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...

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.

Please Join Us For BarktoberFest 2012 On Saturday!

Please join us for Barktoberfest 2012 on Saturday, September 22 from 8:30am to 3pm at Egypt Park (intersection of Pittsford-Palmyra Rd (Route 31) & Victor Road next to Lollypop Farm).  Now entering its 15th year, Barktober Fest 2012 Presented by Pet$aver Healthy Pet Superstore is Greater Rochester's most popular event for pet lovers! Over 2,500 people and their pets will come together in an effort to raise $144,500 to support homeless and abused animals in our community.

Some of the fun activities include:

5-mile race

1.5 mile nature Walk for the Animals

pet portraits

agility course and demonstrations

The Kid Zone

Kissing Booth

Flea Market

Food

Shopping

music by Sinzibukwud

and much, much more!!!

For More Information, please visit:

www.Lollypop.org/bfest

FARM DAY!

FARM DAY @ LOLLYPOP FARM, THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER ROCHESTER!  I won't be face painting as originally planned, but you'll still be able to see me.  Sounds like we're going to have great weather and lots of good stuff.  Here's a link and more info:

FARM DAY LINK

Crazy about cows? Hungry for horse kisses? Saturday, April 30, is the day to be down on the farm! Experience all of our wonderful farm animals during our 10th annual Farm Day. The day will feature:

-Animal Cruelty Law Enforcement Officer Meet 'n' Greet

-Kids' Straw Maze, Crafts, Balloons and Face Painting

-Mercy, the painting mini horse

-Pet Assisted Therapy Animals

-Wagon Rides around the Farm Yard

-Food & Beverage Concessions

and More!

There's no entry fee for this educational and fun day for the whole family at Lollypop Farm. Donations will be accepted. We promise lots of farm fun for everyone!

That's a Lot of Bull...

I bet your job doesn't have a giant fiberglass cow (unless you're a co-worker of mine and then you do).  This guy use to be in front of a restaurant, but was donated to Lollypop Farm in the 70s, when we were in Henrietta.  He made the move to Fairport/Egypt and now guards the Farm.  His most notorious trip occurred when Fairport High School seniors stole him and put him on top of the school.  He is very securely bolted to the ground now...


 
Llamas.  Farm animals are available for adoption too.



With all the rain and mud these days, this is one happy pig



You may ask "When did Egon Schiele create a masterpiece portrait of Mike," but this is in fact an original Tachel.  It can be viewed at the new gallery space at Lollypop being installed in my cube.



Yikes.  Tachel was being a generous artist with a face like this.  P.S. I put ugly pictures of myself up here too



Megan chillin' on the slide on her old turf at Indian Landing Elementary School.  The genesis of her acting career and her famous line "Calling all mothers!  Calling all mothers!"  followed by a dancing routine involving the song Yakety Yak by the Coasters.  



KITTEN SEASON IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!  Rochester has a cat overpopulation problem and we need to find new homes for these guys and get as many as possible spayed or neutered.  So, here's a link for information and how to help:


CATS! @ Lollypop Farm, Humane Society of Greater Rochester

AND YOUR LITTLE DOG TOO!!!

HERE'S SUNSHINE!  She's being fostered by one of my co-workers, who will likely adopt her.  As you can tell, she's a very nice little dog that will let you do anything you want to her.  Most sedated dog ever.



Reno with some rescued puppies.  Not sure what their story is.  Apparently they came from South Carolina.  



One of the puppies is blind.  Probably the one walking into the desk.  A few moments after this was taken they decided to sit in their food.



LLAMA!!!



And look at this guy!



Just a couple of rabbits hanging out in their new pen



This one is up to no good.



We had a "grazing day" at work.  Spring themed of course.  This was the aftermath.  


Interesting fact: Did you know I get paid to be here?  And you can too!  If you want to share an office with me, visit:


http://lollypop.org/orgMain.asp?ssid&storyID=614&orgID=101&sid


Also, "Farm Day" is on April 30th at Lollypop Farm.  So, come if you want to watch me face paint.  For more info on that, go to:


http://www.lollypop.org/orgmain.asp?orgID=10&storyID=211


Now for a couple of random pics...



So, Megan and I are house-hunting.  We've seen some interesting places...  Here's a pencil drawing which would not be removed if we bought this one (which we will not).  



After a couple of months, I traded in my Nissan Versa for this truck.  I had to.  Look at the x-mas tree painted on the door!


That's it for now.  I would have had pictures from our visit to the Eastman Theater and dinner at Veneto Pizza, but I forgot.  I'm way out of practice.  I'm embarrassed.  Anyway, a busy week this week with offsite meetings, onsite meeting, conferences, Easter, and capped off with Farm Day.  Sooooo....