WNYOA Round #2 / Victory Mountain

Just a quick upload of some of the sights from racing action today up in the hills overlooking Richford.  Mother nature tried to throw us a curve ball and while she was somewhat successful in getting things off the a slow and sloppy start, determination won the day as some really good racing went down.

Many more to come that will be going up to the galleries over the next few days ...  standby and enjoy!

-=- jd -=-

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SUNY Brockport Graduation

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Author Christopher Stocking ( London Darkness: Infernal Inventions, A Collection of Short Stories, His Only Star,  London Darkness: War of the Devices, Black Powder Brigade ) and step-son of yours truly is now a college graduate from SUNY Brockport.  His grandmother Nancy, mother Roxanne, Father Jim Stocking, his Wife Casey, and a few other select guests were on hand participating in the festivities at the campus.

Chris and Casey are planning on taking a little vacation over the next few days in the north east (New Hampshire) area prior to moving on into the next phase of their lives.  Casey graduated from the same school last year and is currently employed in the Rochester area.  Christopher is hoping to land a job in the very near future.

With school now in the rear view mirror it is time to figure out what the next move will be for budding author Stocking | Click to view the photo larger

Discussing what artistic ideas he might have in the immediate future we thought that we might start by posting photo's of cats on the internet.  ( oh wait - that's already been done ...  ) | Click to view the photo larger

Yeah - it's a picture of a cat on the internet.  :)  Chris and Casey have a pair of these little guys at their apartment and this one was particularly inquisitive of me and my camera. | Click to view the photo larger

The Big Yellow Tree

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I've been noticing this tree for the last couple of weeks as I head north on route 46 out of Munnsville.  It has been yellow like this for sometime now and I've been tempted to shoot it but I just hadn't - until today.

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With all of the greens of the grass, fields, and even tree's finally starting to come into full bloom, and the brilliant blue sky and the light'ish wispy clouds as a backdrop this tree looked all the more commanding, and it's yellow color was particularly brilliant.  I was hoping to try and capture that, plus the vibrancy of the overall scene itself.  Initially I just pulled the car off to the side of the road and grabbed a frame or two but I *had* to actually get into and onto the field where this thing lives.  I look around and there is a house right across the road from it.  A singular house - no others around.  This has got to be the property owner... so I walk up the driveway and note that it appears that the back porch / door is the most oft used entrance to the place.  There is a person inside - it's a beautiful day out and people have the doors open letting in fresh air.  I knock as a nice woman answers and calls to her husband at the same time.  I inquirer re: are you the property owners of the field across the road.  They, almost in unison, note the camera in hand and laugh saying "Yes - go ahead - you can go over there and take some pictures.... "  They seemed to be a nice enough couple (older couple) - the gentleman even stepped outside with me and was telling me about some other cool stuff that might make for some good photo's and was pointing me in the general direction where some of these things are.  He looked off sort of longingly at one point and muttered ".... well used to be down that-away anyways ...  been a few years since I've been down there myself ...  "

I thanked them for their time and for letting me go onto the property to make some photo's.  I'll show them these on my tablet and get a print or two made up for them if they'd like.

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