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Spring Bonsai
May 19TH, 2011

Here's a photo of Tracy's Crab Apple Bonsai plant this spring. It had a full bounty of blossoms.

Crab Apple Bonsai
Crab Apple Bonsai


Mother's Day Birding
May 14TH, 2011

A trip to my parent's house on Mother's Day gave me a chance to take some shots of their birds. They've got a good number of feeders and usually attract a good variety of birds. Got some good shots of a white crowned sparrow and some gold finches on the feeder. I hope to get some woodpecker and oriole shots this summer.

White Crowned Sparrow
White Crowned Sparrow

Gold Finches
Female and Male Gold Finches


Boston 2011
May 5TH, 2011

We made a quick in and out trip to Boston this past weekend to catch 2 Red Sox games at Fenway. Last year we decided that rather than taking several trips to Boston for Red Sox games we should try and get a couple back to back games to maximize our baseball and save ourselves some driving back and forth. We got some good tickets to the Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels, and made the best of what turned out to be a surprisingly warm first weekend in may. First stop was the "new" Boston Garden where we visited the Boston Sports Museum. Lots of neat stuff in there, plus the employees were getting the rink ready for Wednesday night's Semi-Conference finals game against the Philadelphia Flyers so we saw them checking out all the displays, score board, and sound the goal horn. It was really cool, and really empty.

Boston Garden
Boston Garden on Causeway Street

Celtics Championships
Celtics and Bruins Champions

Obstructed
Ohh No! Tracy got one of the fabled "obstructed view" seats. Doh!

Monday night was the first game at Fenway Park since the anti-terrorist raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, and the Red Sox organization went all out to honor our country. We had a couple Celtics and Bruins joined by a war veteran throw out the first pitches. Had members of the military come out for a moment of silence before the game and national anthem. And, the Red Sox unfurled their huge American flag over the Green Monster, which is usually only reserved for opening/patriots day games. So that was really cool to see. Plus the Red Sox won the game! Hooray!

Fenway Flag
Fenway Park Celebrates American Men and Women who contribute to the defense of our country

NESN, our favorite network
Tracy is excited about our favorite New England Sports Network, NESN!

Tuesday we went to the Boston Museum of Art and saw a really great Chihuly glass exhibit as well as some of the ancient art from Egypt, Greece, and Rome. We enjoyed the Japanese Garden outside in the courtyard of the museum. Afterwards we went to the New England Aquarium for a while and visited the new Shark and Ray Touch Tank where we got to touch the many rays that swam by. We saw the penguins too. Afterwards it was on to fenway for our second game. The Red Sox won this game too, and we saw David Ortiz hit another home run (his third of the season was Monday, and fourth was Tuesday).

Bunker Hill Bridge
Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston, the start of the Boston Greenway

Chihuly Glass Art
Chihuly Glass Art

Chihuly Glass Art
Chihuly Glass Art

Chihuly Galss Art
Chihuly Glass Art

Japanese Garden
Japanese Garden at the Boston Museum of Art, click to go to Panoramics Page for a close up

All in all a really great, if not really quick trip.


New Toy
March 24TH, 2011

We got a new toy at the house this month. Well, I guess I should say Tracy got a new toy, because this one is hers. Tracy got her RC Car in the mail this month. A Traxxas Rustler. It can reach speeds close to 45mph. ITs quite the RC car, and to be honest, a bit intimidating to drive at first. Here's a few videos of Tracy off roading it in the backyard, and in the snow. Good times!


Backyard Traxxas


Blizzard Traxxas


Syracuse Basketball
February 19TH, 2011

On Wednesday February 9th I went to the Syracuse Orangemen basketball game against the Georgetown Hoyas. It was a really great game and I had a really fun time. There was always something going on, something to cheer about, or chant about, or harass the Hoyas. Left Rochester around 4:40pm and I got stuck in Syracuse traffic a 6:05pm. After going around 200 feet in 20 minutes I broke out of line and meandered through the city streets until I found parking. Caught a bus to the arena and just missed the start of the game. Traffic was insane. The game was great, except the Orange got in foul trouble in the second half, missed some critical shots, and lost. Got out of the stadium quick, hopped a bus back to the parking lot, and made it home by 11:20pm. All in all a good trip, but pretty short game, I spent a lot more time in the car than watching basketball, so I doubt I would do it again.

Syracuse Basketball from 304 Row B
View from the seats.


Finger lakes Snocross 2011
February 7TH, 2011

This past Saturday we attended the AMSOIL Snocross Eastern Nationals at the Finger Lakes Racetrack in Farmington, NY. Its snow mobile racing and jumping at its finest. A lot of guys from the X-Games from ESPN were there too. I had gone last year, and it was pretty fun, so I decided to go again this year with Craig and Tracy. Last year it was around 15 degrees with 25 mph winds and quite cold. This year, forecast was for 32 degrees and cloudy, but a storm came in the afternoon and dumped at least 2-4 inches on us. It was really neat, but made picture taking quite challenging. I still got some great shots. You can view a few here, and the rest in my flickr galleries: Finger Lakes Snocross 2011, and the Freestyle Show gallery.

Jason Boron Finger Lakes Snocross
Jason Boron - Finger Lakes Snocross

Logan Christian Finger Lakes Snocross
Logan Christian - Finger Lakes Snocross

Ross martin Finger lakes Snocross
Ross Martin - Finger Lakes Snocross

Tucker Hibbert Finger lakes Snocross
Tucker Hibbert - Finger Lakes Snocross


New Floors
January 20TH, 2011

Tracy and I have been doing our part to help the economy again with the installation of our new floors a few weeks ago. We went with the same company that did our dinning room floors last year. This time we got the entry way, bathroom, kitchen and sun room done. It was a full week job, and they did a great job. There is a 5" border, followed by a thin light colored strip, dark strip, and then light strip again. The main area is filled with 16" x 16" squares. The border follows the outside of the room, around the cabinets, and the island. Here's some photos, click for a larger view.

Sun Room Kitchen
Looking towards the sun room.

Kitchen
Looking into the kitchen.

Sun Room
Sun Room floor.

Hallway
Hallway to front door.


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