Silver screen — Lake Erie — sailboat and seagull explore a lee shore, Woodlawn Beach State Park, between Buffalo and Hamburg, New York, 30August08.

Startled geese vote with their wings, Woodlawn Beach State Park, Lake Erie between Buffalo and Hamburg, New York, 30August08.

Treetops in blue and green, making a covering to rival Superman’s cape. Roger Tory Peterson Institute grounds^[1], Jamestown, New York, 26August08.

1. Roger Tory Peterson Institute [↩]

String of Weekend Skiffs^[1] waiting for rower-renters on Hoyt Lake, Delaware Park, 21August08.

1. Weekend Skiff [↩]

Righteous sunset plus car headlights, Environmental Cottage,^[1] Grand Island, New York, 27August08.

1. Environmental Cottage [↩]

In the worship space, Gaines (New York) Congregational United Church of Christ, 15August08.

Gold banks of the Erie Canal near Middleport launch ramp, 21September08.

On the U.S. side, in the shadows of Canadian high-rises, hundreds of visitors to Goat Island on a hot evening enjoy the mist and water, International Falls overlook, falls of Niagara, 23August08.

Enduring strength of wind and water, sunset, Buffalo Harbor mouth and breakwall, 16August04. First of a series.

Today’s post has three parts.

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This is the first part:

Our cat Bella hides, almost successfully, under the bedsheets, 21August08.

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This is the second part of today’s post:

Bella plays are-ya-lookin’ in the bedsheets, 21August08.

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This is the three part of today’s post:

Bella is as beautiful in available light as she is when flash-lit, 21August08.