Crystal Beach, near Fort Erie, Ontario, started its existence as a picnic grove and campground in the 1880s. People could camp there seasonally and enjoy their time on the beach, which had beautiful sand.  After Crystal Beach became an amusement park, it underwent a number of changes. Bill Kae described those changes in his presentation […]

Crystal Beach opened in the late 1880s as a vacation place. The man who originally founded it, John Rebestock, also built a surrounding town, called Crystal Beach. People traveled to Crystal Beach, Ontario, from Buffalo, New York, via steamers and ferry. In the early days, Crystal Beach had a hotel and rickety dock. After the

On Monday, I went to the west side of Buffalo to have lunch with my friends Jean and Lee. We could be called the “Culinary Tourist Club.” We explore the cuisine of different nations each time that we go out to lunch. This time, we went to a restaurant called “Pho Dollar.” Pho is a

Just recently, I realized that I had given the photography challenge the wrong name. I had been calling it the 365-day photography challenge. I managed to forget that 2016 is a leap year. So… the 366-day photography challenge is the name from now on. Mums are definitely a sign of early autumn. These vivid warm

I went to the climate justice rally yesterday at Niagara Square, across the street from Buffalo’s City Hall. It was a glorious day and the rally was well attended. Although the issue of climate change is very serious, the rally was full of joy. Here are some of the images from the rally. Our earth

This is the painting that I did when it was too rainy to take a walk. I decided to add a little detail, using a liquid correction pen. The painting is finished now. On Thursday, I went to a meeting at the community room at Town Hall Terrace. I brought the bear, who was happy

The lovely summer is starting to wind down. We had a few extra days of hot weather, which was quite delightful. I went to June and Roger’s Labor Day Picnic, which is held annually at their house on the river on the Sunday before Labor Day. It features food, music, and the opportunity to try

I just started my second month of the 365-day photography project, and I am just as excited about it today as I was on August 1st. Here is a sampling of the photographs that I took since August 28th.  On August 29th, I had a day-long gardening job for a lady named Barbara, who had,

On September 3rd, the Grand Island Historical Society held its first meeting. It is a fun meeting to attend because it begins with a delicious potluck dinner. The folks who come to historical society events certainly know how to prepare food. My contribution was pear-apple sauce, made from pears and apples that I collected from

Walking through Wisconsin  This is the continuation of the August 2nd blog post about the Voices for Creative Nonviolence walk from Madison to Volk Field, Wisconsin. The walk was titled “Let it Shine,” and it was about official violence overseas, in such places as Afghanistan and Pakistan, and at home, in such places as Baltimore