Mushrooms have been really abundant around here after all the rain we saw. Today I came across a Painted Suillus mushroom and brought it home and cooked it up for […]
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Fishing the Wynantskill
I fished the Wynantskill in West Sand Lake before work and again after work. The day was overcast and a bit rainy. It was a chilly morning. Small trout, maybe […]
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Cohoes Falls
A fishing dock was built just for the purpose of fishing below the dam. There are also handicapped accessible fishing docks above the falls. The Waterford flight of docks looks […]
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Dwaas Kill Kayak Fail
I tried kayaking the Dwaas kill starting at the intersection of Plank and Kinns Road. I hopped in, and after about 100 feet of climbing over logs and crashing through […]
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Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker paid a visit to our front yard today. I should have been nice and let him be, but instead I chased him out of the yard with a […]
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Big Bass
Giant Puffball Mushroom
jstookey I found a giant puffball mushroom today while doing a bit of fishing after work. The giant puffball is a choice edible mushroom. I have seen a few before, […]
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Hudson River Flooding
The Green Island Bridge in Troy, NY was closed today. I took a short detour and stopped to take a look at the Hudson River near Brown’s Brewing Company and […]
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Irene's Morrow
I took these pictures the day after Hurricane Irene payed us a visit. I was checking out the water levels for various streams in the area. You can click on […]
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Post-Hurricane Water Levels
Anthony Kill Ordinarily the Anthony Kill stays safely nestled in its small creek bed, but now that it has nearly outgrown the Coons Crossing Bridge that stands over it, nothing […]
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