Oswego Breezes

Oswego Breezes, originally uploaded by sjtryon.

Another day of another storm of another Winter in Oswego.

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Harborfest Fireworks Finale

A rough video of the 2009 Harborfest fireworks finale. Taken from under the umbrella sitting next to Kristen and Sarah.

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Awaiting Awards…

At the conclusion of this year’s downhill derby! More details and photos at http://DownhillDerby.com.

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Driving From Mexico (NY) to Syracuse…

Window Dressing – A Subaru Outback windshield on a frost-laden morning.
Window Dressing

The Waters Flow – Gates fully lifted to allow passage for the melted snow.
The Waters Flow

Multiple Aggressions – Neither the builders of the fence nor the graffiti artist seem to be winning.
Multiple Aggressions

Coming Home – And we’ve missed them.
Coming Home

Evening Peace
Evening Peace

Chariots – I can’t imagine a journey of so many miles yet such never-changing scenery. Sad.
Chariots

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Oswego Winter…

Stark
Stark

Vacant Excess
Vacant Excess

Jim Is Dead
Jim Is Dead

Lonely Watcher
Lonely Watcher

Chilled Passage
Chilled Passage

Cold Steel
Cold Steel

Red, White, And Blue
Red, White, And Blue

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Sarah Time…

Oswego Winter Wildlife
Oswego Winter Wildlife

Look both ways before standing up and thinking that you’ve taken all the pictures possible from that vantage point.
Look both ways before standing up and thinking that you've taken all the pictures possible from that vantage point.

Effective Label
Effective Label

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Fort Ontario With Sarah…

The last time I visited Fort Ontario I was in the 5th grade. The experience was memorable for many reasons, including the guards in uniform, the rifle and canon fire, and the variety of interpreters providing commentary about the experience of being stationed at the Fort. Today was very different.

NYS has cut budgets profoundly enough that the Fort now operates on a skeleton crew supplemented by volunteer support. They are doing a respectable job, but things are clearly very different and the self-tour was far less of an experience. We also learned that 100% of the admission money ($4/person) goes to NYS, none of it remaining at the Fort to support maintenance and operation. Instead, they rely on memberships of $25/year that provide unlimited admission and a variety of other perks – including the ability to watch the annual Harborfest fireworks from the walls of the Fort. It is so unfortunate that our government places such low priorities on treasures such as this.

Sarah Leaving Fort Ontario
Sarah Leaving Fort Ontario

Oswego Harbor From Fort Ontario
Oswego Harbor From Fort Ontario

Enlisted Quarters at Fort Ontario
Enlisted Quarters at Fort Ontario

Powder Magazine at Fort Ontario
Powder Magazine at Fort Ontario

Officers Quarters at Fort Ontario
Officers Quarters at Fort Ontario

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Oswego Harbor…

Oswego Maritime Foundation
Oswego Maritime Foundation

The Business End of Oswego Harbor
The Business End of Oswego Harbor

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Oswego City Parade

Today was the July 4th parade for the city of Oswego. It was a pretty good event. My snapshots from the day appear below. My Mom and I, along with Robin, Lydia and Jordan watched along with the rest of the city while Dan and Dad spent time getting all of the participants lined up and off at the proper time.

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Oswego County Fair…

I spent part of the day at the Oswego County Fair in Sandy Creek, NY. The pictures do a pretty respectable job of telling the story!

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Recent Journeys

Some slightly modified pictures from some recent journeys taken with the GPS and the camera.

Power 

Lonely Watcher 

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Insiders…


The OswegoCountyInsider.com and OnondagaCountyInsider.com sites have been updated and overhauled today. Both were built to allow a free exchange of perspectives between individuals with connections to those geographies. OswegoCountyInsider.com is fairly complete while OnondagaCountyInsider.com has a bit more work ahead.

Also updated today were the sites for OswegoCountyClassifieds.com and OnondagaCountyClassifieds.com. These domains were simply pointed toward Wanted/For Sale areas within their respective Insider sites.

If you are interested, check them out. If you have something to say, register and rant! And mention them to your friends!

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