“I think I just kicked a fish…”
I have no idea what it means to “kick a fish”. But in the midst of all the rest of the graffiti displayed here, it did manage to catch my attention. I mean, at least it was original. Filed under:...
View ArticleAin’t no Sunshine
Seems like deja vu. It rains, and then it rains again. Sometimes, just to add a little spice to the regular rain, it really, really rains. As in downpours. Deluges. Flood-makers. All of which...
View ArticleLightning Rods II
It seems I’ve become something of a “storm chaser”. Not in the sense that I chase them down the road; it’s more like I see threatening skies and head to Lake Ontario to see what kind of mayhem is...
View ArticlePort of Rochester
As you can see by the inscription on the bridge, this is the Port of Rochester. Not that anyone is likely to confuse this place with the ports of Charleston, New Orleans, or Los Angeles. At best,...
View ArticleSitting Ducks
As I’ve often said, I don’t like cold weather. I think it’s one of the general “symptoms” of getting old. But if you’ve got a new camera that’s just sitting there on the shelf (with a new lens...
View ArticleHell Freezes Over………..
Feeling like spending a day at the beach? A swim in the big lake? Or maybe a little boating or water skiing? Well, think again. This is western NY. In January. Where, unless you like ice fishing,...
View ArticleLong Lenses and Mute Swans
Since I was still trying to get acquainted with my new Olympus telephoto lens this past Monday, I headed down to the lake shore and the adjacent Irondequoit Bay. At the very least I figured I could...
View ArticleThe Runaway
What would we do without kids? Those unpredictable, full of energy, out-of-control, obnoxious, photogenic kids. Who else can provide images like this, where a young mother has brought her two...
View ArticleFloating
I guess you could call them “summertime icebergs”. They’re not, of course. They seem to be made of clumps of pollen (and other stuff) that’s fallen into the lake from nearby trees. Because of the...
View ArticleThere Used to be a Lake Here…….
Once upon a time there used to be a lake right about here. Lots of water stretching as far as the eye could see with a sailboat or two dotting the horizon. And fisherman lining the piers and the...
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