tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65288261573650627282024-03-13T06:36:01.168-07:00Steuben StoriesAn unbiased account of the creatures and characters of Western New York, plus my usual ramblings.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.comBlogger541125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-36987494601421535922018-12-14T07:18:00.001-08:002018-12-14T07:18:21.790-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some days...Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-75963628970246087472018-12-14T07:11:00.001-08:002018-12-14T07:11:10.826-08:00John Pavlovitz- Christian Pastor<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I really don’t care about him.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I know who he is—and more accurately, I know</span> <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">what</span></span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">he is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I know that he is just a mirror.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He has simply revealed clearly the disfigured ugliness of the place I call home and the people I live here alongside—and that is the thing I grieve over.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And this is not the mourning over a singular loss, it is a daily grieving.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I see elementary school teachers dressed up like a border wall for Halloween.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I see white a woman screaming obscenities at two Muslims teenagers at a stop light.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I see a Jewish professor’s office littered with spray-painted swastikas.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I watch a father of four being tackled by ICE agents outside immigration offices.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I witness white high school seniors making a “Heil Hitler” arm gesture during class photos.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I see the contempt from white friends, when young black men die at traffic stops.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I find the most vile sickness on my social media feed, hurled toward people of color and women and transgender people.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I hear professed Christian pastors calling for the killing of LGBTQ people.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I see rambling, racist tirades on subway cars filled with families with young children.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I see supremacist candidates being elected and re-elected.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I overhear dehumanizing conversations from old, white men, about Democratic women leaders, in crowded cafés.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I grieve when I sit across holiday tables, and witness bigoted tirades that I’d have thought people I knew and loved were not capable of.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oh sure, you might inwardly twinge with discomfort at one or two of the most egregious offenses, but by and large you’re good with it all.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With your silence, as much as with your volume, you show me you are more with him than you are against him, that you are more like him than different from him—and that you and I are increasingly morally incompatible.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So yes, he is a mirror, and I am seeing you my countrymen and women through him.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That is why I grieve, friend.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That is why I don’t see America or my church or my neighborhood or my family the same anymore, and I’m not sure I ever will again.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The greatest tragedy to me, isn’t him.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast mmt-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It isn’t that the person supposedly leading our country lacks a single benevolent impulse, that he is impervious to compassion, incapable of nobility, and mortally allergic to simple kindness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The greatest tragedy, is how many Americans he now represents.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And that he represents you.</span></div>
Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-91964254040805635712017-05-17T15:33:00.001-07:002017-05-17T15:39:42.407-07:00Graduation I remember when he was less than two years old and relatives told us they could recommend a speech therapist. Then came the concerns over not being in a classroom full of kids, the socialization woes, the comments about how they didn't think home-schooled kids could go to college, much less a university in New York. Why, you have to have a real high school diploma in NY! There was even one doofus who said he had missed out on the pre-teen sex.<br />
Looks like he turned out more than fine.<br />
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-72061443741869401422017-04-16T09:19:00.002-07:002017-04-16T09:27:50.275-07:00God Almighty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is how our great, Christian president celebrates your holiest of days. Praise the Lord and pass the bombs. I'll have ISIS gone in 30 days. He is Risen! I won, why should I show my tax report?<br />
....oh yes, and the Obama's attended church services every Easter. Trump hasn't been to church since the inauguration. Yet still the evangelical telemarketer/preachers of hate condone this piece of filth.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-32218705059632632892017-01-18T11:43:00.001-08:002017-01-19T14:11:56.411-08:00You The Republican leaders and members looked away while this man bullied and lied. They still are not standing up to a "man" who mocks the disabled, lies outrageously, denigrates current Democratic members, speaks ill of everyone on Twitter( except Putin), and spends his only press conference bitching about how much better he was than Hillary, as if he's still competing in his ridiculous reality game.<br />
He, a man who equates a woman's worth by her looks, who brags about grabbing women by their pussies without asking-- he is supported by top name religious leaders! Are you a Christian? Do you speak out?<br />
He, a man who swore Clinton was the devil for hob- nobbing with Goldman Sachs, now has 4 Goldman Sachs members and their lawyer in his top administration. He, a man who claimed Hillary was allowing foreign officials access to her office, now has zero problems with running his empire while president. Do you seriously think he won't be involved? He, a man who swore the Mexicans would pay for the wall, now has switched gears. A man who led cheers( along with his General Flynn) about imprisoning Hillary, has now become quiet. A man who denigrates an elderly icon of the Civil Rights era. Does this bother you? Have you ever laughed and denigrated minorities? Have you made fun of protesters, or people celebrating MLK Day with parades?? You saw a known con man yet you chose to be conned? You saw a man who rallied his followers by professing hatred and fear of others, and chose to follow him because of your similar prejudices? <br />
You looked the other way. You wanted your team to win no matter what the consequences were. You normalized this. You wanted to lower your own taxes, you think gays don't deserve the same rights as you, you want to keep all the stinking Mexicans out, you agree to kicking people off healthcare, you like the idea of a Muslim registry, you are fine with men sexually assaulting females, you don't want 'grown men peeing in the bathroom with little girls'. What was it? What made you choose this dangerous, insane clown? Where were your Christian morals when you went to the polls. Where are they hiding today? What are you? How do you define morals, ethics, dignity, and grace? If you could sit down with your grandchildren and great-grand children, what would you tell them about having admiration and respect for the President of the USA? If you have children, grand kids, or relatives who are gay, how do you ask forgiveness from them for the hateful beliefs this incoming administration has for humans born with a different sexual orientation than you? The Republican Party and all of it's followers, from this day forward, have no right to call themselves the Party of Family Values, the party of Christian morals. They forfeited that right when they allowed this man to represent what they stand for.<br />
The cartoon below is from a Norwegian political piece. Seems to sum up what is coming.<br />
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I have a problem with people choosing to support a creature of this ilk. Do you?Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-40713616539575412322017-01-18T11:19:00.001-08:002017-01-18T11:19:23.273-08:00Holidays<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-74607712747780158072016-12-17T09:11:00.003-08:002016-12-18T09:56:48.053-08:00Honey Coated Insanity If you don't care to read about another Republican story of filth, pass on by.<br />
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Let's look at the growing list of conspiracy theorists the Vagina-Grabber is choosing to surround himself with:<br />
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David Friedman, nominated as ambassador to Israel. Believes Huma Abedin is part of the Muslim Brotherhood. Questions whether Arab Israelis should be able to vote in their OWN COUNTRY.<br />
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Monica Crowley, the sexual predator's National Security senior director of strategic <br />
communications.Previously Fox News contributor. Has stated Huma Abedin has ties to <br />
Muslim Brotherhood, and claims Abedin's parents are tools of the Saudi regime.<br />
She still does not believe Obama was born in America, and whines that he is Arab African, not<br />
black African, yet he "still campaigns as a black".<br />
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General Flynn( you know, the man who led the Lock Her Up chants at rallies and now his top NS adviser) tweeted, and has since tried to delete the tweets, a fake news- let's just say crazy lie--story about Hillary involved in money laundering and pedophilia. Let me add here, for those who say nanny nanny boo boo, Hillary had an open marriage and lots of affairs, and that was found in"real" news, you probably shouldn't rely on Breitbart or a Breitbart guest on Hannity for "real" news, because those type sites are where you'll find them by googling.<br />
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Flynn's son, who is the General's chief of staff and top aide in the transition team has tweeted the same Abedin garbage, and that Rubio is a closeted gay who abuses cocaine.<br />
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But honestly, what do we expect, when the mentally unstable, intellectually challenged, emotionally fragile man who conned millions of Republicans with his sweet talking bull crap( actually not much different than the other R candidates were spewing) has his own insane theories:<br />
Biggest proponent of the Birther movement,millions of illegals voted, Cruz's father was involved with Oswald and JFK, he won in "the biggest landslide' in history.<br />
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You've been conned, or else you choose to look the other way with these dangerous beliefs. Give him a chance? I think we've seen enough to know the level of diplomacy this administration possesses. It's a shame.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-37912399526110513392016-11-12T14:53:00.000-08:002016-11-12T14:57:09.421-08:00Pride and Decency"New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio has also pledged that the Big Apple will remain a sanctuary city
for undocumented immigrants, despite Trump’s threats to deprive such
municipalities of federal funding. Sanctuary cities limit their
cooperation with federal efforts to detain and deport undocumented
immigrants.<br />
There has been a growing number of <a data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"entry_text","lnid":"citation","mpid":8,"plid":"us_582497afe4b0cdd5e7e99e86"}}" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/day-1-trumps-america_us_582497afe4b0cdd5e7e99e86" target="_blank">reported racist incidents</a>
( click on it! It's just Day 2) since Trump’s election on Tuesday, including many cases of young people
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promised people of color and the LGBTQ community threatened by the bigoted rhetoric of President-elect Donald Trump that the Empire State has their back.<br />
“If anyone feels that they are under attack I want them to know that
the State of New York ― the state that has the Statue of Liberty in its
harbor ― is their refuge,” Cuomo wrote in an email to members of New
York’s Democratic Party.
“Whether you are gay or straight, Muslim or Christian, rich or poor,
black or white or brown, we respect all people in the state of New
York.”<br />
“We won’t allow a federal government that attacks immigrants to do so in our state,” he added. "<br />
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Then there's this... in Wellsville<br />
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Painted on a park wall, Sadly, there are many pockets of indecency in these rural hills. The area from Whitesville to Wellsville seems to be quite the hell-mouth. It's the expected consequences of entrusting the integrity of our democracy to a man who has none. <br />
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Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-63952321406595858392016-11-07T10:08:00.002-08:002016-11-07T10:19:03.206-08:00Disbelief , Abandoned, and Odd Buffy was not happy with the odd-headed stranger standing in her laundry room.<br />
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This next place was originally the only one-room schoolhouse in the county constructed of stones.<br />
We decided to take a drive to see if it was still there. I've got a book of photos of the early towns around here; it seems that so many things burned down in the 1920's or were torn down in the 1970's.<br />
But we found the school---it's now a run down house in a tiny town half filled with garbage strewn yards, abandoned houses,with the other half well maintained, small farms( miniature horses) and tidy homes. So really, not much different than any town up here.<br />
Our next trip is to find a 1907 pet cemetery...<br />
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Front of the school. You can barely see the tops of the two window frames. and the edges in the bricks in the middle where the small, triangular roof( that had the schoolbell) was attached.<br />
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Just another abandoned farm. The barn behind it is in pretty good shape.<br />
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It's sad to realize that someone was living here recently, that satellite dish is so out of place...<br />
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Call me nuts, but this reminds me of a one-eyed zombie alpaca head.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-68316320535807925912016-11-04T15:43:00.000-07:002016-11-07T10:22:10.266-08:00Misc. and Partying on Long Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bloomed during the first snow, all the roses have been dormant for weeks.<br />
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Calmly watched the turkeys until someone said, " I hope they don't take your Dirty Sock!"<br />
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This is the oldest house in the county, 1797. We found it by accident, just driving around aimlessly.<br />
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Greek revival outside of Bath. Look at those windows, 12 and 20 pane glass! I told Ken to just stop and let me stare, there is something about this old farm that mesmerizes me. I've been thinking about it for 3 days now, fantasizing how I'd buy it and fix it up. I can hearing it calling me.<br />
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The barn across the road from the home. There's a really cool, creepy tiny shed( chickens?), and one of those rocket-shaped corn cribs I've always wanted, plus another barn. Oh, and 2 crappy mobile homes in the weeds,don't think they've been lived in for decades, but there's bound to be someone up here who'd haul them away for me!<br />
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She found this peeper on the front porch, and obviously nudged it a while before I saw it and put her indoors, as it was covered with her fur.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-21493668162827239702016-10-07T10:53:00.002-07:002016-10-07T11:35:18.700-07:00Fall Flowers, Leaves, and Parks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cool building on the Alfred campus, where Walt took his Math GRE<br />
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Ready for picking, the recent colder nights seemed to sweeten them up.<br />
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Due to the weird summer weather, this was the only gladiola out of 30+ that bloomed<br />
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End of the East trail, near the campgrounds. Post Labor Day, the park is free, and free of people. Just a couple young hikers and old people with dogs.<br />
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Back yard, October 3, trees are finally turning. It looks like ours are the earliest, it's still fairly green around town and towards Bath.<br />
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By the mailbox, October 4. I picked a bunch of apples across the road yesterday, looks like they're smaller than normal, but plentiful.<br />
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Can you see the woodpecker on the trunk? He was huge. Time to put out the pecker feeders.<br />
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These turkeys spent the better part of 3 days wandering around the back yard. It was driving Buffy nuts. We finally let her out, and she happily chased them. They'd make a horrible racket, fly up to the trees, then come back. Either they are a fan of dogs or incredibly dumb.<br />
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All she could retrieve were a couple feathers, which she proudly carried around and then spent a long time licking.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-9934820889330779062016-09-13T13:07:00.002-07:002016-09-13T13:17:23.800-07:00Catching Up, Summer's End<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Post Labor Day is the best time to visit the parks, mainly old people with dogs or vacationers who also shun crowds. We've had the river to ourselves both times; pack a picnic, take a hike and let her swim, drive home in time for a long nap before dinner.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-58652768791912528552016-09-01T16:48:00.004-07:002016-09-01T16:48:43.693-07:00Make America Goat Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-7816232052455087862016-08-30T09:57:00.000-07:002016-08-30T09:57:01.897-07:00Back to School<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Yeah, he looks really sad at leaving his mama, doesn't he? His own room in a townhouse, two minute walk to class, 6 doors down from his sweetheart, life is so tough.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249067017399984220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528826157365062728.post-40748312228108442016-08-30T09:51:00.000-07:002016-08-30T09:51:12.695-07:00Keuka Park<br />
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We have been wasting so much gas lately, going for drives nearly every evening. I took the first picture because it was so odd, there are hills all over the place, but this was actually right before a steep decline down the hill. The raccoons ran across the road in front of us, then climbed the tree. The third pic had 6 or 7 deer, all standing so still and watching us. Their ears were glowing in the sun. The last one is of a super happy pig. It lives in this field with 2 cows. Buffy was thrilled to see it.<br />
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