Hail

Friday Afternoon hail storm. Some or the left overs on the ground and on the net covering the ponds.

Emma at camp

Ok Its cool and the grass is damp, Where the hell is my fire!!!!!!!!!

Another Crappy weekend.

Saturday was a complete wash out. It poured all day.
Sunday Started off on a little better note. We drown down to see my dad for fathers day. Of course once we got to the cabin it started to rain. We still were able to have strip steaks on the grill. Did not get a chance to get many pictures of the girls like I hoped. I have one or two I will try and post later. Once we got back home it was nice and sunny, just in time for the sun to set. At least we were able to have a margarita by the fire.
Today is the First FULL day of summer. So far not looking too good out there!!!!!!!!

Slow go

Looks like things are not transferring very fast from the blog site. Hmm been like 2 days. This happens every once in a while and I have no Idea why.

Exciting story turns sad

I was following this on the Internet all morning. It is very close to my house. About 1130 I was shocked by the sad news.

A black bear that took up refuge in a tree in a northwest Rochester neighborhood last night has died.
The Department of Environmental Conservation says it's not entirely sure of the cause of death.

Police were first called to the Bernice Street and Parkwood Road area around 12:30 a.m. Police were originally told by the DEC to monitor the bear until it came down, but after hours in the tree, it was decided to use tranquilizers. The bear was shot with two tranquilizer darts. After the second shot, the bear eventually fell into a net.
Neighbors reacted to seeing the bear on the street.
"I thought I was seeing things at first but then I came back to reality once I seen him in the tree. He's a pretty big boy must be six feet tall," said area resident Barry Wilt.

Stinkin' Crane

It is bad enough that I had to cover the ponds with nets, but now even my water enjoyment is ruined. I figured since it it kinda warm and there is not cold wind off lake Ontario I will try an float in the pool with a lemon aid for a while. I get changed, get the tube out of the basement, sun glasses out of the car and make some lemon aid and fill a large glass. Emma is even a bit excited to see me heading toward the pool. I start to take off the solar cover, and think hmmm the water on top of it has a slight odor. As I take the cover off the stench gets worse. I guess the crane picked up a fish that was too large for it to swallow or it dropped it into the pool. Roasting and rotting under the solar cover was a nine inch fancy tail gold fish. I got it out of the pool and out front but not bagged yet. The water smells like a fish kill on the lake. Time to super shock the water for a few days. Allie must like the fish smell because she must have rolled in the dripping. So much for a swim any time soon. I think I better add some grey goose vodka to my lemon aid!!!!!

Ellens New DO

nice

Pond Update

Looking at the pond this am, there appear to be more fish left than originally thought. There are about 10. They were a little more active today. Maybe even spawning. They are pretty good at hiding when you approach too close.
I hope to have the Hawaii 2004 pictures live tonight. They are all set to go just need to add a few links. When posting, I did notice that not all of them are there. I must have a batch of negatives hiding some where.

Not only the canadians invaded the back yard

Upon close inspection of the ponds yesterday we noticed the the Crane must have been paying visits. A large number of gold fish are missing and a few of the smaller Koi. I think the gold fish are almost wiped out, there are only about 3 or 4 left. The ponds are all coverd with nets again. I hate them....

New web Posts

As you can see above I have done some new updates.
There are new pictures of Emma and Allie in see the pets.
There are some pictures of the garden/Yard in home, friends and family section.
I am in the process of going though the 1349 negatives that I sent in to be scanned. I now have to pick the ones I want and they will put them on DVD for me.
I am no starting to work on some pictures from the Fall 2004 trip to Hawaii, hope to have them posted to the web page later in the week.