The Lake Slowly Fills

The Dredge is Finished!

The construction is finished, the workers and the heavy equipment gone, leaving only:

Divots in the Pavement

Occupy Pine Lake

A few weeks ago I had a meeting in the West Village in Manhattan. Being in town, I took the subway to Wall Street and walked the few blocks to Zucotti Park, where Occupy Wall Street was taking place to see history being made. Here are some photos.

Les Fleurs d'Octobre

Les Fleurs d'Octobre

New Jersey Botanical Gardens

I had every intention of driving up to the New Jersey Botanical Gardens yesterday to take pictures. It was a nice sunny day and I figured the fall foliage would be at its prime.

Instead, I spent the day dealing with a leaky tire. I had it repaired at Sears and it went flat on the road 30 minutes later. The gorillas in the service bay had tightened the lugs of my sweetie's car far more than I could handle with the short-handled lug wrench that came with her Honda Civic. After waiting for a service truck it was back to Sears, which was by then really busy, but thankfully they moved me to the head of the line and put on a brand new tire, no charge. By then it was too late to get to the gardens.

I figured it was all over because a huge October snowstorm was moving in-- but this morning we drove up to the Gardens just as the snow was starting-- show that is dumping up to 14 unseasonal inches on the Northeast. Here are the photos:

Pine Lake Bums Reunion

I wasn't there, but the former residents of Pine Lake known as the Pine Lake bums had a reunion and picnic at the lake last week. People who hadn't seen one another in decades met again and had a great time.

Click Read More for a few of their photos:

The Lake Fills!

OMG! OMG! OMG!

There's water in the lake!

Not much yet, to be sure, but the lake is filling!

The photo is from the Facebook group Pine Lake bums.

A Walk Around the Lake, 10/6/2011, I. Apartments

Some Pictures of Houses

Duck Inn

Laura Smith tells me she believes this cute house on the southwest corner of the lake was once called Duck Inn.

Matt

City worker Matt was whitewashing the wall at the beach last week and graciously let me take his picture.

Every time I see Matt he's smiling. :)

Late September Flowers