Pictures
drorzel | October 23, 2006A little fall foliage from Saturday's bike ride:
The bike path runs along the old Erie Canal tow path, and in a few places, they have restored/ preserved bits of the old canal. This is one of those-- you can see some of the stone wall on the left, and the wooden decking on the right is part of a structure that I think is an old lock. The canal itself is dry, and filled with these sumac trees, which have turned a really dramatic orange. Click on the image for a larger version.
There's an autumn Americana shot below the fold:
This is the baseball field at the local community college. It would…
drorzel | October 22, 2006We had some heavy rain on Friday, so when I went for a bike ride on Saturday, the Mohawk was pretty high. It was particularly impressive at Lock 8:
A closer view is below the fold:
OK, it's not exactly levee-breaking bad, but it was fairly impressive. I don't have any pictures of the normal condition for contrast, so you'll have to take my word for it that it's a dramatic difference.
drorzel | September 22, 2006It's that time of year when student groups try to get new members to sign up, leading to all manner of interesting signs around campus. One of my favorites:
drorzel | August 21, 2006In an effort to keep from turning into a total slug on weekends, I've taken to riding my bike on the Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway, which passes fairly close to our house. Getting on the trail can be a little nerve-wracking, depending on the traffic, but once on it, it's a pleasant ride all the way to Colonie:
That sign is roughly ten miles out, and is the farthest point I reached last weekend. (This weekend just past, I headed in the other direction, and got caught in a rainstorm. It wasn't photogenic.) For those who care, there are more pictures from the ride below the fold.
The trail itself runs…
drorzel | August 12, 2006That last post is really kind of a downer topic for a Saturday morning, especially after a fun Friday. Sorry about that. Here's a picture of pretty flowers to lighten the mood:
These are on some tall bushes outside our back door, growing around the base of some pine trees that look like fifty-foot mutant bonsai. The flowers were identified as a rose of somebody or another, and when they flower, they don't hold back. Below the fold is another picture, showing a little more of the context.
Pretty!
And now, off to run errands...
drorzel | August 7, 2006
We got a squirrel-free bird feeder a little while back, and since putting it up have been attracting huge numbers of these little greyish-brown guys to the yard. We've got some more interesting birds as well-- there's a pair of cardinals, and a couple of blue jays as well, but more often than not, the feeder is covered by these guys.
I figured I ought to occasionally post pictures of something other than the dog, and I know that some people around ScienceBlogs are into birds, so here you go. I couldn't get the cardinal to pose.
(The title is a reference that maybe one person reading this…