March 26, 2024
The turn of the seasons are my very favorite times to photograph cemeteries… And on foot, in the newly docile air, one discovers the gems not visible from the road… The van from afar Cat 1 Cat 2 Still snow on the ground Aren’t we? Sealed up A little birdhouse Read more…
January 22, 2024
Stepping in front of the majesty of Taughannock Falls in the winter is pretty magical. The ice-coated land, the air’s motion, the sounds–all feel otherworldly, like a ice fairy could emerge to recline on your shoulder at any instance. The ice a gorgeous shade of pale blue-green at its thickest, Read more…
January 14, 2024
So I had this idea for a snow photoshoot, but wimped out about doing it outside in the frigid temperatures. So after getting all dressed up in the spare bedroom, a photoshoot with the extremely gaudy lamp I scored at the Salvation Army a few weeks back. Notice the lamp… Read more…
Though wafts of snow land in Buffalo, Rochester is somehow protected by Lake Ontario. So just a thin sprinkling to enjoy. The temperatures are very low, like many parts of the country. This is the kitchen window. Headed to Highland Park for sledding Love the pops of color against the Read more…
January 8, 2024
With the first significant snowfall, I knew I had to return to Green Lakes State Park. I knew its emerald lake would look beautiful next to a soft white. Some quick shots before the wandering rabid emaciated raccoon attacks me or one of the many dog walkers. Some playful visitors Read more…
December 14, 2023
With finally a clear night, we headed to the Bluffs to capture them and perhaps some remnants of the Geminids Meteor Shower. With warm base layers on, we basked in the crisp cold, thankful the automobile traffic would be less so than in the summer. When another car pulled up, Read more…
December 10, 2023
Some farmers farm Christmas trees! They plant them and sell them like a farmer would any other crop. Then they harvest new ones. We headed to one such farm, Stokoe Farm, to cut down our own Christmas tree before the next turnover, which is apparently highly beneficial to the environment Read more…
March 6, 2023
I knew when the snow was falling I had to see this angel. Holy Sepulchre‘s gorgeous Corona/Di Cesare angel. So much fluffy show How I look in the morning LOL Miscellaneous droids I liked Scenes from Krudco Skate Shop
December 30, 2022
The frigid Lake Ontario We were doing remote control cars. Can you tell? Two-berry pancakes. So pale! I haven’t been satisfied with my pancake making lately. The first ever Wegmans. Vintage delight. I finally won in bowling. I guess I need the bumpers up all the time. teehee Breakfast It Read more…
February 3, 2022
Rochester Harbor Lighthouse is on the end of a long pier. In the whipping negative temperature windchills, we ventured to it as if on another more brutal planet, one that would help prepare me for the deep freeze of Fairbanks. There it is waiting… Along the way, the mouth of Read more…
February 2, 2022
Rando Abando. The Finger Lakes from the sky A city covered in white. The tremendous Kodak campus. A creepy mess of old utilitarian buildings of bygone era. Baby Yoda vegan waffles, because I couldn’t resist. She slaved away on her plastic oven for this meal. More rando abando. This is Read more…
January 23, 2022
In the middle of Long Island’s forks is the Peconic River, whose shores freeze beautifully about many locals-only beaches. In a new winter activity entered into my love list, a frolic on these shores and a hope to return again soon for shelling. To follow some shots that seem like Read more…
January 16, 2022
Being a happy vegan traveler requires special consideration, forethought. So when I booked my way to Fairbanks, Alaska in a mission to capture the Northern Lights, I knew I had to outfit myself with warm gear that aligned to my values–free of animal materials. Cold weather gear is different than Read more…
January 8, 2022
A healthy start, the artistic cross-section of the cabbage. Greens. My salad with tons of detoxifying veggies with a yummy avocado dressing. There’s your booster right there. I think I would seriously hire someone to peel my pomegranates seeds. It’s so labor-intensive! Christmas is all boxed up. Walking to my Read more…
December 31, 2021
School festivities were subdued than my usual. Just trying to get through this year… My awesome colleagues help! Best holiday movie: A Christmas Carol, the Alastair Sim version It comes but once a year! So I used curlers. Awesome gift from my brother Awesome gift I made for my brother Read more…
December 5, 2021
Winter has a feel. It’s a feel that creeps into autumn early and shakes your hand before it returns to stay for awhile. It paints a grey filter on the land and imparts the blue of the sky with a coldness that distinguishes it from the summer blue somehow–in feeling. Read more…
January 18, 2020
This day was made for lunch making… ooooh yeah. As some snowflakes fall, it was time for heart warming spices to last all week. This, the kind of lunch that helps pass the time at work, is partly what winter is about. An adaptation of an Oh She Glows recipe, Read more…
March 4, 2019
I really wanted to take snow pictures today, but I had to settle for slush pictures. The bright white would help me play a little bit with aperture, shutter speed and exposure compensation, the three variables that were the subject of my first photography class. Setting out, I wanted to Read more…
February 18, 2019
In Montpelier, Vermont’s Green Mount Cemetery upon local businessman Hubbard’s gravesite is a sculpture entitled Thanatos, the Greek word for death. Despite winter-related odds, I would see him. In fact it was only him that had me continuing north in the whipping snow to the gates of the unplowed cemetery. Read more…
January 6, 2019
I caught New York City’s first Lantern Festival on its very last evening at Snug Harbor on Staten Island. Sure, it was crowded and sure, it was muddy, but also… sure, it was pretty darn beautiful and well worth the crowds and mud. My favorite area was the ocean… and Read more…
December 1, 2018
Every time I have made chili it makes me think of Sleepy Joe by Smog. I feel quite certain that there might be just 3 or 4 other people in the entire world who make this obscure association. I will try to find them. But yes, it is chili season Read more…
November 28, 2018
In keeping with my Parent Teacher Conference tradition, I spent the 2 hour gap between the afternoon and evening conferences within Green-Wood Cemetery. Though most certainly not in walking shoes and pretty darn cold, I was excited to get back in for many reasons. For one, complete solitude. Parent Teacher Read more…
April 3, 2018
The blooming daffodils got a coating of snow this week in an early Spring cold snap. Such juxtapositions had me breaking out the camera. And the doves looking for a seed handout… Happy Spring!
January 7, 2018
Sure, it’s freezing outside. Mounds of snow complicate walking and driving and dressing. ….But it’s chili time! What I love about chili is how you can throw the kitchen sink in… then throw the kitchen sink on top of it. It is a vehicle for all those purposeless loiterers in Read more…
