Category: 366

362-366/366: Sillyhead-Centric Closing

The Pip swimming with a noodle at the Niskayuna town pool.

And now, the photo-a-day project straggles in to the finish line, with a final five photos dominated by the kids: 362/366: Kid Art I 363/366: Kid Art II One of the official end of summer activities is cleaning off the “art shelf” in the bookcase in the dining room, where we pile the various projects… Continue reading 362-366/366: Sillyhead-Centric Closing

353-361/366: Penultimate Photo Dump

The Schenectady Greenmarket, our regular Sunday-morning activity.

Another day, another batch of photos from August. 353/366: Trail Blaze This is actually a slight reversal of chronology, as the hike through Vischer’s Ferry was the day after I went for a hike in the H. G. Reist Wildlife Sanctuary. The pictures from Vischer’s Ferry were better though, as despite the name I didn’t… Continue reading 353-361/366: Penultimate Photo Dump

344-352/366: Wetland Walk

Great blue herons in the Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve.

Another in the sadly delayed wrapping-up of my photo-a-day project. These are all pictures from a hike in the Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve over in Clifton Park. We took the kids over there one time, but a thunderstorm started coming in before we got very far. While the kids were at my parents’, I decided… Continue reading 344-352/366: Wetland Walk

336-343/366: Panoramas and Sillyheads

Panorama from the "porch" outside the Olin Science Center at Union College.

I’ve got a big backlog of photo-a-day pictures, but finding time to edit and post them is a major challenge. I’ve got nearly all the editing done, now, so I’ll start putting blocks of stuff up when I have time (generally very early in the morning, as I’m awake before everyone else in Chateau Steelypips).… Continue reading 336-343/366: Panoramas and Sillyheads

314-335/366: Massive Backlog

Tiger lilies in front of our house.

It’s been over a month since I did a photo-a-day post, largely because I haven’t been taking many pictures for a variety of reasons. I do still mean to get a year’s worth of good photos done, but the “daily” part has completely disintegrated at this point. As a way of getting somewhat back on… Continue reading 314-335/366: Massive Backlog

300-305/366: Peregrination

SteelyKid and The Pip looking over Scoharie County from arop Vroman's Nose.

A while back, I went down to Vroman’s Nose in Middleburgh to go for a hike, and found a sign saying that peregrine falcons are known to nest on the cliffs. Since the peregrine falcon is SteelyKid’s absolute favorite bird, and the subject of her school research project, this seemed like a good location for… Continue reading 300-305/366: Peregrination

290-299/366: Offbeat Rome

A part of the Aqua Claudia in the Parco degli Acquedotti.

Kate and I spent last week in Rome, to attend the wedding of a friend of mine from college, who was marrying an Italian woman. I’ve always wanted to see Rome, so this was a great excuse, and of course I took a lot of pictures– over 1,600 all told. This happens in part because… Continue reading 290-299/366: Offbeat Rome

284-289/366: Week in Nature Photos

The Pip shrugs expressively at Peebles Island.

Another week, another batch of photos. This is coming on Friday rather than the weekend because I’m going to be incommunicado for most of the next week, and have some free time now. 284/366: LIGO, Eat Your Heart Out Sure, LIGO detected gravitational waves from a second pair of merging black holes, but I found… Continue reading 284-289/366: Week in Nature Photos