We've had so much heavy rain lately, the run-off into Canandaigua Lake makes the water color look almost Caribbean - at the south end you can see the stirred-up brown water from the West River forking into the lake water (view from Rt. 21)

spring flowers under the front steps
(playing with camera settings)

a moody, foggy morning


this is actually looking towards the eastern horizon during sunset - the cotton candy clouds are reflecting their colors from the West!

early evening downpour

for the briefest moment this morning there was a slice of gorgeous color across the sky, and then it disappeared again

Wednesdays with the Park Ave. Band!!!

circa 1988...?

I can't believe I found this on YouTube! On a whim I did a search for Park Ave. Band because back in the day A, K & I saw these guys every Wednesday night at Shnozz's in the Village Gate, or wherever else they played (often at the Warehouse, now called the Water Street Music Hall). Park Ave. Band ruled Rochester's live music scene back in those days (late 80s- can't you tell by the awful hair?). It was always a crowd that had fun together - great memories! (watch through to the end for the full experience - takes me right back!!!)

just as the sun peeked out, a dense cloud blanket tried to tuck it back in

the Pickle

image by Katarina Stefanović

Did you recognize this place until you looked in the lower left corner?

looks great, let's go

my mom's kitchen window

Too. Cool.

paintings by British artist Sarah Harvey

hmm, well that was then - today is different! ;)

Researchers claim they have 'officially' discovered the most boring day of the 20th century… April 11, 1954.

A team of Cambridge scientists say the day was devoid of any major news events or even the birth or death of any famous people. They made the discovery after developing a new search engine which collates 300 million facts and can reveal what happened on certain days in history. Running a script to compare all days from the beginning of the 20th century April 11, 1954 was revealed as the most uneventful.

The 'highlight' events included a general election in Belgium and the birth of a Turkish academic… and we thought today was boring. A spokesperson for True Knowledge said: "Nobody significant died that day, no major events apparently occurred and although a typical day in the 20th century has many notable people being born, for some reason that day had only one person that might make that claim: Abdullah Atalar - a Turkish academic. "The irony is though, that having done the calculation, the day is now interesting for being exceptionally boring! Perhaps we need to calculate the second most boring day."

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walking down our road, early morning

meanwhile, over in Norway...

here's some of their spring green:


photo taken yesterday by Øystein Ingvaldsen - via spaceweather.com

April showers

I'm not a big fan of Thomas Kincade, but I kinda like this gif -
makes me want to stroll with a fancy umbrella through a public park in a big city

Why is Monday so far from Friday and Friday so near to Monday?

new favorite blog to visit:

Fake Travel

Let's go!