Celebration

Here is one of my most watched videos.  Calling Gary to wish him HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

Little Wonder and I got up early as I had to get things going in a slow cooker for tonight's dinner.

I turned it on before 10am and then prepared coleslaw and mac salad.  Eventually the kitchen smelled delicious as the pulled pork was doing its thing.

LW and I had a break during the early afternoon.

Happy Father's Day to Gary and Happy Birthday to Jenny!

She, Scott and the boys arrived at 4 and we started off on the back porch.

The flavor of the pulled pork was outstanding.

Some very authentic tastes...

Scott brought a delicious turtle ice cream pie for dessert.

Jenny wanted pictures after dinner, so we went out in the yard and indulged her.

They were gone by 6:30 and I am ready for a nap with Little Wonder.

Night all.

 

Ride #16

Beautiful weather today.

This morning Gary went over to Scott's to help paint the bedroom and walk-in closet he just finished putting together. He had knocked a wall down between two bedrooms. Progress.  Next, he will be create two bedroom and a bathroom upstairs.  He has lived in this cape cod house (and built it himself) for 20 some years.  Eventually he and Jenny will be moving there.  An addition should be started this coming week.

I took LW for a short walk down the lane mid morning.

As per usual, I was slow on the picture taking.  Tomorrow Jenny, Scott, Finn and Cooper are coming over for a pulled pork dinner to celebrate her birthday and Father's Day.  I spent some time trying to find a recipe that would work in a crockpot.  Will be busy tomorrow.

The wind had knocked down part of a tree out by the road and today Gary cleaned it up.

This afternoon Finn stopped by to drop off his Mom's crockpot (as mine is too small).  He was on his way to a friend's house (near here) to play whiffle ball.  What a riot! There are several organized teams....they have special shirts and they have a blast playing almost every weekend (tournament style).  He and Cooper are on different teams.  Last week Coop struck Finn out.  Ever since Finn was in High School, his friends have called him Skoog.

Eventually I went on a trike ride.  Now I have made a serious effort to find more French songs by Billy Easton.  Love everything she sings and it inspires me to go out and ride (so I can post her music).

Here is another shot of our willow tree.  It looks so weird now.

Doesn't it look like it would fall over?

When we put some of the plants on the back porch, I decided to kick this bird of Paradise out of the house as there were bugs on it and it was dripping sticky stuff on the floor.  Out there it was on the table under an open roof and got blown and rained on like crazy.  I cut all the leaves off and bam! It's starting to grow again.  I have not had blossoms on it for at least 4 years and they were so gorgeous.  Wonder if it will ever happen again.

A no brainer for dinner.

Little Wonder looked like a million bucks in tonight's photos.

Night all.

PS

Andrea sent me a shot of Buddy today and said he is doing better.  It's time for me to go see him again.

Starring Little Wonder

Some days I just can't get in a picture taking groove.  This was one of them.  Of course I never forget to grab a few shots of Little Wonder.

I started off doing laundry and changing sheets...then I mowed the lawn.  Friday has become my day to do this.  Gary did the hand mowing and continued working in the gardens.  It's been so windy we had a lot of branches on the ground.

This afternoon we got all kinds of weather warnings and once again in poured.

3 miles north of here they had hail...and it was big.  Once it cleared up I was able to finish the lawn and I also did the front paddock.

This honkin' big lift was dropped off yesterday as it will be used on Monday to clean up the willow tree.  All the big branches will be taken away.

In this video from yesterday you can see all the damage that was done when the two huge branches were blown down a few weeks ago.

We have a new Chinese restaurant in the village and I picked up some sesame chicken for dinner.

Night all.

 

Crazy Busy

It rained last night and it sure rained this morning.  Little Wonder and I had the same routine that we usually have.

It cleared up before I went to the Library for bridge.  Very windy and there was a lot of damage in surrounding towns

Once again (even tho I thought our cards were terrible) my partner and I came in first.

Home around 4:15 and I took LW down the lane for a good stretch.

Gary must have made a stopped at Sara's.  We had more plants.

At 5:15 we went down to the college for 

A Celebration of Brockport.

A very fancy event with great appetizers and a buffet full of delicious options.

After dinner it was time to recognize the college president....Heidi Macpherson, who is retiring after leading the college for the past 11 years.  The County Executive (Adam Bello) was there to present her with a declaration....June 18th - Heidi Macpherson Day.  I have been here since 1966 (through many college presidents) and I must say she has been the most community minded, and participated in so many local activities outside of the college.  The first female President here, and one of the very best.

There were all kinds of remarks and many people were recognized for their very generous donations

Tonight the first 20 of 200 individuals or couples' names in the "Icons and Legends" series were revealed.  They are figures who have left an indelible mark on the campus.

My pal Janet was there as her father was honored.  He taught at the college and was an Olympic Judo coach.

Our friend, Bill Heyen (Poet and retired Professor) was one of the honorees.  Hanny and several family members were there to celebrate.  He and Gary used to play noon time basketball with a bunch of guys when they were working at the college in the dark ages.

This entire event was to acknowledge major benefactors for their generous contributions to the Brockport Foundation, helping support the University's mission and goals.  They outdid themselves and were almost 10 million dollars over their goal.

Happy campers.

When we left, the sky was very dramatic.

Night all.