Black Lake has Pike, Crappie, Large and Small Mouth Bass, Muskellunge (a very odd looking fish) and Walleye as well as pan fish such as Blue Gills and Yellow Perch. The Bass fishing season opened last Saturday but it looked like there were less fishermen on the water than usual. Perhaps this was because of […]
Filed under: Lakes, Wildlife on June 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
We spied this cormorant sunning himself on a rock when we were up at the cabin last weekend. I call them weed birds and the fishermen hate them. They eat all the fish and literally eat into the fishing industry in these inland lakes.
Other than a few boat rides we had a lot of work […]
Filed under: Misc, Wildlife on June 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Right down the road in our little town is a cafe that serves up their own freshly ground blends of coffee. Chenango Coffee Roasters has been open a few years now and has developed a pretty steady clientele. The owner, Bill McCurry roasts his the coffee beans on the premisis. You can buy bags of […]
Filed under: Places on June 26th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are several trade shows in New York and fiber and wool festivals are my favorites. I have only exhibited at one show but it’s smart to do up your trade show booth right. You want to invite potential buyers in afterall. If I do end up exhibiting again I might consider the Godfrey Group, […]
Filed under: Events on June 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
In the last few days of the legislative session in Albany, some important bills were green-lighted on energy reform. The Senate and the Assembly unanimously passed the State Green Building Construction Act. which “requires new or substantially reconstructed agency buildings to comply with the United States green building initiative`s green globes rating system and […]
Filed under: Issues on June 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In these trying financial times it’s not a bad idea to start a budget if you don’t already have one, and stick with it. If you want to continue living the same lifestyle then a few cut backs are needed. In our case for one example, we have changed how and when we drive the […]
Filed under: Misc on June 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Event Date: 06/25/2008
7:30pm - 9:30pm
The Sierra Club Iroquois Group presents “Climate Change in our Backyard,” with WSYR NewsChannel 9 Chief Meteorologist Dave Eichorn.
Learn how climate change affects Central New York […]
Filed under: Events on June 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes it’s crazy, this bouncing around of temperatures but it’s very typical of Upstate New York weather. We had a vicious hail storm yesterday. The sky turned black and down came the quarter sized balls of ice. Some of my garden plants got shredded. It would have hurt to be caught outside standing in this […]
Filed under: Events on June 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Located in the town of Colombus, near New Berlin, there is a fairly new RC model airplane club called the Chenango RC Club. The field and surrounding area is gorgeous and the facilities are very nice. My son was an active member until he crashed both his planes, an unfortunate downside to the sport that […]
Filed under: Places on June 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
T’is the season to get out on the deck and barbecue. So we are in the market for new patio furniture since our current table and chairs are getting a little rusty and worn. Believe it or not KMart has some very nice sets on display at a reasonable price which I plan on checking […]
Filed under: Misc on June 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
If you plan to move to New York, shop for your mortgage lenders well, as they are not all created equally. Make sure you are getting the best interest rate and insist that they give you an accurate estimate of the closing costs. They will probably resist at first but be persistent and say you […]
Filed under: Misc on June 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
In Norwich we have a really decent car parts store called Advanced Auto Parts. They sell just about everything and recently I had a battery and my windshield wipers replaced. They will come right out into the parking lot and put the items in for you. I didn’t even need to reset my clock! Who […]
Filed under: Misc on June 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
Whitney Point Lake, is near Binghamton and is an Army Corps Engineers reservoir project. It is in the town of Whitney Point. Dorchester park sits beside it and has facilities for changing and grilling. We spent a day there with some friends several years ago and had a wonderful time. It’s a lovely park and […]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 14th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In New York we have our fair share of groups devoted to weight loss. Our local Y has several workout programs, many businesses have programs with weigh-ins and lots of diet pill reviews can be found at these facilities. My husband is enrolled in the work plan and also at the Y and is not […]
Filed under: Misc on June 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am excited to announce that I am giving away not one, but three digital photo keychains in a contest that starts today at my Todays Gizmos Blog! We will allow the winners to engrave a 3 line message (12 characters per line) on the back of the digital photo keychains! You need a blog […]
Filed under: Misc on June 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Does anyone know what this moth is? I can’t find a site that doesn’t make me go through about 50 links just to get to the photos. In a previous post entitled A Rare Find, I wrote about a Luna Moth, another beauty.
I found this one on my front lawn back in June of 2005 […]
Filed under: Wildlife on June 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was perusing my usual feeds earlier and I was reading about hotels in las vegas because they are just so incredibly glitzy and plush when I stumbled across this hotel which reproduces the city in New York. The website blurb says “ The hotel is entrapped in the New York skyline. Every […]
Filed under: Misc, Places on June 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is an interesting and beautiful rock formation off of one of the many little islands on Black Lake. The evening I took this photo it was still in the 80’s and it was taken a few days ago. August in June. I love it! This was also soon after Big Brown’s very disappointing loss […]
Filed under: Places on June 10th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Being the animal and pet lover that I am, and now that social networks of all kinds are the rage these days, I signed up for Zootoo.com. It is essentially a pet social network. You sign up and add all your pets with their photos and find some friends. If you are affiliated […]
Filed under: Misc on June 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
We were up at the cabin this past weekend in 90 plus degree heat I may add, and our neighbors had discovered to their delight, that a pair of Orioles was nesting right outside their deck.
They could see all the activity from inside their house through the deck door in the comfort of their chairs. […]
Filed under: Wildlife on June 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
