03/11/07 07:27- ID#38421

Walking Downtown Buffalo

Finally, it's nice enough outside to go for a nice long walk. I traveled through Allentown to downtown and up back main street. Here is some things i saw.

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03/10/07 06:43- ID#38415

Foggy Buffalo

We went to the "Home & Garden Show 2007" today at the downtown convention center. We didn't see much that interested us, but i did get some cool shots of the city covered in fog.

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11/06/05 09:17- ID#27530

Goodleberg Cemetary

Here's a spooky story...today i went with (e:paul), (e:terry), and (e:lilho) to Goddleberg Cemetery out in Wales, NY. We heard about it on PBS the other night. [inlink]matthew,659[/inlink] It's supposedly haunted. By ghost children none the less. The nanny in my had to go investigate. Man, what a spooky graveyard. The name "goodleberg" probably does mean "Hill of the Ghouls." The hundred or so tenants were locals of German and Anglo-American ancestry. Most of them children, probably due to a cholera epidemic that hit the region in the 1830s. Others probably have died traumatically on the grounds, since there were land wars also in the early 1800s. A country doctor (who preformed illegal abortions) lived within walking distance, probably in the 1940s. The bones of his patients were buried all over the hilly, wooded area. It's a bizarre place.And the added hurricane weather buffalo was having today just made the whole experience strange. I'm not a beliver in ghost, but sometime it's fun to "go with flow" as they say.

When everyone was about to leave we jumped in the car, at last minuet i wanted to grab one last pics before it was totally dark out. A minute after the photo was taken (e:paul) and i heard a large "crracckk" and looked about 20 feet down the road. We saw a huge branch snap and crash into the street. If we didn't stop to snag that last pic the branch would surley have hit the car. The we would have been trapped...! with the ghost children! weird!

battery was low, so it came out blurry

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10/06/05 08:04- ID#27510

Bidwell Park Statue

i was walking down bidwell park, or is it lincoln park?, i'm not sure and i took photos of the sculpture there. Does any one know the name of the artist who did this and when it was done? i haven't a clue, it's on of the things I've always been curious about.

color

b/w

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07/20/05 02:47- ID#27463

Buffalo Dream Housing

(e:paul), (e:terry), and I own a property on Prospect Ave on the west side of Buffalo. It's a double rental property that is currently housing D'Youville College students. This has made us realize that we'd all rather start paying a mortgage monthly then paying rent monthly, and end up with nothing. So the other day we saw an open house for a single family home just down the street from the property we already own, and it was fantastic. And affordable!We all feel in love with it, inside an out. Last night our friend Katie facilitated our problem and lead us to the conclusion that we should indeed try to get this house. First step is getting pre-approved for a mortgage. Here are some shots i took of it. Lets cross our fingers!

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07/16/05 06:54- ID#27461

The babies are born!

baby geckos that is! You might remember when i posted about the gold dust gecko laying eggs a few moths ago [inlink]matthew,542[/inlink] ...well, they hatched! Out popped two little mini geckos. They are SO tiny, they are only about 1.5 inches long. I.5 inches of pure cuteness, here is my birth announcement:

here is big mama

and baby number 1

and baby number 2

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07/12/05 06:52- ID#27460

ArtVoice Best of Buffalo

Artvoice is doing it's annual "Best of Buffalo" where local buffalonians can vote for their favorite things about the local area. It's fun. You should check it out at do the poll here:

.And look for Question 27 : Best Local Blog. I know who i'm going to vote for. elmwoodstrip.com!

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07/10/05 12:08- ID#27456

Taste Of Buffalo 2005

(e:paul) , (e:terry) , Katie, and I headed down for some good eatin' at this years Taste of Buffalo.

It was a good time. Tons of people, tons of food. It's still going on today if you missed it.

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05/27/05 09:10- ID#27439

Pan-American Exposition

We went to the Buffalo Historical Society Resource Center today to see the Pan-American Exposition exhibit. It's was pretty cool. Check it out if your into local history.The Resource Center is at 459 Forest Avenue and is open FREE Fridays from 3 - 8 p.m. (Visits at other times by appointment only. Call 716.873.9644 ext. 316.)
Pan-Am weblinks:

The pictures came out pretty neat. Some of these are my photographs of illuminated photographs.