Tag Archives: Buffalo

Sunset over Lake Erie

Posted on May 6, 2023 by ksedinger

This spring has been odd, even by Buffalo-Niagara standards. We’ve had our usual cruddy spring, but judging by how advanced the trees are right now, it must have been a better than usual spring. We’re usually not this green until … Continue reading →

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Don’t you dare photograph this thing that is obviously intended to be photographed!

Posted on April 12, 2023 by ksedinger

Alan Bedenko has the rundown on an obnoxious bit of copyright enforcement going on in Buffalo: a mural artist who painted a mural on donated exterior building wall-space, after saying that he intended it to be the kind of mural … Continue reading →

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A night amongst the blossoms

Posted on March 6, 2023 by ksedinger

The other night we attended a night-time orchid show at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Somehow we managed to live here for quite a few years before we finally visited the Gardens, and even so we’ve not gone … Continue reading →

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Being fortunate….

Posted on January 1, 2023 by ksedinger

As the Christmas Blizzard recedes into memory and melting (it’s been well above freezing for days now, so most of the major snowpack that fell during that storm is gone already), I find myself thinking about how fortunate we were … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Buildings, and other thoughts on The Christmas Blizzard

Posted on December 27, 2022 by ksedinger

I make no secret that my day job is doing Facilities Maintenance at a large local grocery store. At my particular location, there are two buildings. The older building, built in 1977, originally housed The Store until 1996, when the … Continue reading →

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A town made for winter….

Posted on December 19, 2022 by ksedinger

East Aurora, NY at Christmastime is one of the loveliest places I know. We were just there the other day for lunch at one of our favorite restaurants and then some shopping at Vidler’s, a onetime five-and-dime store that is … Continue reading →

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Post 10 comes to town!!!

Posted on November 30, 2022 by ksedinger

Have I mentioned Post 10 here before? Hang on, let me go look…here’s some 70s-quiz show music while I look through the archives…. OK, it does not appear that I’ve mentioned Post 10 yet! Or if I have, I’ve just … Continue reading →

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Seventy-seven

Posted on November 19, 2022 by ksedinger

Oof. WOWWWW! Check this out. Trained spotter in #OrchardPark at 77" of snow from the this storm! #LakeEffectSnow @wkbw #BuffaloSnow2022 pic.twitter.com/o220CSGN0X — Aaron Mentkowski (@AaronCh7Weather) November 19, 2022 I don’t measure our snow, because…meh, I don’t need numbers. You reach … Continue reading →

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Fifty-four

Posted on November 18, 2022 by ksedinger

At last report, a trained weather-spotter in our town reported snowfall of 54 inches to one of the local news stations. This is what it looked like out my front door this morning: That was nearly twelve hours ago. It has been … Continue reading →

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First Snows!!!

Posted on November 16, 2022 by ksedinger

My friend Shaun Reiter, who puts up with more of my crap at work than he probably deserves to, was at a social function at Highmark Stadium the other night. When he left, darkness had fallen and the first flurries … Continue reading →

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