Couple of new shots...

I found this building down in Binghamton the other day. As a Mason, I've recently been learning about styles of Architecture, and I'm honestly not sure What this one is, but I found it very attractive visually. There is just So much stuff going on with all of those columns and such. It looks like a dentist built it years ago, and it is one of the key buildings in downtown Binghamton. I love the colors and the busy nature of the building. It is to my eye, akin to the 'painted lady' Victorian houses of old.

Earlier the same day I happened upon a Hysterical Marker:

and the Tower for which it was placed, which was built to test telegraph transmission to Moving railway trains on the Lackawanna Railway. Binghamton has a huge railway presence to this day. Numerous low overpasses around down. I used to manage a trucking fleet which delivered to the area, and I had several trucks damage trailers under those rail bridges. Much to my drivers' and my chagrine.

Stonewalled

The other day I was toodling around southern Herkimer county, and happened upon this beautiful scene...

Now when it snows, I can't do photos for work, so these fence photos were just about the only shots I managed to get in that day.

For my Masonic Friends

Thought you might enjoy this one...

this archway is in Binghamton (one of at least two, that I've found so far). I'm not sure if it actually refers to Lodge, but it sure seemed neat to me.

snew

just a nice scenic road near Rome, NY

what did the reporter do??

OK, saw this building... and it had this fascinating sign posted on it...

remember, the building houses a sign shop...

I wonder just what the Bad News reporter asked?

oddball trailer hitch thing

I drive around all day, and I've trained myself to spot things out of the corner of my eye while safely navigating. I'm always on the lookout for leasing signs, but every once in awhile, something else catches my eye...




Silly thing is plugged into the trailer light circuit, and when he hit the brakes the dog wiggled!

can you spot the car?

One of my daily tasks is to document shopping centers, and one of the related tasks is to shoot a series of photos, stitch them together and make a 360 degree panorama. Normally that is a breeze, I just have to find a larger vehicle than my Prius, park behind it, and go shoot the required images. Well what do you do when the footprint of the building is large enough to require the image... but there's absolutely NO vehicles other than the rolling billboard in the parking lot?

A plow had been in there a couple of times, but not often and certainly not at the moment...

so...

can you see my solution and why I had to reshoot the whole thing?