosk devoted to helping veterans find whatever information they need. The location was the Welcome Center in Grand Island, New York. The kiosks are provided by the New York State Department of Veterans’ Services.
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It’s #Wordless Wednesday, so here is a virtual bouquet for you.
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Here are some more pictures from Sunday’s garden walk on Grand Island. It was very delightful, and all of the hosts were extremely friendly and hospitable. In two weeks, I will share pictures from Buffalo’s garden walk, which is considered to be the largest, self-guided free garden walk in the United States. It is probably
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Yesterday, my friend Phyllis and I enjoyed the Grand Island Garden Walk. This walk featured nine gardens that were located all over Grand Island. There were some new gardens featured on the walk, as well as the gardens belonging to experienced Garden Walk people. Here are some of the images from our experience. It was
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It’s Wordless Wednesday, so it’s time for me to share some photographs that I took recently of the wonderful colors around me, as well as the magnificence of nature. The weather has been wet and cold, which I consider to be less than ideal. But that didn’t stop the flowers from growing or the migratory
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It’s (almost) Wordless Wednesday, so it’s all about the prettiness of color and the happiness of the outdoors. Today’s spring unfolding images are of a season full of gorgeous colors, which is why spring is my favorite season. It’s not always warm, and sometimes it rains for hours on end. But it’s beautiful and colorful,
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