Here's
a photo of Tracy's Crab Apple Bonsai plant this spring. It had
a full bounty of blossoms.
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
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 on Causeway Street
Celtics and Bruins Champions
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 Park Celebrates American Men and Women who contribute to
the defense of our country
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 in Boston, the start of the Boston Greenway
Chihuly Glass Art
Chihuly Glass Art
Chihuly Glass Art
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.
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
Logan Christian - Finger Lakes Snocross
Ross Martin - 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.
Looking towards the sun room.
Looking into the kitchen.
Sun Room floor.
Hallway to front door.
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