Photos-City-Mine

Restoration continues...

2008-10-15T15:04:00.001-07:00

Restoration continues on this house...

Apple Pie says.......

2008-10-13T13:11:00.000-07:00

Apple Pie says Autumn

Autumn

2008-10-12T08:29:00.001-07:00

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Time off......................

2008-09-03T13:42:00.000-07:00

Taking time off...

I'm not posting here, on any regular basis.

I'm not visiting other's photo blogs, on any regular basis.

Nor am I commenting in other's photo blogs, on any regular basis.

Time to take time off, from both blogging here and visiting others...

Thank you for all your niceness.

I appreciate every comment which has been left here.

Ferrari

2008-08-30T09:22:00.000-07:00

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We don't see these in the parking garage, every day! Bright red Ferrari!

Very, very coooooooooooooooooooooool...

You could tell it was High Season.

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But the overhead lights in parking garages, mess with the color red. :-(

Street lights...

2008-08-29T07:46:00.001-07:00

Street lights...
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Oh shinnnnnnnnnnnnney!

2008-08-27T08:26:00.000-07:00

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Shiny dress in store front window...
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Reflections

2008-08-25T08:59:00.001-07:00

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Window display reflections, downtown at night...
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The 139th Running of The Travers Stakes...

2008-08-23T10:13:00.000-07:00

I will simply leave a link to the post I put in my other blog, today.

Since it's the big news of the day, around this city.

Please click and read here. Please and thank you.

Dig this!!!

2008-08-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

A hole has been dug. But why? This is High Season and no unnecessary digging can be done in the city, now.

But, this is ongoing work. Fire hydrants are being replaced. So this kind of digging can be done, even in High Season. Even though it may bother tourists and summer season visitors.

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Drip... Drip... Drip...

2008-08-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

Drip...

Drip...

Drip...

Drip...

Our Summer weather, most of this year...

Old... Big...

2008-08-14T07:07:00.000-07:00

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One of the old, big homes on Union Avenue...

Gray, on "gray"...

2008-08-11T17:20:00.000-07:00

Stone edging, along a wooden fence...

The calm, before...

2008-08-08T13:03:00.000-07:00

...the storm.

Why??????????????

2008-08-07T15:32:00.000-07:00

Why...... Did someone pound a nail in here, on this tree???

The work continues...

2008-08-04T07:19:00.000-07:00

More preservation/restoration work being done...

...On the house I previously showed here, and here, and here.

Hitching posts...

2008-08-02T13:03:00.001-07:00

Hitching post... Painted in the 'colors' of the racing stable, whose owners keep this Summer house.

For non-racing people... Those different colored clothes which jockeys wear, when racing, are the 'colors' or the 'racing silks' of the stable, which owns the particular horse he is riding.

This is a simpler hitching post.

Another simpler one... Out front of a house, which is not presently owned by a racing family.

Driveways... Like old

2008-07-31T10:37:00.000-07:00

Driveways... Done the 'old way.' Or at least, looking like the 'old way.'

The "Pink Sheet"

2008-07-29T06:14:00.000-07:00

Getting ready to sell the "Pink Sheet," a staple in Summer in Saratoga, at the Saratoga Thoroughbred Race Track.

The "Pink Sheet" is a special edition of the local newspaper, containing a section, printed on pink paper... Containing everything you want to know about the races of the day.

Young people gather in photo above, to get their papers to sell and to be assigned where to sell them. What spots around the entrances to the thoroughbred track.

This was taken from a moving car, so it's not very clear. But you can still see the bright pink t-shirts/caps they wear. One of our granddaughters is selling it, again this year. About 4 hours of sell, sell, sell! In any/all weather. Sunny... like the day I took this pic. And heavy rain, rain, rain ... like too many days, last week.

Hanging plants...

2008-07-24T07:27:00.000-07:00

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Vines and hanging plants decorate an old building on Church Street, in summer. Both on the fire escape, and in window boxes...

Dripping...

2008-07-21T10:34:00.001-07:00

This photo, sums up our weather.

And sums up how everyone and everything is feeling, in our weather.

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Old brick sidewalks...

2008-07-19T15:46:00.000-07:00

Original brick sidewalks... A dying sight, sad to say. See where the driveway was repaved, and the bricks are new? And they look different from the old...

And the old bricks no longer lie perfectly flat...

This old one tends to dip down, in the middle of this narrower stretch.

And grass will grow between the bricks. All of which, adds character... :-)

But sadly, people today are pulling up the original forms of sidewalks, along this stretch of N. Broadway. Replacing them with slabs of concrete. Probably safer to walk on. But, just not the same. Just not as.... "pretty."

Here a view, there a view...

2008-07-17T08:56:00.001-07:00

The renovated carriage house front door... You can click on my 'Carriage House Restoration' Label, to see more views of this carriage house.
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What is this? A chimney clean-out? Note how the chimney seems to taper in, just below this little 'door.' This is the ground floor, of the back of this home.
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A "tipsy" swing... Angled photo of... :-)
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Rest a while?

2008-07-15T12:12:00.001-07:00

A little bench, outside the corner of the fence...
The fence which is seen in the last 2 photos in the preceding entry...

Views, seen through..........

2008-07-14T15:14:00.001-07:00

Urns, see through trees...

Window details, seen through a fence...

Entryway, though fence... This house is said to have been rented by {click-->} Lillian Russell when she came to Saratoga Spgs. in the High Season of August, at the turn of the century.

View through the fence, at rear of above house's property... One part of a grape arbor {or perhaps some other vine}, which runs along the side of the back yard and across the back of it {above}. Perhaps in Lillian's day, she strolled there in the late afternoon... Before going in to dress for a dinner party...

For Sale

2008-07-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

What I call "The Lipton Tea House" is again for sale. I call it that, because years ago, when we first bought our drug store, my husband used to deliver medicine to an old lady who lived there... And she was the then heir to the Lipton Tea Co.

Many years have come and gone since then. And many owners also. At one time, it was used for a fund raiser for something in town. And different designers decorated different rooms in the house. I went on the tour, of course. It's a way to get inside these beautiful old homes. Tours such as this, and estate sales.

Oh and having friends who sell Real Estate, who arrange to take you through, when a house is for sale. ,-) No, that hasn't happened in a while, though...

Winding path... Part II

2008-07-10T10:45:00.000-07:00

Do you remember this {click} wee little winding path? Well, it has been changed and changed.

Is this the final look? Time will tell.

I now realize that I didn't show, where the path 'comes out.' Sorry. There is a small gate, to the right of this pic. Will have to get a better shot...

What I'm confused about is..... The macadam parking place, just inside where the old drive way used to be. {It looks like a parking place to me...} I had thought that this was to be just that, a parking place. But now, it looks like there is no way to open the fence there. So how could any vehicle be driven in and parked there? Hmmmm...
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In the good old Summer time...

2008-07-09T11:23:00.000-07:00

I admit that I've been remiss in getting summer-time pictures, so far this year. But I'm wanting to show something beside Hot Dog stands and "boo-boo's." :-) Soooooooooo...

Sooo, I did the next best thing... Grabbed some photos from last summer, and am re-posting them. I'm sure these places will be just as pretty, this year... When I get to photographing them again. A loved house like this one, never disappoints.

Lilies and a "boo-boo"...

2008-07-07T16:04:00.000-07:00

A "hedge" of Lilies, down the alley...

And the "boo-boo" I got, while trying to take the above picture.
Silly me, I was backing up to get a good shot, and stepped in a low spot and... went "head over tea-kettle," as the saying goes. Landed on my elbow, as you can see.

Oh what we do for our photography! >,-))))

Awesome "Dogs"!!!

2008-06-30T07:47:00.000-07:00

Roadside sign... "Awesome Dogs"... At entrance to a parking lot for two businesses... A Hardware store and a Soda and Beverage store...

And here is the setup, for the "Awesome Dogs"... She offers Hot Dogs, 'Brats', sometimes Pulled Pork, soda, Saratoga Water... And they are good! :-)
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She spends her summers here. And then packs up and goes down to Florida, to do the same thing there, in the winter months.
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Of tiles, and bugs, and roses...

2008-06-21T11:24:00.000-07:00

I was at the library this morning, and noticed {again} this effect, at the front. It's a sort of a mosaic of tiny chips of tile, I guess. On a lower level of the approach.

Perhaps depicting some of the topics, which are covered in books, on the library shelves.

Especially for Marvin. Not a great bug. But, it's a bug!!!! >,-) See! I can 'shoot' them, too. >,-))))

One of my husband's 'Old Roses.' A teeny, tiny one. After the rain...
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Flowers... And request for words of wisdom...

2008-06-19T08:53:00.000-07:00

These flowers are from my husband's garden. As you can see, he is The Gardner around here. I just enjoy them, and take photos of them.
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Dear Quint just commented "Hello," on my last entry. As so many of you dear people have done. I wrote a reply comment, in his blog. It seems it needs to be copied here, as well. It says 'it,' as well as I have been yet able to say 'it.' {'It" ~ why I am away from posting in this blog} -sigh- So I copied it and paste it below.

Please read and feel free to leave me, your words of wisdom.
Please and thank you.

And thank you, Quint, for already giving me wonderful words of wisdom!

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Magnificent photos, as always.

Thank you for stopping by and saying 'Hello.'

Yes, I do get the urge to begin again, with my daily area photo. No, I do not want to have to do it, _daily_. And also, to be honest, I don't want to return to feeling I must visit in all, who visit in mine. There, how is that for "True Confessions," as they say? -sigh-

I have too many blogs, even with just my 'Smilnsigh' and my 'Photos-City-Mine.' This makes for too many blogs, which I want to follow. And this makes for time-problems... I don't have time to follow all of them. -sigh-

Any words of wisdom, for me, please?

Hugs,
Mari-Nanci
Photos-City-Mine
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Lost...............

2008-06-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

I seem to have lost my flow of taking photos. Not getting new ones up, here. So I'm taking a week or so off. See if I can get back into the swing of it. No need for you nice people to keep checking here, when I'm in a "run-dry" period.

There's still plenty around here, to take pics of. The area hasn't run out of subjects. I've just run out of the push, to take them.

I'll come around and visit you, when I get my grove back. And you can return the compliment, if you wish.

Play nicely, in the meantime, boys and girls. :-))))))

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Old... Still nice...

2008-06-03T15:09:00.000-07:00

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Old building... Still pretty nice looking.

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Flora and fauna...?

2008-06-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

Flora and fauna???

I liked it better, a while ago. When we wanted to keep the clover growing in the grass. It's stems, etc. were GREEN, any way. ,-) Back when there wasn't that much grass. ,-) Now I have to take pics, before son cuts both our lawns.
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These can't be the same pre-baby frogs, which I pictured before, in the little bird bath pond. This must be another batch. See those little sperm-looking things swimming around? The white flower-things leave a shadow too. But the bitty-frogs have those 'tails.'
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More work but still don't know purpose

2008-05-29T12:41:00.000-07:00

Do you remember the 3 story building which I pictured before? Click here for my first posting, of it. And click here for my second posting of it.

Anyway, none of us could figure out what the building was going to be used for... This is the front, now.

This is the side view now. And there are now two garage door openings.

This is the back. And I still don't know what it will be used for. Even after asking a man, who looked like he was somehow in charge. Funny that... All he would do was make 'funnies.' Why would anyone be reluctant to say, what the building was to be used for? Hmmmm... Makes me all the more interested...
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Wee little winding path...

2008-05-28T08:55:00.000-07:00

Finally, a new walk way, inside the back gate. On a carriage house restoration. The long work {with stones being cut} in there.... was for a patio on the back.

No more car drive way, in here, where we are looking. It's totally pedestrian now. No need for a driveway here, any more.... the big house has plenty of parking.

Kind of wild leaves...

2008-05-27T17:01:00.001-07:00

It's been an *interesting* couple of days in Blog Land for me... :-(
Not in this one of my blogs.
No, not this one.
This one stays calm and nice...

But anyway, I didn't have time/interest in going out for a usual pic of the city, today. I got this, right in my husband's flower garden. Still in the city, though! :-)

I am putting up a B&W version of ...

These Poppy leaves. Kind of cool, hu? :-)
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Another Red Carpet! :-)

2008-05-26T06:19:00.000-07:00

Another 'Red Carpet' laid out at the home, which I call "The Castle." ,-)

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I know I have been slow in getting around to your blogs, this holiday weekend. But I'll soon be back to reading and commenting.
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Signs......

2008-05-25T06:06:00.000-07:00

Do you see lots of these signs, where you live?

Click on red words, to see what a Garage Sale is... Garage sale
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Leaning... Tree, this time....

2008-05-23T10:40:00.001-07:00

Thank you to those who tried to help me find Quint's blog. He contacted me, and I have his photo blog URL again. :-)

Everyone knows of the Leaning Tower of Pissa.

Well, here is a Leaning Tree of Saratoga. >,-)
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Blog Missing!!!

2008-05-21T16:22:00.000-07:00

Help!

What has happened to ...Secrets... blog????

Please, if you know, please tell me.

Or if you know how to access it now, please tell me.

Please and thank you.
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Too long without...

2008-05-21T08:14:00.000-07:00

Too long, without some reflection photos, here...

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Sad...

2008-05-20T11:36:00.000-07:00

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Breaking News... 5 minutes ago... Link to News...

He is far from being a favorite person of mine.

But I am shocked and saddened, to read this news.

-sigh-

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Not quite...

2008-05-20T09:39:00.001-07:00

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Full May Flower Moon... But not quite full.
I don't have a fancy camera or lenses, and so it's a fuzzy photo.
But I will say that my fuzzy picture... is an *artsy* picture. :-))))

Moon above... Street light below...

Moon "mountains"... Not the moon itself, and not mountains. But cropped this way, the photo sort of looks like Moon "mountains" to me. :-)
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Evening light...

2008-05-18T08:40:00.001-07:00

Evening light...

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Memories, of where a tree once stood...

2008-05-17T07:36:00.000-07:00

This odd looking thing above, is in the front of a yard, on one of the big "Summer Cottages." It's all that remains of where a tree once stood. When the big trees around here, would become diseased near the bottom, they used to do what you see above. Try to save the tree, by putting these cement bricks and etc., where the tree was rotted. Interesting... But since I don't remember the tree, I don't know how long 'it worked.' :-)

{All my photos can be clicked on, to enlarge}

Spring projects are piling up around here, both inside and out. So I'll keep posting photos, but not be able to spend as much time on the computer, for a few days.
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Later Update:

Please click here, to read my entry in another blog!!!! :-)))))) Oh I so hope we are on our way to a Triple Crown Winner, this year! :-))))))
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Friday -- Evening sky

2008-05-16T05:52:00.000-07:00

A cloud formation which caught my eye, coming out of the library, last evening...

{All my photos can be clicked on, to enlarge}

Spring projects are piling up around here, both inside and out. So I'll keep posting photos, but not be able to spend as much time on the computer, for a few days. If we don't get the Spring projects done soon, it will be Summer! >,-) And the only way I can MAKE myself do needed stuff, is to cut back on my computer time. -sigh- -sigh- -sigh- :-)

But I bet I'm not the only one, who is like this!!!!!!!! ,-)
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Just walkin'...

2008-05-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

Just walkin'...

As close as I could get, to the annual St. Clement's Horse Show {Click here}. Without paying to get in that is. ,-) We went up Union Ave., to see if we'd be lucky enough to be stopped in traffic, while horses crossed over, from barn side to track side. But of course, we weren't that lucky.

Funny how when you want to be stopped, you aren't. And when you're in a hurry and don't want to be stopped, you are. ,-) But we got this one shot, through the fence. Of someone just taking her horse for a gentle stroll. Maybe their events were over, for the day...
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Sign of summer

2008-05-13T11:49:00.001-07:00

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The sign says it all...
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And by now, it looks like this!

2008-05-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

{{My click-able links, are in red}}

Remember this digging being done? And then, this foundation being laid?

Well, now it looks like this!

We thought it was a porch. But this seems more than just a porch.

Since you can't do much of anything around this city, without going before a Planning Board, with your plans ~ I wonder if all the start-and-stop work {which I was complaining about}, was due to hold ups, from the Planning Board?

I'll keep an eye on the progress... :-)
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Sad old house...

2008-05-11T05:59:00.001-07:00

This poor old house has been for sale for ages. Looks small from the front, but it actually extends quite far back. So it's a good size.

Sorry for the blurrrrrrrrrrrrrr. It's on a busy road, so I had to take pics, while moving by. And this pic, showing that it's bigger than it seems ~~ came out too blurry.
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Our thought is, how far back does the property extend? Could the house be moved back farther, from the road? Some natural barrier of trees planted, along the front edge of property? And thus, make it more desirable?
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Then again, what shape is it in? Is it worth it, all round? But in today's depressed housing market, seems like the time to grab it. If one had the money to speculate with!!! :-) Nope, we don't!!!
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Then, what's the story of the house? Who built it? How many people lived in it? Why has it been abandoned for so long? Etc. Etc. Etc. -sigh- I think it's just the cutest thing. Maybe I'll call the real estate people and see if I know anyone in that office, and maybe find someone who will be willing to answer my "How come?" questions. :-)
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Ducks... on the pool

2008-05-09T10:20:00.001-07:00

A pair of ducks...

Whether it's these two or not... A pair seems to come each year, to our un-opened pool. So, it's now "officially" Spring.

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New ... But "old"

2008-05-08T05:21:00.001-07:00

This is relatively new architecture. But done in such a way, that it fits in with older architecture. It can be done! If the desire/money are there. :-)
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Little truck...

2008-05-06T06:47:00.000-07:00

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My husband does all sorts of woodworking. A friend of his asked him to make a little pick-up truck, for his new born Grandson. And this {above} is the finished product.

{Since we all live in this city, this is still a City Photo! -smile-}

Please note the details of inside the cab of the truck. Seat, steering wheel, shift and foot peddles. Isn't that cute?!?

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My Favorite!

2008-05-04T10:16:00.001-07:00

I'm kind of "under the weather" {which means, I don't feel good}, so I've not been around to read/comment in blogs as much. Sorry...
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But I put up a couple of photos of my favorite 'horse.' These horse statues began as a fund raiser. Every year, there are more make. This one {my favorite} was purchased by The Adirondack Trust Bank. It's stored inside somewhere during winter and put back out, in nice weather.

You can enlarge all photos, by clicking on them...
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Prettiness...

2008-05-03T12:52:00.001-07:00

Just some spring prettiness...

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Classy waste... :-)

2008-05-02T09:30:00.000-07:00

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Down town waste disposal containers...

How is this for a kind of classy looking container, for waste? :-))))))))
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P.O. preservation...

2008-05-01T06:05:00.001-07:00

I'm with Abe. This is a Word Verification Free Blog.
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Post Office building is being renovated. The roof and the parapet are being worked on. {Parapet - protective wall...at edge of...roof} Bricks were falling off the parapet. Not good!

This photo above, which can be clicked on to enlarge, is of the front of the Post Office.

This photo above, is of a side of the Post Office.

.This photo above, is taken of the back of the Post Office.
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Ribbons, on trees...

2008-04-30T08:01:00.001-07:00

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Do people do this, in your city? Tie ribbons on trees...? The color of which,
signifies their purpose.

These are blue, and are attached to trees, up and down Broadway. There is a little card attached, which says they signify 'Eliminating Child Abuse.' Perhaps April is 'Child Abuse Awareness' month...

Replicas...

2008-04-28T14:09:00.001-07:00

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Another one of those things I noticed recently... These pretty replicas of old fashioned lights, in front of the old Adelphi Hotel {see click-able link, below}.
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I want to remember to try to get a photo of them, lit at night. Bet they are pretty.

Of course, who knows how long they have been installed there? And I'd never really noticed them, previously. I do love what taking photos does to my observation! Which is, increases it.

And I did a series of posts, with pictures I took inside this old hotel. If you'd like a look, you can start, by clicking on this link. And looking at the entry it takes you to, and at least 3 more posts, after this one.

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Spring continues...

2008-04-27T16:15:00.001-07:00

Spring continues to "be sprung," around here...

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Odd looking vine...

2008-04-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

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This vine on Broadway, looks odd ~ because it looks "dead as a door nail." {Which means, it looks very, very dead}

But it will green up again. I have to remember to take another photo, later in the season.
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More!!!

2008-04-25T13:03:00.000-07:00

~A reminder ~ my click-able links are in deep Red

and you can click on any photo, to make it bigger...~

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When I previously saw lots of digging being done on this old mansion, I didn't think restoration would continue. But now, instead of just a big hole being in front of the house... It looks like there are bases, for a new porch.
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And in the back, no more just a bigger hole. There is the base for something... Maybe a big back porch. Something anyway.
.And where the kitchen was, in the back... It's been gutted, and a support beam put through, from one side to the other.
.Here {above} is a close up of the support beam, and the hole for it.
.And you can see right through the back of the house. From one side to the other.
.And on the side of the house, where old porches were torn off ~ and where there was more digging done ~ work has been done on the foundation and preparation for new porches laid. The house had been let go, without work being done on it, by the heirs of the former owner. :-( I was in it, for the estate sale, and it had so much work needing to be done. Yeaaaaa, that the new owner is continuing the work, he began!!!

But I'm never satisfied. If only he would do the same, to the unique carriage house, behind it.
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Violets...

2008-04-24T15:21:00.001-07:00

Violets...
But white ones with a tiny bit of purple in the center, are so hard to photograph. All white flowers are hard for me to capture. -le sigh-
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At last!!!

2008-04-23T13:26:00.001-07:00

At last!!!

Blossoms!!!
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A picture of "Old Smoke"

2008-04-21T15:51:00.000-07:00

This is a photo of a picture of John Morrrissey, hanging in a local restaurant.
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The same... and different

2008-04-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

The same... and different.

The same... I will continue to take photographs and to blog.

The different... I have decided to take this blog off of CDPB. Even though I have loved every minute of being part of the CDPB family! I am so grateful to Eric for letting me join. And too Demosthenes, for helping me many times, with techy difficulties. And am so grateful to all the exposure which CDPB has given my blog. And grateful to each and every person who has come by and commented. I hope to keep taking and blogging photos of my city. And to keep visiting all, who have been so kind to me, while here.

So, why the change? Because the "daily-ness" of it, has begun to feel sort of like a "job." I don't always want to post daily. But it's not fair, to change the flow of a blog, just to suit how I feel. Perhaps my problem with the "daily-ness," is simply my perception. It probably is. But we live in our perceptions. And mine now tell me, to make a change.

Again, thanks to all. And I will keep blogging. And visiting people who now feel like old friends. And be very happy if you still come by and visit me, here.

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Leaves, budding out!

2008-04-19T05:45:00.000-07:00

So I try again, this morning... to add a photo...

Look! Click on photo to enlarge. These trees have leaves, budding out!!! :-)
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Can't...

2008-04-18T15:30:00.001-07:00

Sorry, but I can't attach a photo to Blogger. :-(

Maybe later...
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Back to looking up...

2008-04-17T15:09:00.001-07:00

Look at that intricacy.

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Ducks take to water...

2008-04-16T16:40:00.000-07:00

Water... Ducks... Little stream... On college campus...
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Love this old house...

2008-04-15T15:31:00.000-07:00

I love this old house, up on a hill. And no, I didn't go up the driveway. I just zoomed up with my camera. ,-)

But I'd fix it up, if it was mine.

I'd take off that closed-in porch, on the right. And replace it with a matching porch, like what's on the left. By consulting old photos of the original, if possible. And do things with the lawn. And replace the old ratty shrubs, with new ones. Which would then be kept shaped. And some flower beds, around the base of the front window, which comes out, in the middle of the front. And have something done with the trees, by someone who knows what he's doing. And general sprucing-up and new paint job.

Surrrrrrrrrrrrre... >,-) All I'd need, is the money! ,-)
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????????????

2008-04-14T15:26:00.001-07:00

Can someone tell me what these "things" are, on trees?
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And a tower, too!

2008-04-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

And do you remember yesterday's photo? Of the pretty roof details on this building? Which show to the left, in this photo?

And to the right, a tower room too!
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Details, details, details...

2008-04-12T14:08:00.001-07:00

Details... Details... Details...

I think we all agree, they don't put this much detail into buildings of today. Usually...

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Old sign...

2008-04-11T12:56:00.001-07:00

An old sign. I think the 'rules' have changed. Or at least, no one is keeping the sign painted in good repair. And that air conditioner brace, was installed, right over it. ,-)
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Back porches...

2008-04-10T17:15:00.001-07:00

An old apartment building, called The Algonquin, which faces on Broadway. This is a rear view. Thought it was kind of interesting, that they incorporated little back 'porches,' on a building, as old as this. I'll have to take a front view too. There are tiny front 'porches' there.

And those 'sort-of-ladders,' are the fire escapes...

If you click on and enlarge the photo, you can see that all the aspects on the top floor, had an arch ~ the windows and little back porches. And the next floor down, also has arches incorporated in some windows. Even on the back of the building. Kind of nice...
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Learning...

2008-04-09T14:24:00.001-07:00

Kids... Learning... At annual Woodworker's Show.

{Click on photos, to enlarge}

Isn't that the cutest thing???

Of course, when you have a 'Pop,' who teaches all his Grandchildren to do woodworking,
you don't have to wait to try it, at a Woodworker's Show. If you're our Grands, that is... :-)
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Stone...

2008-04-08T15:42:00.000-07:00

Gate and wall, of stone...
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Sprouts???

2008-04-07T16:11:00.001-07:00

Amazing! Some daffodils sprouting... !!!
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Got bugs???

2008-04-06T08:45:00.001-07:00

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Got bugs???
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What I meant was... There is an add campaign, in this country, by the milk industry. Each add shows an individual celebrity, with a "milk mustache." Because they they have been drinking a glass of milk. And the big words in the add are; "Got milk?"

So I said; "Got bugs?"... because those holes {like the "milk mustache"} show that birds have been pecking for bugs, in those trees. A Pileated Woodpecker is large and makes quite a hole. Technically speaking, he's after ants, but....
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Mother Nature's modern art...

2008-04-05T06:30:00.001-07:00

Alligator???

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Or fox???
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Just another...

2008-04-04T15:11:00.001-07:00

Just another roof decoration...
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Was... Isn't any more.

2008-04-03T14:30:00.001-07:00

This old building was a Feed Store. Grain, seeds, feed, hay, yard supplies, farm supplies, plants, flower seeds, etc., etc., etc., could be purchased there. A kind of a city landmark. Right next to an old Pub, which is also a city landmark. Well, the Pub is still there. But the Feed Store has moved. Out past the Mall. -sigh-

But word is ~ this old place won't be simply torn down. That's hopeful. In some way, it will become the 'front' of a codominium complex. {Like apartments or flats... but you don't rent them... you buy them outright} How this will be done, don't know. Even IF this will be done, don't know. We can hope... That the new owners will semi-preserve the look of the old traditional front, in some way... Time will tell.
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Big Red Bug...

2008-04-02T14:16:00.001-07:00

Big Red Bug on local college campus. That's a bench, in the lower left hand corner. The Bug is a ways behind it, but it is big. It's the only piece of modern sculpture, I can understand. :-) And I actually think it's pretty cute.

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April 1st ~ Water

2008-04-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

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A little brook, running on the college campus, in town.
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Green.. Little green... Any green...

2008-03-31T09:57:00.001-07:00

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Moss... Growing between bricks... In a sunny spot...

Yes, I'm really "grasping at straws" {means=finding anything green, which I can} here. To find something green and growing. ,-) And if you click/enlarge the pic, you'll see the tiny green leaves of some weed or something, growing a couple of places in the moss too.

I know! I'm pretty desperate! ,-)

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"Fed up" with snow!!!

2008-03-29T11:53:00.000-07:00

This looks like a man, who is 'fed up' with snow. ,-)
He is pushing it off the front yard, with a shovel.

Not very good photos, because I had to take them, without being seen, myself. Naturally...
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From one day, to the next...

2008-03-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

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Yesterday... At the bird bath pond...

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Today.......................

-sigh-

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A visitor...

2008-03-27T14:36:00.000-07:00

Neighbor's cat came by, for a drink in the little bird-bath-pond. I had to take a picture, from inside though. S/he looks calm, but isn't calm yet. If I had opened the door, s/he would have 'gotten spooky' and run away. But, I got a picture, anyway. :-)
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More work being done! And an H.B.

2008-03-26T15:02:00.000-07:00

[Front View]
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[Side View]
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[Back]
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Remember this carriage house which is going to rack and ruin?

Well, the owner has work done on the main house, now and then. This time, there seems to be a lot of work being done. Digging all around the edge of the foundation and ... well, all this activity you see in these pictures. I'll have to keep an eye on this project too.
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Happy Birthday to me! :-)
But no pics of Champagne, or a big dinner out.
I'm on meds, so no celebrating tonight.
But then, at my age, getting up in the morning, can be looked on as a 'gift.'

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Ooooops...

2008-03-25T16:19:00.001-07:00

Ooooops, I nearly forgot to post an entry today! Just another roof "topping". On a garage this time, I think.

I say "I think", because I took it over some trees and things. And didn't go around the block to see what it was actually on. Funny, you get out of the car, to take one photo. And see another!
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Up on the roof...

2008-03-24T16:02:00.000-07:00

Up on the roof of this house.
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Still... What is it?

2008-03-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

We went to see if there were any changes, in this new construction.

It doesn't look too different than it did. But there is less snow piled up in front. From this side, you can see one garage door. Interesting. It doesn't exactly look like a one family dwelling.

So the question remains... What will it be, when finished?
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Red Carpet.........?

2008-03-22T13:51:00.001-07:00

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Remember this place?

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Well, now they have a Red Carpet out front.

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For the Easter Bunny, perhaps???

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March 21...

2008-03-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

Not exactly lots of growing things... But there is a tiny bit of green, showing.

And both the Garden Gnome and his frog, are free of snow.

And the snow cover is retreating... Not leaving exactly beautiful, lush green lawn, in its wake. But, a promise...
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Hail... In March...

2008-03-20T13:06:00.001-07:00

That's hail.

Happy Vernal Equinox.
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More details...

2008-03-19T14:34:00.001-07:00

Window details on an old house...
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Details, on high...

2008-03-18T14:44:00.001-07:00

More of those pretty details, up high, which used to be put on houses, around here.
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Photos-City-Mine

Restoration continues...

Apple Pie says.......

Autumn

Time off......................

Ferrari

Street lights...

Oh shinnnnnnnnnnnnney!

Reflections

The 139th Running of The Travers Stakes...

Dig this!!!

Drip... Drip... Drip...

Old... Big...

Gray, on "gray"...

The calm, before...

Why??????????????

The work continues...

Hitching posts...

Driveways... Like old

The "Pink Sheet"

Hanging plants...

Dripping...

Old brick sidewalks...

Here a view, there a view...

Rest a while?

Views, seen through..........

For Sale

Winding path... Part II

In the good old Summer time...

Lilies and a "boo-boo"...

Awesome "Dogs"!!!

Of tiles, and bugs, and roses...

Flowers... And request for words of wisdom...

Lost...............

Old... Still nice...

Flora and fauna...?

More work but still don't know purpose

Wee little winding path...

Kind of *wild* leaves...

Another Red Carpet! :-)

Signs......

Leaning... Tree, this time....

Blog Missing!!!

Too long without...

Sad...

Not quite...

Evening light...

Memories, of where a tree once stood...

Friday -- Evening sky

Just walkin'...

Sign of summer

And by now, it looks like this!

Sad old house...

Ducks... on the pool

New ... But "old"

Little truck...

My Favorite!

Prettiness...

Classy waste... :-)

P.O. preservation...

Ribbons, on trees...

Replicas...

Spring continues...

Odd looking vine...

More!!!

Violets...

At last!!!

A picture of "Old Smoke"

The same... and different

Leaves, budding out!

Can't...

Back to looking up...

Ducks take to water...

Love this old house...

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And a tower, too!

Details, details, details...

Old sign...

Back porches...

Learning...

Kind of wild leaves...