Fox and Hound

Merry Christmas ...

 Earlier this week snow.  We had a white Christmas with some green showing

 A closer look at the picture below.  Mostly Redheads but some Mallards

A very large family Christmas gathering on Canandiaguia lake

Corning Glass Museum

 Leopold and son Rudolf Blaschka created these teaching models of various sea creatures out of GLASS.  WOW!

 This Veretillum cynomorium was obviously the inspiration for the hair brush

 Try this in glass the next time you are before a Glory Hole

 I'm not sure but I think it is a Christmas tree

This is on the second floor.  We had 40 days of rain from Hurricane Agnes that year.

The BlueBird of Happiness?

This was one of a hurd of bluebirds.  I was very surprised since I don't see very many although  there are many around, but not this late in the season.  It was pretty cold so he is puffed up.

Snow begins

 Fall at the pond

 Ice is starting to form

 These ducks may stay the winter if the creek remains open

 Beauty warts and all

In the north you make do ...

A little thought of spring on 02 Dec 016

These guys were out on 016 Dec 02 amazing!  Not sure what they are.

Supriseing things this week ...

 Grenville trying to find the biscuit

 Just got to uncover it

 Thanksgiving

 The pie is the only thng not from a box

This Robin thinks it is still summer

Weekends are like this

Weekends often look like this Bright and sunny on saturday then back to work on monday and it looks like this ... a foot of snow.  I think this has happened to me in August.  By the way the butterfly was actually photographed on saturday.

The difference a day ...

 Yesterday, 016Nov20,  I had on a long sleeved shirt that I had to roll up the sleeves because of the warm weather.  This is a brand new walk way that is great making this path an all weather round trip for me.  In rainy weather it is a swamp needing boots to cross.  However, I am not sure the builders reckoned with the beaver that has been in the area moving his dam down stream causing this flooding.

Today, 016Nov21,  slightly different about 12" of snow and temp below freezing with a very strong wind.  We had snow earlier but this is SNOW.

Bit more of Fall

This Clouded Sulfur was taken on the 016Nov19 amazing for this time of year.  See above 2 days later.

A 360 pano of an industrial site in progress

Beaver Moon

Time to set traps if you are going to have a warm Beaver coat for winter.  Also a Super Moon, largest and brightest in 70 years.  But it is most notable for the clear sky which actually allows us to see it.

More of Fall in Upstate NY

 Gone to seed

 Surprised to see this guy out in Nov.

This called "Fall streaks" meaning falling ice from the clouds and evaporating before they hit ground

Boughton Park and Fishers Woods

The dam on the west pond

The dam on the east pond

360° view of the woods at Fishers, NY

Stid Hill in all it's glory

Colors of Fall mostly in the rain

First snow and more fall

 First measurable snow fall  016Oct27

 Same tree several days earlier

 

Fall as an impression