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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Stewart Park Circle of Drums

I didn't go to Auburn this past weekend. It was nice I didn't have to make the hour's drive. John came to my house instead for the weekend.

Gimme some food!
I SAID gimme some food!
Mama stood by keeping other adults away so her babies got fed

Here is an interesting link on confusing domestic geese (and hybrids): confusing domestic geese...

So anyway, on Saturday afternoon we went to Stewart Park (Cayuga Lake) and walked around a bit and enjoyed the scenery and all the Canada geese and seagulls begging for food. A fellow John had corresponded with online had said he and a group of others would be at the park around 5:00ish for a drum circle. We didn't know exactly where they would be, but didn't actually hear any drumming until around 5:30. So we wandered over where they were and actually joined right in and beat some time. It may seem weird to some people, but it was kind of fun, social, family-friendly and FREE (and free of alcohol).







We are both planning to head to Woodstock on Thursday to spend a couple of days there relaxing at a summer party/BBQ with old friends of John's. John will be taking his PA and guitar with him because his friends from that area that are coming to the party are all musicians. (John used to live and work in that area for about 20 years.)

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

93rd Birthday Celebration Weekend

This past weekend was a terrific weekend! We started out with a nice evening picnic at the sailboat launch in Emerson Park on Owasco Lake. John picked up take-out from Connie's (a Mexican restaurant in Auburn) for the two of us. I took some photos while we were there.

Owasco Lake - Auburn, NY

John's dad turned 93 on Wednesday, July 4th. On Saturday, we had a wonderful picnic celebration at John's sister's home (which is the home John and his brothers and sisters grew up in).

John's dad cutting birthday cake


John's dad and oldest son, Christopher


John played and sang


"Now I've got a few words to say."

On Sunday, we took a drive out route 318 and dug up some "butterfly weed" that we had seen growing there on our way out to Rochester the weekend before. We also dug up a "black-eyed Susan-looking plant". (I transplanted them all to my house yesterday.) When we got back from rt. 318 we stopped in briefly at Emerson Park again and I got some pics of young ducks. Then we went to Niles, heading toward our friends' Jack and Heather's house. We stopped and visited an old silo down a seasonal road on the way there. John would like to play his sax and guitar in the silo because of the fantastic sound qualities. He is going to try to get permission from the owner.


We call these young ducks "teens"



Old barn and silo in Niles


I thought the different shading of the bark on this tree looked interesting.


This was a storm coming in.

While we were at Jack and Heather's, we noticed all the moths "parked" on a shed door. They were quite interesting and didn't seem to care that we were observing them. I am finding that if I take time to observe them closely, they turn into "cute little critters" that Pixar could use as a base for movie characters.


Thursday, July 05, 2007

My Latest Accomplishment

I took a video with my SONY DSC-H5 camera at one of John's gigs (John Reilly Band from Auburn, NY) on June 22, 2007. I created an edited down-sized movie from it. Check it out: