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Assignment 23: Winter

When I was planning the assignments for this year back in November, I hesitated to include this Assignment on Winter.  Last year, my area barely had a winter with unseasonably warm temperatures and lack of snow.  However, there is more … Continue reading

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Syracuse Creekwalk

Over the last decade, the City of Syracuse has been developing the Creekwalk linking areas which have been revitalized in previous years.  The 2.6 mile (4.2km) Creekwalk connects the museums, shops, nightclubs and restaurants of Armory Square to the living … Continue reading

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View 214: Winter of 2010

The delivery of a Western Digital My Book Studio 3TB External Hard Drive last week had me backing up and upgrading my Apple MacBook Pro laptop all weekend.  After hours of moving files from an older 500GB external drive, backing … Continue reading

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View 213: George Eastman House

The 35,000-square-foot Colonial Revival house of George Eastman took three years to build and was completed in 1905 at a cost of $300,000.  The estate originally included a stable, garage, barn, five greenhouses, and many vegetable and flower gardens on eight … Continue reading

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View 212: Dogs Days of Winter at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo

Now that it looks like winter in upstate New York, I headed out to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo to take advantage of their annual Winter Photo Contest which lets people in the zoo for free if you bring a camera with … Continue reading

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