Spring-ish

Elmer would like to welcome you to Spring-ish and the Lollypop Farm walk

A few of the horses





Don't play coy Emu...


Sleepy pig


Piggy pig


This is how I thought all of Upstate New York looked before I moved here.


Goose


Someday this llama will come closer


GOATS!!!


And now all the Daffodils are out.

Enough blogging for now.  It's going to be nice for only a few more minutes.  So, I'm going outside to enjoy it...

APRIL FOOLS!

Seriously, this is the worst April Fools joke ever...


What a weird day for weather.  Half the day sunny and beautiful.  The other half was a blizzard.  In between was whatever this is.


It's a good thing Karen didn't see this guy.  Look at his sad little face.  He wants to eat my sandwich so bad.  


"Do de do de do...  Wonder what they are going to do in here next?" About 20 minutes later...


"GOODBYE WALL!"  Who knew making a waiting room for admissions would look so destructively fun?  You never know what will be built or demolished when you walk around Lollypop Farm these days.  Kinda fun


Prince Fielder looks really cozy wearing his snowmobile suit under his uniform during Opening Day up in Minneapolis.  It could be a good year for them.  Just another 161 games to go to see how it ends up.

Went to Sinbad's Restaurant (http://mysinbads.com/) over on Park Ave. this weekend.  Pretty good food.  Probably the quickest food service we've ever received (including fast food places).  It was as if they knew we were coming and what we were going to order.  No pics though, sorry.  No pics of the other fun activities with our friends either.  What a slacker/not allowed.  You poor blog readers have been ripped off...
Hope everyone had a good Easter.

A Little Piggy Told Me We Reached Our Goal At Telethon

Our goal was to raise $234,000 and we reached $236,654!  Thanks to all of the wonderful volunteers, staff, and friends of Lollypop Farm who made it possible!


The set


Big donation on a big check.  I wish banks offered these as an option for check books.  I'd love to pay my bills and groceries with one of these.


Never underestimate the power of puppies to put a crowd into a trance!  

Oh Tim, what a wonderful backhanded comment to your fellow retail team.  I always aim to be "not the worst ________" in all I do...


Petpalooza Dog Car!  I'll have to ask how much it cost to do this.  Something like this needs to be done to my ride. 


PIGLETS!!!


"We are so little and oinky!"


A pig pile under the heat lamp.  


Thanks Adrienne for providing me a website to look up Rochester graffiti at: http://wall-therapy.com.  This is "Bears" by ROA (http://unurth.com/filter/ROA) located at St. Paul Street and Pleasant Street.  Where...  Do...  I...  Begin...

That's it for now.  Off to see Book of Mormon (http://www.rbtl.org/). 

Sleepy... So Very Sleepy...

Feeling like this guy lately.  I think I've been battling a cold that everyone's been getting, which is better than the flu.  Anyway, it seems our house is becoming the house of weird cookie jars.  And yet, we never have cookies...


Bad ass motorcycle gang member made of shells!


SANTASAURUS REX!  Saw this guy on our walk through East Rochester last week. 


It's amazing walking through work these days because doors and hallways just magically appear out of nowhere. This one leads to the new clinic


My coworkers daughter makes all sorts of creative desserts.  Here's a teddy graham fishing swedish fish.  



"I KNOW YOU!  HELP!  I DON'T BELONG IN THIS OFFICE!"  Congrats to Karen on her new job even if Chance seems really confused on top of your desk.

That's it.  Nothing much happening lately and I'll probably rest a lot on the long weekend.  Some football tomorrow.

I'm Mike Kraus and I Approve This Message

YEAH!  The bricks are in at Lollypop thanks to all the good people at Zaretsky and Associates Landscaping http://www.zaretskyassociates.com/!!!  Between injuries and hurricanes, it took a lot to put these in the ground.  I can't wait to tell our excited donors they are in!






And a quick update on the construction.  It's going up fast.  I saw some masonry on the clinic in the back and the roofing being installed.  It won't be long before these will be occupied!
Not much else to report.  I've been super, super busy lately.  So, I'm boring...

Raise the Woof!

Raise the "woof."  Get it?  Instead of roof because we're an animal shelter.  I'll be here all night folks...

The new Training Center is going up real quickly at Lollypop Farm, Humane Society of Greater Rochester.  The roof is going up and the sides are getting covered!

Backside of the training wing

The new clinic has its roof too.  Lots of windows for lots of animals to look out of while they are recovering from spay, neuter, and other surgeries.  

Look at these guys.  They laugh at Mother Nature!  Hurricane Sandy won't stop them from helping the animals in our community.  

Thanks again for all of your support.  None of this would be possible with the support of the community.  And, I promise, more updates to come.

Another Lollypop Construction Update

The walls are going up fast for the new training center




A lot of work to go as you can tell by the sheer amount of cinder blocks around


Crisp fall day with the trees changing color behind the new animal clinic.


And, the trees haven't quite changed color or the salmon start to swim up the falls at Corbett's Glen

The trees around Allen's Creek are about to change.  Hopefully, it will be better than last year when they were about to change and then a severe windstorm knocked all the leaves off.  It went from summer to instant winter.  Then, there was no snow.  Last year was weird.
That's it from here.  

Last Gasp of Summer

Lollypop Farm's Barktober Fest 2012 raised $110,000 to help homeless and abused pets in the Greater Rochester community!  Thanks to all of you who donated to the festival, to me personally (even you "anonymous" whoever you are), to all of our volunteers, staff, and everyone else who participated.  


People hanging out in Egypt Park


AND THEIR OFF!  Runners on their 5-mile race




I believe this is a back-to-back win for our first place runner.


THE FINISH.  Thanks to Fleet Feet/Yellowjacket Racing!  Great job and thanks for all your hard work


Sinzibukwud rockin' out the park


Fairport Lions Club making up some delicious hamburgers and hot dogs!


Ate at Tournedos restaurant at the Inn on Broadway before going to the Fringe Festival

.  Awesome meal.  But, how can I go wrong with steak and potatoes? 


Bandaloop dancing on the side of the HSBC building on the Manhattan Square Park side.








Tiny Dancers...


An old Irish Blessing says: "May your puppy be tired before you go home."

That's all for now.  THANKS again to everyone who participated at Barktober Fest.  It was a great time and you helped a lot of animals by having fun!