We Shoulda' Named Him "Garfield"!!!

After reading a posting from Widow With Dogs (Egg-in-a-Poke), I was reminded and inspired to cook myself some eggs-in-toast.

Well, it turns out (big surprise--NOT) my cat Onslo wanted to get at it also. As you can probably surmise, Onslo thinks every food is for him and that he feels he hasn't been fed since infinity--I guess he should have been named "Garfield".

Great Artist - Jack Wrobel

I had to come back and add a new post to showcase the art of our friend Jack Wrobel. This is a photo of a painting Jack did. It is now part of John W. Reilly's collection. Hope you can see the textures in the painting.

Today Was an Indoor Day!

Rain, rain, rain! It rained so much during the night and into the morning that at one point my driveway had a wide river across it. Luckily my property is so stony it has really good drainage so the river disappeared before noon. Since I couldn't do much outside (or maybe just didn't feel like it?), I played at the computer today and had more fun with my pictures from yesterday. I enjoyed the alpacas so much I post another pic today. Also, here are more pics from my visit to Baker's Acres in Lansing.

Animals and Plants!

I went to John's house on Saturday this weekend because he had a practice session on Friday night with the new band he's in. He played saxophone with a keyboard player named "Bobby McGee" on Saturday night in Canandaigua at a place called Eddie O'Brien's. So if I had asked him who was playing that night, he figured he could say "Me and Bobby McGee"! Anyway... Sunday we worked around his house for a while and then visited our friends Jack and Heather. I had the camera with me, so I was able to get some pics of their pets and also some alpacas on the way to their house.

The dog pictures are of "Cassie"; she loves attention! The cat picture is of "Chloe". Both belong to Jack and Heather.

On the way to Jack and Heather's we saw some alpacas and also some wild "Joe Pye Weed" along the side of the road. Today I stopped at Baker's Acres in Lansing and found the domestic version of the plant so I took a picture of the label so I knew the scientific name for it. I can't wait to take my sister to see all the plants there, but I better wait for pay day!

The alpacas seemed as curious about their photographer as she was about them!

When I got the picture of the Joe Pye Weed label, I also got some shots of the many, many beautiful and interesting plants at Baker's Acres. I've added a couple of pics here.

I love digital cameras!

Thank Goodness for Friends and Family

Yesterday while my sister and I were outdoors at my house working on weeding and planting, a big pickup truck with a cap on it pulled into the driveway. I couldn't imagine who it was...until he got out of the truck and walked toward me. It was an old friend from many years ago. He said he had been working in Cortland and came by my house everyday and decided he would stop in and see how I was doing. While we were visiting we happened to talk about my lawn mower and he got down on his knees and checked it out for me. I felt it was vibrating too much and thought maybe the shaft or blades were bent, but he said they weren't and would bring me some sponge pipe insulation to help with the vibration. I thought that was nice but he would probably not remember it and I wouldn't see him again. Well, this afternoon he surprised me and stopped in again. He not only brought the insulation, but he put it on the mower and taped it so it wouldn't fall off. Before he arrived today, I had been working on my storm door. I wanted to take the old one off (because it was damaged at the bottom) and put a different one on, but the screws were rusted and I couldn't get them out. I asked his advice on what I could do to get the screws out. He not only told me, he got them out and together we put another door on that I had in my garage. He had to drill new holes because the screw holes didn't line up with the doorway screwholes, and he had to do some adjustment on one corner of the doorway so the door didn't catch. So now I have a nice door with a screen in it! Thanks to Tom Brady.

After Tom left yesterday, my sister and I went driving in the country and found some wild flowering plants to plant at my house. She has been coming to my house every Wednesday to help me around my house. She gets me going and gets me out in the sunshine instead of sitting in my chair watching mindless TV. We are making a brick patio between my deck and the side of my garage. It is hard work. We have the sand down but will have to level it and lay the bricks yet. Here is a pic of the project in progress. Thanks Pat.

The Commander Cody Band at Turkey Trot

The photo is of my boyfriend, John (left) with Chris "Tiny" Olson (right). Because of lighting and position, I could not get a good pic of the whole band. Chris has performed with John in the past and is the steel player on some of John's recordings. During the breaks, Chris and John were able to spend some time reminiscing and making future plans. Chris will be adding his steel to some new original songs by John. I found everyone in the band to be very down to earth and nice. It was a great experience--not to mention how great the food was! I love the Turkey Trot facilities (Candor, NY).

"Prism in the Sky"

I caught this pic at the last minute. The view is from Gahwiler Rd. (in Moravia, I believe), out in the country where we often go to look at the view over Owasco Lake and surrounding area.
The inset shows the prism I wanted to capture. It was much stronger when I first saw it, but by the time I could get the camera going it has faded out.

My pics from Skaneateles

I thought this was pretty cute and clever!

I caught this shot at the last minute as the gull
was flying over my head.

Where are all the Lilliputians?!

A Day in Skaneateles and Auburn Area

My boyfriend, John, and I had a wonderful day in Skaneateles, NY, yesterday. We started out with breakfast on the back deck of the Blue Water Grill. The weather was perfect (some might have thought the breeze was cold, but it was perfect for us). After breakfast we walked along the lake front in the park and I took pictures of the sights--ducks, flowers, statues, antique car (Studebaker), the tour boat, a local church, boats, dogs, birds, etc. We went into the "chocolate store" and limited ourselves to a small slice of fudge with cherries in it and three truffles. All were delicious of course. We checked out the Skaneateles Yacht and Country Club and I took lots of pictures of sailboats and seagulls. When we left there we traveled to our friends Heather and Jack's geodesic dome home and visited with them and took a walk in the woods below their home. The day was so great already, but didn't end there. We went to Kosta's restaurant on Grant Ave. (Auburn) and each got a marinated chicken caesar salad for our dinner. After dinner we visited our friend Bob Mahar and his daughter Trisha for a short while before heading home to John's house and a night of pleasant sleep after re-living in my mind the day's events. Every day in my life should be so pleasant!!!

Here In Wendy's World

Last October was my first trip out of the U.S. I traveled with my boyfriend to Costa Rica for two weeks. We liked it so much we went again in December. We liked it so much we bought land there. We went again in February of this year. John's two teenage boys also went with us on this trip. The boys and John had to return to the U.S. after ten days because the boys had to go back to school and John had to go back to work. Lucky me though, I got to stay there (because I am retired) for two months and finalized the purchase of additional land. This photo was captured from our land looking across the road to our neighbor's land. When I saw the formation of the cloud I just had to capture it. The "smokestack" looks like the profile of a man's face (looking to the left). See his mouth and nose? He had just let off some steam (see the puff in the sky)!


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