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When winter remembers that it can be beautiful too

This winter has been rough, with three big snowstorms before and during Christmas, and then a pivot to wet and rainy and dreary in January…but yesterday we got snow again. Just a few inches, barely enough to inconvenience beyond brushing … Continue reading

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Launch

What an amazing photo: An external high-definition camera on the International Space Station captured the launch plume of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket after it had ascended to Earth orbit following its liftoff on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, from NASA’s … Continue reading

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Play “Misty” for me

I took this on the 31st, when our post-storm warm-up was progressing along to the point that the woods behind the house were shrouded in winter mists. There’s always something magical about mists and fog, something evocative that makes it … Continue reading

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I coulda been a rock-star photographer….

Last Thursday night, The Wife and I attended the evening performance of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which comes around to these parts every December. Lots of people mock TSO, but we always have a grand time when we go. This was our … Continue reading

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A town made for winter….

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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One year ago….

This was an early view out a small window as we flew in the early morning from Buffalo to Atlanta. Then we flew from Atlanta to Los Angeles. And then we flew from Los Angeles to Honolulu. I don’t know … Continue reading

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The Hunter rises!

Orion the Hunter makes his nightly appearance above my back yard.

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Meanwhile, cats.

Lazy good-for-nothin’s!  

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First Snows!!!

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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A trip to the Gardens

Today we went to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens because in addition to their standard beautiful displays, they were also having an orchid show, courtesy the local orchid hobbyists’ association. Here are some of the many pictures I … Continue reading

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