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Portrait Series: John W. Jones
I’m currently focusing on getting everything ready for my upcoming show in Geneva, so for today’s blog post I’m sharing one from a couple years ago for you to enjoy. In it I explore the ties that Elmira has to the Underground Railroad and some of the key leaders of…
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4 Favorite Waterfalls to Visit in Winter
If you’re in the northern part of the country, cold weather is likely here for a couple more months. I generally like to hibernate inside for most of the winter and dream of warmer days, however sometimes it’s nice to get out of the house and experience a change of…
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Quarry Farm Art
I took some WordPress seminars the other day and learned some new tricks – I’d love to have your feedback. I’m looking forward to playing around with some of the different things I learned. If there’s something you particularly liked (or didn’t) let me know. However, that’s not what this…
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4 Favorite Waterfalls to Visit in Winter
If you’re in the northern part of the country, cold weather is likely here for a couple more months. I generally like to hibernate inside for most of the winter and dream of warmer days, however sometimes it’s nice to get out of the house and experience a change of…
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6 Favorite Autumn Spots That Inspire
If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ve likely noticed the trees have been turning beautiful colors this past month. According to the NYS Fall foliage report this week the colors in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier region are at peak. The next week or so may be your last…
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Portrait Series: John W. Jones
Recently I started to research different time periods throughout history that had ties to important movements in Black history and the role of Elmira (my current town) in each of them. One of the first time periods I decided to dig into was the Abolition Movement of the 1830’s to…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Genesee Lower Falls
We’ve reached the 49th Waterfall Wednesday blog post. Do you know what that means? Just one more waterfall next week and we’ve made it through the whole 50 New York Waterfalls project! I’m currently brainstorming ideas for upcoming blog posts. Anything topics you’d like to see more of? Today’s waterfall…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Unnamed Falls
This week we go to an unnamed waterfall in Buttermilk Falls State Park that almost wasn’t part of my 50 New York Waterfalls project. I was conflicted about including an unnamed waterfall in the project when all the other waterfalls were main features with their own names. Ultimately decided this…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Sweedler Preserve
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember me previously mentioning Sweedler Preserve and my little mishap with reading the map (reread here). I’ve been reading up on the waterfall and the trails in this preserve and there are many young, experienced hikers that have commented on…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Rainbow Falls
“In one place in the island of Hawaii, we saw a laced and ruffled cataract of limpid water leaping from a sheer precipice fifteen hundred feet high; but that sort of scenery finds its stanchest ally in the arithmetic rather than in spectacular effect. If one desires to be so…
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