http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog Home improvement with an eye toward sustainability Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:05:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was a teenager in upstate NY.  The 1980 Winter Olympics were taking place in Lake Placid, NY.  Not exactly next door to my house, but much closer than most large world events.  The cold war was really in full swing, Carter was in office, the Hostages were still in Iran. ... http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog/the-miracle-on-ice-was-30-years-ago/ Must resist temptation to publish pictures of snow... Must Resist Temptation to Publish Pictures of Snow... http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog/pictures-of-snow/ I think Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors. Or have term limits. http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog/things-to-ponder/ From last Sunday, October 11, 2009.  I though for sure that there would be a good amount of color along the Husdon River, however, likely due to the micro climate induced by the warmer river water, the trees were mostly green.  Around the Casa De Catskill, everything is bright orange ... http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog/walkway-over-the-hudson-pictures/ After years of work and hurculean efforts by all those involved, the Walkway over the Hudson opened last night.  The original  structure, the Poughkeepsie Rail Road bridge was built in 1888 to to carry rail traffic over the Hudson, mostly coal trains on their way from the Pennsylvania coal fields ... http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog/walkway-over-the-hudson-aka-poughkeepsie-rail-road-bridge/