Murals on Chestnut Street in San Antonio: Part 3

Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.
More public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio. These murals at the corner of Nolan Street at Chestnut, a short distance north of the Alamodome.

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Murals on Chestnut Street in San Antonio: Part 2

Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.
More public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio. These murals are a short distance north of the Alamodome in the area around Houston Street up to Nolan Street.

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Murals on Chestnut Street in San Antonio: Part 1

Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.
I spent some time this weekend checking out the public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio.

These murals are a short distance north of the Alamodome in the area around Houston Street up to Nolan Street and were created as part of the San Antonio Street Art Initiative.

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Paint Jam 6 at San Antonio’s Essex Modern City: Day 2

The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
The new artwork at Essex Modern City was either done or close to it on Sunday afternoon, the second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6. Top muralists from San Antonio and South Texas gathered for the event.

The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio.

Paint Jam 6 at San Antonio’s Essex Modern City

ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.
ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.
Artists at work on Saturday afternoon at ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City on San Antonio’s near east side not far from downtown.

The even is scheduled to continue on Sunday.

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New Jersey Shore: Atlantic City, Stone Harbor, Wildwood

Atlantic City, New Jersey in late September 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Atlantic City, New Jersey in late September 2024. – photo by Joe Alexander
Long before the beaches of New Jersey hosted reality TV, my family used head this way for summer vacations.

I made it back in late September. It was well past tourist season, especially on a weekday, but it was still warm enough for some enjoyable walks on the sand and boardwalks.

Memorials and public art in Atlantic City, New Jersey

9-11 Memorial near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., in September 2024. It honors first responders lost at the World Trade Center in New York. - photo by Joe Alexander
9-11 Memorial near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., in September 2024. It honors first responders lost at the World Trade Center in New York. – photo by Joe Alexander
There are a number of murals and other public art near the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.

The New Jersey Korean War Memorial and 9-11 Memorial are also just steps from the Boardwalk.

Dissent is Patriotic mural in Atlantic City

Dissent is Patriotic mural near the boardwalk in Atlantic City in late September 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Dissent is Patriotic mural near the boardwalk in Atlantic City in late September 2024. – photo by Joe Alexander
This is my favorite mural of those I found near the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

“Dissent is Patriotic” is even more colorful if you get to see it when the sun is shining on it. I just happened to be passing through on a cloudy day in late September.

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Sunset at Canadarago Lake in New York

A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. - photo by Joe Alexander
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. – photo by Joe Alexander
I spent a quiet evening in the back yard of an inn on the east side of Canadarago Lake near Richfield Springs, New York.

The lake is not far from Cooperstown and about halfway between Albany and Syracuse – but off the beaten path of the interstate system.

It was the last weekend of September and was still warm enough to enjoy the sunset without needing a jacket.

A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. - photo by Joe Alexander
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State.
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State. - photo by Joe Alexander
A late September sunset on the banks of Canadarago Lake in New York State.

Fall foliage begins changing colors in Poconos

Trees beginning to change colors along Interstate 81 in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania in late September 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Trees beginning to change colors along Interstate 81 in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania in late September 2024. – photo by Joe Alexander
Some of the trees in the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania were beginning to change colors as I drove through on Interstate 81 last weekend.

The weather hadn’t turned cold yet but it looked like autumn with drizzly rain and fog.

Peak time to see fall colors is probably another week away at the higher elevations and later in October in other parts of northern Pennsylvania and southern New York State.