Arts In Bloom Weekend

Before setting out this morning, I wanted to get photos of this pontoon getting a Saturday morning shower. Kudos to the truck driver for a job well done, backing that huge boat into the wash bay.







Spring is officially here, not just because the calendar says so, but because the forsythia is blooming! Why are so many spring flowers yellow? Little Joe Tower, blue skies, sunshine, the slightest of breezes -- an all-round beautiful day.




Artists Michael Barr, Tom Gardner, Wilson Ong and others at work in front of and inside the West End Gallery.



















Exhibit A Contemporary Art...

Ribbon sculpture by Jeremy Holmes




Daphné Verley




The guard cat at Home Again Consignment takes a well-deserved break.

Who Is That Man And Would You Believe It Is Spring.

I was about twenty feet past this consignment store when I decided I had to back up! He was sleeping in the window display and is surrounded by window reflections, including clouds which look rather ghostly.


I would have cropped this photo closer to show off the birdhouses, but then I noticed the old plow in the foreground.









Corning Inc...








Corning Credit Union...

Corning firemen, plus one son, man The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle in Centerway Square.


A northside Christmas tree, near the Corning Senior Center.

“Marble” at Home Again & Closet Treasures on Market Street.

At The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes on Market Street.

Flag at half mast for Sandy Hook Elementary School victims.

If you’re in Bath, New York during the holidays, drive out Haverling Street (which becomes Mitchellsville Road) and look for the most decorated, most lit-up house on the road. No one (in Bath) has more Christmas decorations than Kris Goodrich.

Merry Christmas

Darlene, Ernie, Larry, Wendy and Barbara

I spotted this gorgeous, textured jacket and just had to ask for permission to photograph it. The lady was flattered and glad to pose. We walked on down the street chatting. As I was about to ask who she was (I knew I’d seen her someplace before), she stopped to enter Home Again. A-ha, it was Darlene, owner of a great little consignment store in Corning.

The falling leaves
Drift by my window
The falling leaves
Of red and gold

In the background: The Rockwell Museum. Foreground: parking lot of the new transportation center. Corner of Denison Parkway and Cedar Street.

Looking at the transportation center block from the opposite end. The frame of the building itself is complete and covered with plastic to protect it and the workers from the weather.

Stars shine in the windows of the Rockwell Museum.

Ernie creates beautiful scenes in Market Street shop windows.

Larry, semi-retired Star-Gazette writer, continues to comment on Corning Inc. His latest piece is Corning Watch: Gorilla Glass awaits King Kong demand.

I stood back from a street corner so these guys could continue on their way. Made for a good picture. Obviously the driver thought so, too. He stayed right there at the stop sign and smiled brightly until I took more photos.

Last minute touches the day before Exhibit A’s opening at their new spot on Market Street. Stop by and prepared to be bugged!

Centerway Square is being prepped for the holidays. A few lights are up and Santa’s shop has been erected. More to come...

Among the newest shops on Market Street is Crystal City Olive Oil. I totally missed this one as it was being readied. Fascinating place to go for olive oil tastings.

Wendy, owner of Crystal City Olive Oil...

Barbara is bottling my choice, a mushroom and sage infused olive oil. You can read about my first use of it at my food blog Step by Step in the Kitchen where I made Acorn Squash Stuffed with Brown Rice Pilaf.