{"id":2082,"date":"2016-10-26T20:16:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T12:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2016-11-08T22:51:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:51:08","slug":"20160804stewart-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/26\/20160804stewart-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Picnic in Stewart Park, Ithaca on August 4th, 2016, and Night Views in Cornell"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not sure, but somehow it seemed that the organizers of the month-long workshop at Cornell thought there should be some unique activities each week. So for the last week, the organized a picnic at Stewart Park, a local recreational park on Lake Cayuga.<\/p>\n

There was food (sadly I guessed this unproportionally summarized the picnic for quite a number of us), ball games offered by the wonderful professors at Cornell, and breathtaking views of Lake Cayuga under a setting sun. There wasn\u2019t much to talk about for the picnic, so this post would largely be a photo display of sunset at Stewart Park, together with the birds that dwelt in it.<\/p>\n

As with Chinese convention, the two of us from Tsinghua joined the procession of SJTU students, and laughed our way for 2.8 kilometers to Stewart Park.
\n

\"Lake<\/a>

<\/br>Lake Street<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n


\nThe images in this post are hosted on Imgur. Email me should there be any display problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Toad<\/a>

<\/br>Toad Decorations outside Homes<\/br>Since the majority of the program participants came from SJTU, there was quite some excitement as this being a metaphor for the Toad<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Tabernacle<\/a>

<\/br>Tabernacle Baptist Church against Sun<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Ithaca<\/a>

<\/br>Ithaca Streets<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Fall<\/a>

<\/br>Fall Creek through Ithaca<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Ithaca<\/a>

<\/br>Ithaca High School Gym<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Ithaca<\/a>

<\/br>Ithaca High School Parking Lot<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Walking<\/a>

<\/br>Walking Along New York State Route 13<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Baseball<\/a>

<\/br>Baseball Field outside Ithaca High<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Railways<\/a>

<\/br>Railways Threshold to Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\nHere I shall skip the food part of the picnic. I shall summarize the ball game part of the picnic by saying I played Badminton with my friend, with a soft bat designed for kids (which was super fun); and I made the first baseball swing of my life, also with a plastic bat designed for kids. So, it was basically the professors offering toys for their once kindergarten sons and daughters to a bunch of university students.<\/p>\n

Moving on to the scenery part, the park looked splendid by the water under a setting sun.
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\"Tree<\/a>

<\/br>Tree against Sun<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Shorelines<\/a>

<\/br>Shorelines of Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Lake<\/a>

<\/br>Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Lake<\/a>

<\/br>Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\nThen I bumped into a bunch of ducks and gulls, traces of nature.
\n

\"Bird<\/a>

<\/br>Bird in Stewart Park Meadow<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds in Stewart Park Meadow<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying over Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying over Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying over Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Swamp<\/a>

<\/br>Swamp in Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Setting<\/a>

<\/br>Setting Sun over Stewart Park Swamps<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Setting<\/a>

<\/br>Setting Sun over Stewart Park Dock<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Ducks<\/a>

<\/br>Ducks in Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Ducks<\/a>

<\/br>Ducks Crossing Street in Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying over Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying over Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying over Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Birds<\/a>

<\/br>Birds Flying in Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Duck<\/a>

<\/br>Duck in Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Man<\/a>

<\/br>Man Feeding Birds in Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\nOh, the ducks and gulls were fed. No wonder there\u2019re so many of them flying around.
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga behind Clouds<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset over Lake Cayuga behind Clouds<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Lake<\/a>

<\/br>Lake Cayuga under Sunset Glow<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Railways<\/a>

<\/br>Railways Threshold to Stewart Park<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Ion<\/a>

<\/br>Ion Bridge over Fall Creek<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Pavements<\/a>

<\/br>Pavements on East Lincoln Street<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sunset<\/a>

<\/br>Sunset Glow over Lake Cayuga<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Alice<\/a>

<\/br>Alice Cook House at Night<\/p><\/div>
\nAt this time I thought it\u2019s too early to call it a day, so I went up the slopes for more night shots.
\n

\"Cornell<\/a>

<\/br>Cornell West Campus Apartments and West Ithaca<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Cornell<\/a>

<\/br>Cornell West Campus Apartments and West Ithaca<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Libe<\/a>

<\/br>Libe Slope and Lake Cayuga in the Distance<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Downtown<\/a>

<\/br>Downtown Ithaca in the Distance<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Cornell<\/a>

<\/br>Cornell West Campus Apartments and West Ithaca<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Trees<\/a>

<\/br>Trees on Libe Slope<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"McFaddin<\/a>

<\/br>McFaddin Hall and Lyon Hall and War Memorial<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Branches<\/a>

<\/br>Branches before Stars<\/p><\/div>
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\"Cornell<\/a>

<\/br>Cornell University Bell Tower at Night<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Cornell<\/a>

<\/br>Cornell University Bell Tower at Night<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Stars<\/a>

<\/br>Stars Floating in the Sky<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Stars<\/a>

<\/br>Stars Floating in the Sky<\/p><\/div>
\nIt felt to me that stars were a thing of the past in China under its severe air pollutions. Seeing the in the states was like, meeting a good old friend that I\u2019ve long missed. Although stars were among the least of things I longed for.<\/p>\n

Also, the five minutes of taking these shots were a good time for contemplation, for a pause that otherwise would not be possible in the daily rushes.
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\"Arts<\/a>

<\/br>Arts Quad at Night<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Big<\/a>

<\/br>Big Dipper and other Stars<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Big<\/a>

<\/br>Big Dipper in the Sky<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Lyon<\/a>

<\/br>Lyon Hall and Cornell West Apartments<\/p><\/div>
\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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