An Oasis

This is someone's front yard! I found it by accident. I was in East Bloomfield and pulled into the wrong driveway and this is what I came across. Wow!

Fast Ferry

Fast ferry service is scheduled to start this week between the Port of Rochester and Toronto.

Pretty Faces

Rochester, NY real estate exposes me to fine people and pretty faces.

Lilly

So, I'm a sucker for flowers. I sold a house last week in Rochester's 19th Ward and the front yard had the prettiest lillys.

Lake Views

 

Ferns

Sometimes the most lush gardens are found in the least expected places. I had to do a broker price opinion on a shack in South Dansville. The roof was leaking, the floor buckled but the yard had gone wild with huge lush ferns.

Lilacs in Bloom

Pinks, lite purple, deep purple, even white. Each May, Rochester hosts the Lilac Festival at Highland Park and you can see (and smell) many different varieties of lilacs.

Rochester's Highland Park

Rochester, NY has many beautiful parks and Highland Park is one of my favorite.

Mother's Day at the Thousand Islands

What a nice way to treat a mother! A dear friend of mine spent her summers growing up on the Thousand Islands. When a new cottage came on the market Mother's Day, her husband said "go for it." When we jumped out of the car, this is the view that greeted us! I now understand why the Thousand Islands Real Estate Market is so hot!

Spring Time

It is cold and windy but at least the flowers have started to bloom in western New York.

SUNY Geneseo Crew Team

We live on Conesus Lake in the NY Finger Lakes. This spring, the SUNY Geneseo Crew Team practiced every morning at day break.

West Swamp Road

South of Conesus Lake

Sun Rise

A sun rise on Conesus Lake is worth waking up for.

Ice Fishing on the Finger Lakes

Conesus Lake has lots of ice fisherman all winter long. They drill a hole in the ice.

Then, they will sit on the ice for hours, waiting for some action. Finally, a bite and they slowly pull the line in.





And then they land the fish.

Golf-aholic!

My husband practicing his golf swing on a frozen Conesus Lake! 

Just Before the Water Turns to Ice

Almost every year, Conesus Lake will freeze solid. But there is a time just before, when the water is warmer than the air, that you often get a beautiful mist.

Springwater, NY Llama Farm

No, this isn't one of my clients. Most of my clients are not this cute. The views and the critters were spectacular at the Springwater Farm.

Loon Lake

Loon Lake is located between Cohocton and Wayland in Steuben County. You don't hear too much about it, which is probably good for the lake. Part of the lake's charm is that the cottages are not lined up shoulder-to-shoulder.

Boating

Conesus Lake is about 8 miles long and just less than a mile across, perfect size for putt-putting in a party boat. My cousin, Lexy, from Baltimore thought so!

If You Know Honeoye Falls, You Know This View.

I'm sure this view in the Village of Honeoye Falls has been painted hundreds of times and photographed thousands of times. If you move a few feet to your right, you can capture the falls from a totally different view.

My favorite view of Honeoye Falls has nothing to do with the falls. It was taken on the front porch of a house I sold on Maplewood Ave. Honeoye Falls is a front-porch sort-of-town. There is something mighty special about sitting on your front porch and talking to all the friendly folk walking by!