evidence of a recent rain in a flowerpot Today, I started the process of rehabilitating a long-neglected garden at a house near Beaver Island State Park. The garden was autumnal gold. A nearby wooded area had recently received a covering of leaves in various shades of yellow, green, red, and brown. I dug up weeds […]

Today’s candidate interview is with Celia Spacone, Democratic Party candidate for Grand Island’s Town Council. Celia, age 65, is running for one of two open seats on the Town Council. The incumbents, Ray Billica and Chris Aronica, have chosen not to run for re-election. The election will be held on November 7th. Tell me about

Today’s candidate interview is with Jennifer Baney, Republican Party candidate for Grand Island’s Town Council. Jennifer, age 37, is running for one of two open seats on the Town Council. The incumbents, Ray Billica and Chris Aronica, have chosen not to run for re-election. The election will be held on November 7th. Tell me about

For week 33 of the 52-week photography project, it’s all about blue. Blue is a calming color and it is all around us. The sky appears to be blue and the water, which has no color of its own, reflects the blueness of the sky. Here are some images of blueness that I took recently.

Yesterday, the Grand Island Farms, Inc., sponsored the second annual Farm to Table Community Dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall. All of the food was locally grown and prepared. It was quite the feast. It started with fruits and cheeses for an appetizer. That was followed by a salad, applewood smoked whole turkey with

Today’s candidate interview is with Cyndy Montana, Democratic Party candidate for Grand Island’s Town Council. She is running for one of two open seats on the Town Council. The incumbents, Ray Billica and Chris Aronica, have chosen not to run for re-election. The election will be held on November 7th. Tell me about you.  I

original gates to River Lea, wherethis month’s Historical Society meetingwas held. The featured speaker at yesterday’s meeting of the Grand Island Historical Society was John Koerner, who spoke about “The Secret Plot to Kill McKinley” (that’s also the title of his book). view from the trail leading to River Lealast night. In 1901, this trail

The traffic in New York City was excessive. But, then again, to this nature girl, New York City feels  excessive. It felt especially excessive today. The traffic was slowing the trip to the station via Lyft so drastically that it felt as if we were barely moving. After riding in a car, followed by a

saying good bye in Buffalo Yesterday, I took a train from Buffalo, New York, to New York City. According to schedule, the train trip was about eight hours. But reality and schedules not being an exact match, the trip took about eleven hours. view of Buffalo from the train station Train travel in New York