Cold Marigolds

After last week's messy and early storm, a marigold peeks out of the snow by the Albany Institute of History and Art.

Troy Lilies

I don't get to Troy very often and that's definitely something I need to change. But this weekend, I ventured across the Hudson to attend RiverFest and it was absolutely worth it. It was one of the better street fairs I've been to in a long time (and one band - The Neanderthals - was hilarious) and it gave me a chance to admire some of the wonderful historic architecture in downtown Troy (I recognized quite a few places where The Age of Innocence was filmed, too). These lovely lilies were at the Atrium; the store in the background is the excellent Market Block Books.