QE II

Memorial Day Parade 2011

2011-05-31T18:14:00.000-04:00

Albany's traditional Memorial Day parade kicked off at 9:30AM Monday May 30th.

Beiber Fever Infects Albany !

2010-08-25T23:51:00.004-04:00

Giant dancing couple invades Albany!

2010-07-06T12:51:00.000-04:00

Tulip Fest 2009

2009-05-09T22:00:00.013-04:00

Albany, NY Mayor Jerry Jennings announces the 2009 Tulip Queen, Juliana Hernandez, at the coronation ceremony in Washington Park.

Here are some photos of the many thousands of tulips and other flowers throughout Washington Park during the Tulip Festival.

Large crowds of people turned out for the Tulip Festival and gathered to listen to the music, including a performance by the band "Third Eye Blind".And finally, here's a slideshow with a few more pictures:

Times Square, NYC

2008-11-10T22:36:00.003-05:00

This is one of my favorite photos I took on a trip to New York City. Times Square always looks amazing all lit up like this at night, and this photo came out better than some of my other shots.
I used the night setting on my digital camera, which keeps the shutter open longer to capture the available light. But it means you have to hold the camera steady for a longer period, and sometimes just a slight movement will cause the picture to be a bit blurry. Guess I must have had a steadier hand when I took this shot. LOL

HELP ME !

2008-10-31T01:15:00.000-04:00

A crazed ax murderer has broken into my apartment and is trying to kill me....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE !

Hot Dog! It's the Weinermobile!

2008-08-20T15:22:00.006-04:00

The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile was sighted
recently (August 7th) in downtown Albany, NY.

This was the same day we had some very heavy rain, and many areas, including South Pearl Street were flooded. I was waiting out the storm nearby, while I filmed some of the flooding in the street and parking lot on South Pearl.

The previous post (below) is a video of some of the rain and street flooding.

Parked safely away from the flooded areas.

Oh darn it !

Now I'm hungry for hot dogs after seeing this photos !

(Luckily I have some in the fridge.)

To take a virtual tour of the Weinermobile, click here.

To see an old Oscar Mayer Weiner TV ad, click here.
(Hey! That kid Freddy,who doesn't want to be an Oscar Mayer weiner in the ad, looks a bit like me, when I was a kid.)

QEII News Flash:

2008-08-07T22:18:00.005-04:00

Heavy rain caused a bit of flooding on South Pearl Street in Albany, NY today (near the Capital Repertory Theatre), causing a woman at this bus stop to flee for her life, or at least to avoid wet feet! You'll hear her voice in the video.

Awww...isn't that sweet...yesterday I went to visit the ocean (see Boston Whale Watch post) and
today it followed me home. It must have missed me!

Boston Whale Watch

2008-08-07T12:10:00.002-04:00

Photos taken in Boston August 6, 2008 while on a one day trip to go on a whale-watching cruise.
(Sorry no whale pics yet, have to edit video to find best shots)

Little blurry, hadn't gotten my "sea-legs" yet.

Leaving the wharf to head out to sea.

2008-08-07T12:09:00.002-04:00

Heading out to open sea to find some whales....

2008-08-07T12:06:00.003-04:00

More pics from the wharf area.

Time Travelers Or Aliens ?

2008-08-05T00:47:00.003-04:00

OMG !!!!

Walking through the park and saw these two men (?) just disappear in flashes of light !!

Were they aliens from another dimension or maybe time travelers returning to the future?

Alone in the park, but luckily had my camera and was able to catch them just as they disappeared.
Don't know if they saw me or not.

Schenectady County Summer Night 2008

2008-08-01T14:27:00.006-04:00

A few photos from downtown Schenectady during a street festival.

Look! It's Batman! Or is it Sandman?

No, it's just a sandy Batman.

At first I thought I was back in 1939 when
I saw "Gone With The Wind" was playing at Proctor's

View of State Street looking east during street festival.

Still Waters

2008-07-31T13:34:00.007-04:00

In keeping with the somewhat nautical theme I chose for this blog, here are a few watery pics to begin it.
While wandering aimlessly around lower Manhattan one day last summer, I unexpectedly came upon the waterfront. Saw the Statue of Liberty off in the distance, with the sun gleaming off the water, snapped this photo.

It was a hot & hazy day and I had to zoom in to get a larger image, but overall, I think it came out pretty nice.

Whew! Had to stand on my head to get this picture.

The Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY.

Used a blue filter setting on the camera to make the water stand out more.

Strange looking watercraft spotted on the Hudson River one recent day. Looks homemade to me.

But at least they had the foresight to make a shelf to hold their beer coolers.