Mike Kraus: Garden

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

'Merica: The Cookie.

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Lots of hot dogs and blowing stuff up.

New mascot. nothing like a fake owl with 360 rotating head action.

I'm going to need that owl to protect my veggie garden. My green beans are starting to grow quite nicely.

Grow little sprouts!

The watermelon is doing alright as well. Just waiting on the carrots, onions, and brussels sprouts now. With the monsoon hitting us, that should help unless they are washed away...

6x6x2014:

FINAL WEEK!

Megan and I went to check out the art at RoCo over the weekend. Lots of great pieces by a bazillion artists from all over the world. You should check it out because it's a lot of fun. Can't make it in person, all the art is available to view online. My pieces are:

#367 (SOLD)

#368

#369

#370

#371(SOLD)

#372

http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2014_intro.php

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo)

137 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14604

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Retro Flowers

Retro Flowers, 2014

acrylic on canvas

8" x 10"

To purchase, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/195164903/retro-flowers-original-acrylic-painting

SUMMER HAS ARRIVED! The flowers are in full bloom under the sultry heat of the sun. We've been waiting for this since winter and it's finally here. The fragrance fills the air with a sweetness that attracts honeybees and hummingbirds. Brilliant colors so intense that it is all I can see.

This painting would look best in a space that is denim blue, ivy green, brown, light gray, purple, or a beige

For more information or custom order, please visit:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeKrausArt

6x6x2014 OPEN NOW:

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo)

137 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14604

See if you can find the pieces I've submitted. For more information, please visit:

http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2014_intro.php

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Hoping To Reap What I Sow

Scout helping us remove the fence from the old garden and move it to its new location.

Here's the old veggie garden in the waaaay back portion of our yard. As you can see, it's really overgrown and its next to the "deer highway" and acts as a roadside diner for them.

Tilling the soil. It's a bit more convenient near since it's near the house and better conditions. Our home resides on an old strawberry farm, so I hope it's pretty fertile.

Megan's breaking up the soil and weeding.

A nice little plot of soil.

What kind of seeds is the little girl planting? We have onions, brussels sprouts, green beans, watermelon, and carrots.

So this is what onion seeds look like. hmmm...

All done (almost). Just need to straighten out the fence a little bit and then the maintenance until harvesting. We should have onions by mid/late October, brussels sprouts mid-September, green beans in mid-August, watermelon in September, and carrots in early-September. Should be an interesting experiment for us.

Went to Warner Castle (http://www.rcgc.org/about-warner-castle) for an event the other day. Some of you may remember this place as the location we took our wedding photos.

This is the Sunken Garden. A wonderful place for wedding pictures and role playing games (RPG)...

The wallpaper inside Warner Castle

Flower in our garden. Can't take credit for this. It was all the previous owners work.

But, I've just discovered that the secret to growing great peony flowers is Mountain Dew...

Heavenly light gracing the trail through Linear/Channing Park

Someone knows how to set up a rest stop along the trail...

6x6x2014 OPEN NOW:

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo)

137 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604

See if you can find the pieces I've submitted. For more information, please visit:

http://www.roco6x6.org/6x6x2014_intro.php

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Memorable Memorial Day

Let's get Memorial Day weekend started on the right foot at Steve's Diner (http://www.originalstevesdiner.com/). Mom and my sister Lisa came in to visit to see what my life is now like in Rochester. A giant pancake and a Steve's Special will fuel this day's adventure

Lisa in the mob at the Public Market (http://www.cityofrochester.gov/publicmarket/)

I wonder how much spice it would take to make road kill taste delicious?

$5 for chicken poop...

Yep, we're in apple country.

All my ladies

Martha Jane's Bakery.
"How long have you been here?"
"Ummm... Three years..."
"Really? Man, I guess I haven't been paying attention."
Smelled awesome. Have to remember to try this place the next time I'm at the market

Nothing says Memorial Day Weekend like a tiny skateboard with a screaming eagle!

This is not the Susan B. Anthony House. But, this is their visitor center and Sue's sister's house. Don't know who she is? Then you are required to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony

The Susan B. Anthony House (http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/index.php) just off of Main Street in downtown Rochester. It was really interesting and our docent gave us a wonderful 45 minute private tour. They have done a great job restoring the house. Sorry, no photos...

Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass having some tea together in the park

Three people with no family resemblance at the High Falls on the Pont De Rennes Bridge

Panorama of the High Falls gorge.

Ginny Light! Checking out the new brew house of the Genesee Beer Brewery. They seem to have done a nice job in spite of demolishing a historic structure for another parking lot.

Waterwheel

Mt Hope Cemetery (http://www.fomh.org/)

Well, if you're going to see where Susan B. Anthony died, you might as well see where she's buried. Unfortunately, the good photo of my mom and Lisa posing with the headstone is on my mom's camera...

Susan B. Anthony's tea partner, Frederick Douglass

Xzomia does not exist on google, therefore it does not exist.

Mount Hope Chapel

Fountain sculpture

Well, they were a week late for the Lilac Festival (http://www.rochesterevents.com/festivals-events/lilac-festival) in Highland Park, but we could still stop by and check out the blossoms

One of the countless flowers in Highland Park (http://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-highland.php)

Highland Park Reservoir. Looks way more tropical that in was...

flower...

Pittsford Farms Dairy. It's funny how it takes people visiting from out of town to go some places...

Schoen Place in Pittford along the canal

There was a high school crew competition while we were there

The George Eastman House (http://www.eastmanhouse.org/). This is one of my favorite places in Rochester. Who's George Eastman? Well, he's pretty much the guy that made this blog possible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman)

Lisa and George reading the paper.

Not a bad estate, eh?

Got ta stop 'n smell da roses...

Found Oscar the Grouch wandering around the side streets downtown

A little bit of shopping on Park Ave before going over to the family BBQ (oddly enough, a Cinco de Mayo themed dinner on Memorial Day. Not complaining as I love Mexican).