Summer Ramblings - Down by the River

(With apologies to the Standells) 

Downtown Binghamton, New York is trying to reinvent itself.  For the past several years, it has had a trail along its river, the Chenango. (There is a second river, the Susquehanna, which meets the Chenango at what is called Confluence Park.  Today, I'd like to show you a little of the Chenango.

Growing up, I fell in love with a song about Boston, by a group called the Standells.

If Binghamton, New York, had its own song, it might have lyrics like these:

Down by the river....

Mosaics framing the Chenango River, downtown Binghamton, New York

Down by the banks of the Chenango River in Binghamton, NY.

Joe Pye Weed

That's where you'll find me on a lovely afternoon like last Friday.

Taken by my guest photographer

Binghamton, you're my home. (Not quite, I only work there.)

I have a love/hate relationship with Binghamton, but last Friday, the mood was love.

As for the mosaics in the first picture: as soon as I have time, I will feature more of them in a future post.

Thank you, readers, for keeping me company on a summer's day lunch walk.