Pumpkins large and smalldecorate porches and doorsOctober colors. Green leaves become redand then flutter from the treescarpeting the ground. Big muddy pumpkinafter a chilly rainfallit is harvest time. Deep red maple leavestime etched in jagged edgesshare silent stories. Taste of the seasonacorn and butternut squashbaked with brown sugar. Sit on a tree stump,by the calmness […]

Halloween does not feel like Halloween without decorations, either autumnal or scary. There has to be a few pumpkins and a few scarecrows and a few skeletons and other characters to give Halloween that special look.  But where did all those scary and not-so-scary things come from? Why do we have a “Halloween”?There was a

Western New York is the home to restaurants that serve foods from numerous countries. It is possible to take a culinary tour of the world without leaving Western New York. A few months ago, two friends and I decided to do just that. Since we started going out for the occasional lunch, we’ve enjoyed Thai,

On Monday, October 19th, Mary Stewart and I went to take pictures of the Niagara River and of the sights at Beaver Island State Park. It was a lovely, though windy, autumn day. The trees don’t look spectacular, but it still looked delightfully autumnal. This is the Niagara River. Grand Island is one of the

I have been fascinated by Bhutan for a long time. It is located in the Himalayas and is mostly forest. It is considered to be one of the world’s leaders in environmental conservation. It has three types of ecosystem: alpine zone (4000 feet and up) with no forest cover, temperate zone, and subtropical zone. Some

It is Monday, so it’s time to update the 366-day photography project. Last Tuesday, I was just photographing random stuff… the mixed media painting that I had gotten framed… … an insect crawling on my mom’s Water Pik. I scooped the insect into a paper cup and deposited the insect outside. … the crochet project

I’ve been reading about the concept of the “gratitude journal.” Every day, you write down five things that you are thankful for. The gratitude journal is a way of counting your blessings. It helps people feel more positive about life. When you have to write five things to be grateful for each day, you start seeing

Yesterday, my telephoto lens for my Pentax Q7 arrived in the mail. I have never owned anything but a point and shoot type camera until I got the Pentax Q7 so I decided to test it out. One thing that I quickly found out was that, by using a lens with a longer zoom, I

This is the story of how a piece of cloth, some yarn, and some purse handles became a tote bag. These are the materials that I started with. The cloth was on sale and I got an even better discount because I bought an already-cut piece of fabric and was, therefore, buying a “remnant.” I

Note:  all photographs were taken at Saint Christopher Church. I found it to be a beautiful church with very creative and modern-looking stained glass windows. It was a very friendly parish. We were given quite a warm welcome to Saint Christopher Roman Catholic Church. Thank you to all at Saint Christopher for your hospitality. It