redundancy

Synonyms for FOOD:  chow, chuck, comestibles, cuisine, eats, feed, fodder, grub, mess,
                                      provender, slop, tucker, vittles

We did not dine at Food Chow City but the name caught my eye while driving by.

Food Chow City
45 East Bridge Street
Oswego, New York
9.28.2014

peaceful rest

 



On the peaceful shore of Lake Ontario lies a small cemetery which contains 77 graves of  soldiers, women and children who served or lived at Fort Ontario from the French and Indian War to World War II.  The Post Cemetery is situated on the grounds of Fort Ontario. The original Fort Ontario was erected in 1755, during the French and Indian War to bolster defenses already in place at Fort Oswego, near a trading post established in 1727.  In 1759, after being destroyed by the French a second British fort was constructed at this same location. The fourth and current Fort Ontario is built on the ruins of three earlier fortifications used during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.  It was occupied by the U.S. Army through World War II.  From 1944 to 1946 the fort served as the only refugee camp in the United States for mostly Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust under an Executive Order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  I enjoyed reading the history of the fort but it was closed when I visited.  The cemetery was open until dusk and provided a calm respite after a long day.

 

Fort Ontario

Oswego, New York

9.26.2014

so many red barns....too little time

 

Upstate New York is preparing for a gorgeous fall -  I was just there too early as the trees were just starting to turn.  The days were warm, the air was crisp, the sky was blue -- and I was indoors working!  This barn was adjacent to the Oswego Airport where we held training.  A couple of quick shots as we drove to class one morning was all the time I had.  Red barns were everywhere -- but too little time, too much traffic and other woes.  A great place to come back to.

 

Fulton, Oswego County, New York

9.26.2014

Oswego courthouse

 

I love this old tow with all its church spires, towers and turrets!  The Oswego Courthouse was built in 1859.  The domed cupolas join the other structures that pinpoint the town above the trees.  The Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Osewgo was a settlement in 1722 and Fort Ontario was built by the British in 1755.  Hard to imagine that kind of history when Lubbock was incorporated in 1909!

Oswego, New York