August 23 2011
I took a picture of this blue heron, while walking the canal path by Lock 32 on Thursday, and it got me thinking. I’ve never seen more than one blue heron at a time. You never see just one duck, or one goose or one seagull or even one turkey. They’re always in flocks, but […]
August 21 2011
My cousin,Carol, invited me to a quilt show at Patricia’s in East Rochester today. I took a couple of classes there years ago, but today we were there just to look and admire. There had to have been 100 quilts on display, and one was prettier than the next. This was one of my favorites, and […]
August 21 2011
early morning walk + yardwork + dogwalking + Wegmans = megasteps Day 231: 14,111 Steps YTD: 2,089,973 Steps Goal: 2,178,000 Steps
August 19 2011
A funeral took me out to Pittsford today. My friend and colleague, Kathy Swingle, died way too young. Kathy had more than her share of suffering, combating heart disease, cancer and finally dementia. Her death was not totally unexpected, but heartbreaking nonetheless. Kathy was a good teacher, a loving wife and mother, and a worthy opponent when […]
August 19 2011
Today the town was giving the trees along the road in front of the school their back to school haircuts. They only took off the branches hanging over the sidewalk so they look like a little funny. Picture yourself with only one side of your head shaved. I guess it if it keeps the kids […]
August 19 2011
I had no trouble getting my steps in today. I went to the U of R library to do some family history research, and like most college campuses, the parking area is nowhere near the buildings. I think this was only the second time in my life I’d actually been on the U of R […]
August 18 2011
I’m writing this on Thursday because Saturday’s storm knocked out our internet service and set me behind. We also lost a telephone and answering machine, a couple of light bulbs and a small ornamental tree. I try not to panic when the internet goes out, and I think I handle it better than my husband […]
August 18 2011
This is the mini prayer quilt that our church made to send to our member in Afghanistan. The strips on the outside are messages of encouragement from church and community members that we gathered at the Webster Village Days yesterday. We’ll have the quilt blessed and then send it on to Joe and the 79 others […]
August 18 2011
The Webster Village Days is one of the smaller festivals around Rochester. I was there selling my books, and my church had a booth to gather support for our men and women in the military services. I sold a few books, but even better was talking to some people who had already read my books […]
August 15 2011
This is what caught my eye when I was getting some steps in at Wegmans today. It’s probably been in the meat counter for awhile, but I hadn’t noticed it before. I wasn’t even tempted to buy any. For one thing, the cost was $7.99 a pound – over twice the cost of ground beef. […]