Wordless Wednesday – Fall Sunset at Webster Park

Hi everyone! It’s Cindy here. A few weeks ago Charlie and I ventured up to Webster park again in hopes of seeing another beautiful sunset. We weren’t disappointed.

Sunset at Webster Park
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A little later sunset at Webster Park
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I’m joining Comedy Plus for their Wordless Wednesday blog hop.

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Wordless Wednesday – Webster Park Sunset

Hi everyone it’s Cindy here. This past Sunday evening Charlie and I headed out to Webster Park to see what the sunset would be like. It wasn’t as beautiful as we had hoped but here is a little of what we saw.

I love the panorama setting on my new camera
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Here is a little video I put together of a sequence of pictures I took.

If you can’t see the video you can go here to view it.

One last picture as the sun was fading below the horizon

I’m joining Comedy Plus for their Wordless Wednesday blog hop.

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Lighthouses Around the World Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Today we are joining our friends in the Lighthouses Around the World Blog Hop for National Lighthouse Day. We searched our archives and found a few lighthouse pictures we could share.

Living along the south shore of Lake Ontario there are a few lighthouses around. Many of our local lighthouses have been turned into historical sites and museums.

Sodus Bay Lighthouse and Museum

Sodus Bay is the largest natural harbor on Lake Ontario and is located about 38 miles east of Rochester, New York. The original lighthouse at this location was erected in the late 1850’s. This lighthouse is no longer operational but is used as a museum and is operated by the Sodus Bay Historical Society. You can read more about the history of this lighthouse here.

When piers were erected at the entrance of Sodus Bay the Outer Lighthouse was added to the end of one of the piers.

Sodus Bay Outer Lighthouse

The late winter shot above shows about 50 feet of dirty compacted snow that extends out from where the grasses are in the foreground of the picture. Below is a close up of the outer lighthouse.

Sodus Bay Outer Lighthouse

Closer to Rochester in Webster, NY there is another pier with a light tower on it.

Webster Park jetty in winter

It may be difficult to see but at the end of this ice covered pier there is a light tower. Here is a closer view in color taken on the same day.

Moving further west we will visit the Irondequoit Bay Outlet light tower.

West side Irondequoit Bay outlet light tower

This light tower is on the end of the west side pier.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing a few of the lighthouses and light towers along the southern shore of Lake Ontario near Rochester, NY.

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Black & White Sunday – Western New York Winter

It’s been a cold and snowy winter so far. Here are a couple of shots of Lake Ontario taken from Webster Park a couple of years ago. If you ventured to the park this year you would see much of the same. This is what a “Lake Effect” snow band looks like as it approaches the shore.

Winter Storm

Mute Swans and Storm Clouds

We are participating in the Black & White Sunday blog hop.

We aren’t sure if we have received everyone’s stamps so if you still have some to send just leave us a comment so we can keep our eyes out for them.  If you need our mailing address just leave a comment. We will be collecting stamps all year so if you already sent us your stamps start collecting for next year. Feel free to send them on any time when you have more than you want.

All photo’s in today’s post courtesy of Charlie.

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Black & White Sunday – Lake Ontario Shoreline

Hamlin Beach at Dawn

Swans and Storm
at Webster Park

Sodus Point – Shoreline Textures

More black and whites from Charlie.

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Black & White Sunday – Ice Fortress & Canal Bridge

Photographed by Charlie near Russell Station.

Photographed by Charlie along the Erie Canal in Pittsford, New York.

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Black & White Sunday – Webster Park Jetty

Photographed by Charlie in Webster Park, New York.

We are participating in the Black & White Sunday blog hop.

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