Out here in Holland, we got hail. Lots of it. So much so that 5 hours later there were still piles of it around the yard.
No noticeable damage other than to our corn stalks which got knocked over, and and handful of tomatoes got knocked off the plants.
Poor Dave Franczyk is having some troubles this week, due to his flippant use of the term “ethnic cleansing” in regards to the Catholic church consolidating parishes on the east side. Since music soothes, I thought I’d send him this virtual present. *snicker*
So we just carved our pumpkins and I grabbed the camera to play around a little bit. Got some cool results! Here they are on their own… Here I added a little light painting with an LED flashlight gelled with a full CTO… Strobe behind the pumpkin, with my Sto-Fen Omni Bounce makes a Spooky…
I’ve been reading quite a bit about Ron Paul in the local blogosphere lately, especially after Jim Ostrowski’s interview on WNYMedia.net. I’ve found him to be an interesting candidate – honestly pro-small government, pro-free market, and anti-war. After reading this post by Mike Rebmann today, I think my mind is made up. His views on…
Word travels fast in the blogosphere, as Buffalo Rising already has a story on Bashar Issa’s visit to the Central Terminal on Friday. Bashar Issa spent over two hours yesterday touring the Central Terminal on Buffalo’s East Side – the same time we were touring the DL&W. Why? Because he is fascinated with the city’s…
Thanks to Mike Miller for posting this up at BuffaloCentralTerminal.org… Student Celebration of the Visual Arts Show at the Terminal The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation and the local art teachers from more than 20 area schools (elementary to college) are busily setting up the galleries in the main concourse and first floors for our 2nd…