I wonder if even the locals can figure out where this is. I just happened to glance up one day and noticed it. Amazing how a different approach can change a view. Is there a view you love? Try taking a few steps left or right and look again. Or step up on a rock. Or lay down on your back.



Newspaper boxes on the corner are becoming a thing of the past as the Internet becomes more popular.



Hiding in a front yard on Corning's north side.



Vinnie and Eddie, a couple of Brooklyn transplants and motorcycle enthusiasts.



Crocuses


I hope you're clicking on these photos to enlarge them and better see the details.



No words needed!



Daffodils






Everything is greening up quickly.



This is how most tulips look in Corning today, including mine. They will be opening within a day or two. I counted 25 in my tiny garden. Can't wait to see them!



Can you believe that beautiful green grass?! Already needs cutting all over town.



West Market Street. On the left is Three Birds Restaurant. Years ago it used to be a car dealership and an elevator transported cars to the upper floors for display. In the middle is the old McClintock Hotel and bar. Gone now. On the right, the lower floor housed the Shoe Doctor for many years. Upstairs was an apartment. I lived there for several years. Too noisy with a bar next door and several across the street! Otherwise a great place to live.



Tommy Hilfiger, one of the newer establishments on Market Street.






Waiting patiently in Wegmans parking lot.

Steuben Glass

The end of a building. The end of a century-old business.



Right: CMOG. Middle: Steuben Glass. Rear: Corning Inc’s “C” Building



















First crocuses of 2013 (the first I saw) ~ in front of CMOG (Corning Museum of Glass).






(The previous photos were taken at the end of March.)


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CMOG - Outside And All Around





Arts Destination





March 30, 2012

Tuesday, walking home after the second of two meetings. Warmer weather today and tomorrow. A regular heat wave, ha!

A photographer or is it a filmographer, from WENY-TV? Anyways, the film was rolling on a store across the street.

Tuesday morning dancing at Corning’s Senior Center.

Traffic light repairs or replacement.

CMOG’s bus runs back and forth from the Corning’s north side to the south side. That’s Doug driving.

Ernie and his assistant making their Market Street sweep, redecorating windows for the next season/holiday.

A long look at Market Street. Bento Japanese restaurant, authentic home-cooked meals.

I finally got a chance to stop in and talk with artist Barbara Hall Blumer.

Did that car wink at me?!

(Click on any photo to see an enlargement)

I’m hoping winter will arrive soon with its pure whites; meantime, everything is rather gray here in Corning NY. Except the mood, of course, and decorations ~ as we anticipate and prepare for Christmas.

In order to perk up the colors a bit, I’ve reached back in time to 2010 and 2011...


March 2010

Near the Corning Museum of Glass’s Rakow Museum.

On Corning’s northside, near Emanuel Lutheran Church.

August 2010

Corning’s northside.

One of the gardens surrounding Corning Inc’s headquarters building.

Meditation garden by First Presbyterian Church.

Flags and ornamental grasses in front of the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG).

January 2011

Chemung River viewed from Bridge Street bridge (looking west). It becomes the Conhocton River at the far visible point.

May 2011

Two views of the same fence, same picture. The first shot is only slightly enhanced. The second more so. Couldn't make up my mind which to use so decided to use both.

A Corning home.