July 16 2011
Rochester’s Mt. Hope Cemetery, dating back to 1838, is the oldest municipal Victorian cemetery in the country. Today I took a walking tour of part of the cemetery. With 370,000 graves and almost 200 acres, it’s impossible to cover the whole cemetery in one day. And walking in Mt. Hope can be a challenge. There […]
July 16 2011
I love watching the wheat grow as I drive around Wayne County. Okay, I know you’re thinking b-o-o-o-ring, but it’s a whole lot more interesting than watching the grass grow. Almost all of the wheat grown in the USA is planted in the fall. This winter wheat sprouts before the ground freezes and then lies […]
July 14 2011
Today I did some hobnobbing with the Rochester elite. I had lunch at Locust Hill Country Club. It was a meeting of Women in Insurance and Financial Services which my daughter, Robyn, helped organize. I tagged along. I’d never been to Locust Hill, but I was impressed. This is a picture of the first tee. […]
July 13 2011
I’m thinking of matters of life and death today. We’re celebrating Kristen’s birthday, but we also have to go to a funeral. That just doesn’t seem right. I guess we like to compartmentalize our lives. How often have we said we’re having a good day or a bad day, but life is messier than that. […]
July 13 2011
The daylillies are blooming now, right on schedule. I always associate them with my daughter Kristen’s birthday, which is tomorrow. If you like truth in advertising, then you have to love daylillies because, as their name implies, each flower lasts only one day. Because they have more than one flower on each stem and many stems […]
July 13 2011
Same church, different pew. Same walk, different view. Today’s animal count: 1 dead mouse 1 very much alive little groundhog 1 very scary orange feral cat What did you see today? Day 192: 11,574 Steps YTD: 1,732,241 Steps Goal: 1,804,000 Steps
July 11 2011
We celebrated daughter Kristen’s birthday at Castaways on the lake. It’s a casual place, right on the lake on the Webster side of the outlet. It’s a wonderful place to watch the sun set on a warm summer evening. They even had entertainment, a singer, guitarist playing soft rock music. I’d recommend him, the chicken […]
July 09 2011
From May through September, Rochester is Festival City. Today I did lots and lots of stepping at the Corn Hill Festival, which is the best of the best. While the Lilac Festival can be cold and rainy, the Corn Hill Festival is always hot. The 2 best things you can bring (besides your wallet) are […]
July 09 2011
July 08 2011
Taking a long walk is like writing a novel. I’m certainly not the first person to make that analogy, but I was thinking of it today while I was out walking. The best part of a walk for me is when I’m at the end and can see my house or whatever my starting point was. […]