Near Harrisville, NY. East of Watertown. West side of the Adirondacks.
The sandy soil supports healthy moss garden in full sun.
Always something to do.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Rome, NY; August, 2023
Rome, NY is in the center of the state, on the biking hiking Empire State Trail.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
This sidewalk mosaic depicts the Great Carrying Place, portage watershed between the waters of the Mohawk River flowing to the Hudson and Wood Creek flowing northwest to Lake Ontario.
Great Carrying Place 'De O Wain 'Sta'
The Haudenosaunee of New York and the Great Lakes region (People of the Long House) are also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/who-we-are/
Tribes had different territories and distinctive customs.
The Oneida or Onyotaaka, People of the Standing Stone, were centered on Rome, NY, called De O Wain Sta, The Great Carrying Place. This was the watershed between waters flowing east and south to the Hudson River and waters flowing west and north to Lake Ontario. A short gap separated the two watersheds. This strategic place was a center of commerce for Native Americans and later settlers. Fort Stanwix was an important battle site during the Revolution.
Walmart
Not sure where this was, but maybe they all look similar.
Lots of stuff, not lots of people.
We had a hard time finding the bathroom.
Staunton, August 2023
Montgomery Hall Park
The City purchased 148 acres of land in 1946 during the Jim Crow segregation era for use as a park for the local African-American community, and it continued in that manner until 1969, when it was desegregated and incorporated into the rest of the City park system.
Farmers Market
Staunton Music Festival, in Trinity Episcopal Church https://www.stauntonmusicfestival.org/
Wedding of Jen and Stefan
The Ballroom at Ellis Preserve https://ellispreserve.com/
Brother Will gives Jen away
In Loving Memory
Wedding Photos
Cocktail Hour
Wedding Toast
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