Showing posts with label Barge Canal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barge Canal. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 14th- A few of my favorite things...
~Taking the girlies to watch a boat lock down on the modern Barge Canal and move under our feet to the next lock in line
~Figuring out how the original Flight of Five locks carried the old Erie Canal over the escarpment to Lake Erie
~And while being in the neighborhood, taking the girlies to see Niagara Falls for the first time





















Saturday, December 15, 2018

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 15th- A few of my favorite things...
~Attending the annual Family Christmas brunch where Shirley Temples are a staple 
~Catching a selfie in the ceiling
~Finding an old nest along the frozen canal in Bushnell's Basin




Monday, July 30, 2018

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 29th- A few of my favorite things...
~A neighbor who gives the gift of clams 
~Being stopped at a drawbridge (and I am not invading a castle)
~Trying new trails to see where they take you






Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Waves of liquid silver rolling toward the Maple Bay
~Red-wing blackbirds claiming their stake for spring
~Watching the locktenders move logs down river





Wednesday, September 27, 2017

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 27th- A few of My favorite things...
~A lovely afternoon picnic in the Inner Harbor spent watching the world pass by on land (and air),...
~On water,...
~And on wheels.









Saturday, May 27, 2017

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

May 27th- A few of my favorite things...
~Chasing the elusive, almost mythical, blue sky
~A barge with a large load resting for the night in Baldwinsville
~A little library with amazing evening views