Corning NY December 2, 2013

Usually when I'm on vacation, I post photos of Maryland and Washington D.C. Which is where I vacation. Visiting family.

This time, however, I brought Corning photos with me on a flash drive. Time to use up miscellaneous pictures. All taken this year.

October 19... After deleting 7-8 similar pics, I couldn't decide between this one and the one above. So, you get both.

October 28... Taking photos from a hillside above the Patterson Bridge. Along came a man and his dog. Sweet dog once it calmed down and stopped trying to jump on me.

Again, I couldn't make a decision.

November 14... Bridge Street in the early evening. Traffic is heavy (for Corning) while the Patterson Bridge is closed (as in 'not there') and vehicles are detoured via Pulteney and Bridge Streets.

November 22... Misty morning. Corning Headquarters. Little Joe Tower. Towers on a Southside Hill in the background.

November 26... Taken from the second floor at Guthrie Clinic. YMCA across the street. Little Joe Tower in the background.

(Click on any photo for an enlarged version)


November 28... Sage in my garden. I pick and use all winter.

November 28...
Starlings, I think. They swoop from tree to tree in our neighborhood. A few days before leaving on vacation, I heard a loud sound go by my living room window several times. Looked outside and they were on the ground pecking and eating whatever it is they peck and eat. Every ten seconds or so, they'd swoop up into the sky, circle around and then come back down. Fascinating to watch.

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365-Degrees

A foggy morning greeted me on my walk to Guthrie Clinic for a 9:15 AM appointment. Exiting Guthrie and heading back west at just before 10 AM, some fog still remained, as seen in the photo above. On the right, you get a glimpse of CMOG--the Corning Museum of Glass--and on the left is the Corning YMCA. The river is just to the left (south) of the Y and I decided to walk along the dike.

What you see from this view is two bridges. The walking bridge is closest to me and just behind it is another bridge for vehicles. In the right upper corner of the pictures is part of Corning Inc. headquarters.

More of Corning Inc. headquarters can be seen on the left across the river, then Little Joe Tower.

Corning's Southside hill and the Bridge Street bridge.

Turning myself more to the right, I catch the edge of a parking lot next to the Corning Y.

On the right, in the front is a corner of the Corning YMCA and behind it a tennis court. Across the street and further back in the photo is CMOG. The tall building in the background is also part of Corning Inc. and faces Pulteney Street.

More of the YMCA...

Here we are back to Centerway Bridge.

I turned completely around -- no, I didn't. I just switched settings on the camera, so it would show me and the rest of the dike behind me.

Moving alongside the Chemung River, I'm getting closer to the Bridge Street bridge.

I've made it to the bridge and am giving you a long shot of the Patterson Bridge. See it in the distance (below the shadow on the hillside). Major renovations going on and as you can see, several spans of the bridge are missing.

This would probably be a good time to remind you to click on any photo to enlarge it and get a more detailed view of the scenery.

That was yesterday and the leaf pile is today. Corning City Public Works Department has been cleaning up their parks. The leaves are coming down fast!

Just past the Bridge Street bridge and you can see the Southside hill again. In the center of this picture and just a bit to the left is a huge (and still growing) pile of concrete debris from the bridge being renovated.

A bright sunny morning and a good time to walk on down the river to get a better view of the Patterson Bridge. This part of the dike has a sidewalk.

CORNING NY STEP BY STEP is now on Facebook. If you’re on Facebook, “Like” CNYSBS and you’ll see on your News Feed when I post a new entry to the blog, plus there will be extra photos of people, places and things of Corning, New York that didn’t make it into the blog itself.

This past Sunday was the WINEGLASS MARATHON from Bath to Corning. Several thousand participants and you can see lots of photos I took if you go to CNYSBS's Facebook page.

Bird and beads at Soulshine Studio.

Benjamin Patterson Inn ~ one of my favorite places to take photos, particularly using Hipstamatic.

Beautiful garden at the Radisson...

Magnificent skies this late summer...

The beauty of a beehive. Be sure to click on this one for an enlargement. I'm including it because it is on the property where my apartment is located. Photo reprinted with permission from Deb Combs.

Firepower ~ look closely!

Part of a gaggle of geese, littering sidewalk.

Fly away. Fly away home, geese.

A sure sign of summer. Where are all the usual 'swimmers'?

Headed back to Pennsylvania...

The Patterson Bridge crosses the Chemung. A multi-million dollar renovation/repair project.

Turn around and there in the distance is the Centerway Walking Bridge ~ also currently being renovated ~ and just behind it, the Brisco Bridge.

The beginning and the ending of many of my walks.

CORNING NY STEP BY STEP is now on Facebook. LIKE it and you’ll see when I post a new entry to that blog, plus there will be extra photos of people, places and things of Corning, New York that didn’t make it into the blog itself.