Walkabout picture 5

Federal Building PlaqueDid you know Lockport had a Federal Building? I didn’t.

This is one of those places everyone called by another name. If you can’t guess it, or don’t know already, you’ll laugh because it’s so obvious. Click on the photo for another clue.

Yesterday: The cannon at Altro Park, or as we will forever call it Willow Park because that’s what it was called when we grew up there and it’s on Willow Street in Lockport. The cannon is at the corner of Willow and Cottage.

Walkabout 4

Heavy MetalMassive metal, painted black, sits silent, waiting at a Lockport corner.

When I was a kid, and dinosaurs roamed the earth, this used to be a favorite spot to sit, climb and hang out. The grass around this spot was worn away from use and many a bump and bruise was gotten falling here.

Into the breechToday, I rarely see anyone give it a second glance. The park it sits in seems to have more to offer in its brightly colored swings, slides and playground equipment, all of which is safe and soft plastic, not dangerous metal like this metal dinosaur.

A tribute to a war long gone, there is no plaque to commemorate it’s placement here. Yet it sits, large as life, as the biggest example of it’s kind in Lockport.

Wheels of WarWhere am I? Read tomorrows walkabout post to find out. Continue Reading…

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A round circle of concrete awaitsThis round circle of concrete sprouts grass from the cracks in it. It seems like it has been there forever, but once was a water storage tower. Today, it sports a monument honoring Fallen Heroes.

This Memorial is found there

Do you know what this is? Click the photos for another clue. The answer will be given tomorrow.

Yesterday… Continue Reading…

Walkabout photo 2

It's always a good day to read a bookHere’s another sight from my walks around home. This is the same location as yesterday’s, so if you guessed that one, you’ve got this one.

I took these photos with my cellphone, so they are definitely low-tech. But they came out okay. I may get ambitious and carry my good camera along on some walks.

It’s always a good day to read a book, if you’re these two kids. This art seems to capture a perpetual lazy, summer day. I always liked this one and it often catches my eye, even as I drive by this location.

Read tomorrows post to find out where this is.

Yesterday’s photo: Continue Reading…