Saturday, July 30, 2011

Inside theBotanical Gardens

There is a lush growth of plant life in the Botanical Gardens, from tropical species to local flowers. There is also giant goldfish in a pond below the waterfalls. Here's some more pictures that I took at the Gardens...





Friday, July 22, 2011

Botanical Gardens Lake

Here is the lake that is on the Botanical Gardens property. It's pretty scenic.






Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wind Surfing on Lake Erie

At Hamburg Beach along Lake Erie, many enjoy the beach and sun and some take to wind surfing.





Monday, July 18, 2011

Road Trip! Warren, PA

On my trip to the Drake Well Museum in Titusville and the Kinzua Dam, we passed through Warren, PA. It is a small town/village, but has a nice atmosphere to it, especially near the Allegheny River which goes under a picturesque bridge.





Saturday, July 16, 2011

Road Trip! Drake Well Museum

On the same day trip that we went to Kinzua Dam, we had gone to the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, PA first. There they have all these exhibits, a museum and displays of how the first oil well in American came about.







Friday, July 15, 2011

Road Trip! Kinzua Dam

Went on a Sunday roadtrip to PA. Stopped off at Kinzua Dam and took some pics there.





Thursday, July 7, 2011

Our Lady of Victory Basilica

Our Lady of Victory Basilica is similar to the Catholic cathederals you'd see in Rome or in Europe. It is a sight to behold.





Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Botanical Gardens

At Buffalo's Botanical Gardens, they feature a variety of plants from all over the world. Also, there's a waterfalls and big gold fish swimming in a lake.




Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Fireworks from this year

Once again we were able to sit in our back yard and watch fireworks from the country club across the street from us. The fireworks are able to be seen almost directly overhead, except for those closer to the ground. The trees block out full \view of those. Here's some pictures I took from my backyard on July 3 of this year...







Sunday, July 3, 2011

Backyard fireworks

We live across the street from a golf course and they shoot fireworks the day or so before the 4th of July. The displays are right over our house, so we get a great view from our back yard. Here are some of the displays I took pictures of from the comfort of my own back yard: