The Buffalo Niagara Youth Hostel, my neighbor down Main Street, held their Moonlight Meander benefit bike ride tonight. I took these pictures from my roof, one of the many benefits of living downtown!

On our way to Tifft Farms for a hike me and my friend Darrell went for an impromptu visit to Times Beach Nature Preserve. It was a great fall day for hiking, sunny and almost 70 degrees.

I'm so glad I finally got to hike around Times Beach. There are a lot of great views of not only the lake but the skyline and the marsh also.

What a great view of the windmills from the breakwall at Times Beach.

Here's a hidden view of the Buffalo skyline from the beach.

After our hike at Times Beach we stopped at Dug's Dive on Fuhrmann Boulevard for lunch. Darrell even paid, can't be that!

Looking at the restaurant from the harbor docks.

Here's the view of the small boat harbor from behind Dug's Dive.

After lunch we went to Tifft Nature Preserve on Ohio Street , not far from downtown Buffalo. It was jammed packed with wildlife to watch!

The look from atop the mounds is amazing. Behind me is the lake. What a great spot to lay down a blanket, grab a bottle of wine and some cheese and watch the sunset on Lake Erie!

Here's me standing atop of one of three mounds.

You can see just a bit of OLV Basilica in Lackawanna from the top of the mounds.

No snakes were seen on Snakeroot Trail.

A look at Lake Kirsty where it narrows considerably.

Tweety bird?

Along with the numerous birds, we spotted a beaver, rabbit, and numerous deer, including this doe near the boardwalk.

This picture is looking east on Berm Pond.

I took this picture of a small doe in some really cool backlighting on Mosquito Junction trail.

And finally, the sole buck we seen all day was on our way out on Snakeroot Trail.

The Buffalo News reported yesterday that FINALLY, someone is taking on the task of making the 500 block of Main so that it doesn't look so much like Beirut. This project is long overdo! Thank God for Rocco Termini and his foresite to keep these projects going downtown.

I got recruited to take pictures at my brothers wedding shower on a Bills sunday. Thank God they we were playing New England! My brother and his fiancee (Connie) open their gifts.

Me and my brother turn away from the awful Bills game for a picture!

All the family and and friends await the opening of their gifts!

My friend Darrell asked me to take pictures for him of Buffalo's landmarks and architecture to send back to the people he met on his trip to Poland two weeks ago. So off we went on a whirl wind driving tour of the city. I took 130 pictures, you'll only see about half of them on here. Away we go!

The fountain at Gates Circle operates as long as the weather permits.

The Delaware Park Casino sits beyond Hoyt Lake.

The rear of the Buffalo Historial Society, completed in 1901, faces Mirror Lake. It was built to be the New York State building at the 1901 Pan American Exhibition. It is the only building still remaining from that exhibition.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln sits below the amazing detail and columns at the rear of the building.

Rockwell Hall (1928) at Buffalo State College is home to the Burchfield Penny Art Center. The tower was built to replicate Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The building is said to honor the Colonial architecture seen in Williamsburg, Virgina.

The new Burchfield Penny Art Center is coming together across the street from the old one.

The Albright Knox Art Gallery on Elmwood Avenue was completed in 1905 and evokes Erectheum like the Acopolis in Athens, Greece.

This piece of art that sits in front of the gallery is polished and hallow, giving the appearance the you are upsidedown when you peer into it. There's me and my friend Darrell in the center.

This architectural feature of the Greek muses of the arts appears at the rear of the gallery.

The rear of the art gallery overlooks Hoyt Lake.

The Richardson Towers highlight the former Buffalo State (Psychiatric Center) Hospital, which was constructed from (1870-1896).

A closer look at the Richardson Towers.

The Connecticut Street Armory (1898-1900) sits across from Carla Perla Park on the city's westside. It is home to one of many New York Army National Guard quarters.

The enormous Grover Cleveland High School sits across from Symphany Circle.

Kleinhans Music Hall (1938-1940) was one of only a few such building built during The Great Depression.

Symphany Circle in front of Kleinhans was rebuilt a couple of years ago. The First Presbyterian Church ((1889-1891), made of Medina sandstone peeks out on the right.

A closer look at the detail of the street lamp in the circle.

Taken from Niagara Square, Buffalo City Hall (1929-1932) sits behind the McKinley Monument (1907) which was built to recognize the late President who was assassinated in Buffalo during the Pan American Exposition of 1901. Did you know that there's an observation deck on the 28th floor that provides an unobstructed 360 degree view of the city? (It's open Monday thru Friday 8-4 p.m.)

The current U.S. Federal Courthouse will eventually be replaced with the new one being built across Niagara Square.

The Statler Hotel (1921-23) on Niagara Square, is currently undergoing major renovations.

I can't wait for this beach to materialize. Get that driftwood out of here!

Anchors away! Me at the marina.

The Buffalo skyline. Need I say more?

The observation tower is where all these great skyline pictures were taken from.

Did you know Buffalo has a Harbor Master headqaurter out of the observation tower at the Erie Basin Marina? His job is to monitor and plot out boat traffic into and out of the Buffalo River area.

Here's a great view of the Buffalo skyline via the marina.