Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2019

Summer's Delivery Service

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty


Summer's Delivery Service
acrylic paint on canvas board
16" x 20" (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm) 
201908074
© copyright Mike Kraus
For more information, please visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/186507940/custom-commission-original-artwork-by

He has lots of wonderful memories and people in his life.  And he wanted something to symbolize that in his home.  After some thought, he was inspired.  He and his girlfriend shared a favorite childhood movie.  What if he had a painting made with his girlfriend as the main character?  And their cat could be added as well!  It's a fun piece that turns a house into a home.


Please visit my Brightscapes art show at Mendon 64. Along with my artwork, there's pieces by Kim Lester, guest chef Chris Hobaica , music by: Jaunt UPstate MA'AMD.B. RiellyNick LeDucRyan Barski, Tuesday extended happy hours, Wednesday $1 oysters, Thursday no corkage, and so much more.

1369 Pittsford Mendon Rd
Mendon, New York 14506
(585) 433-9464
dining@mendon64.com

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Michael Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Children's Memorial Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold hundreds of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Blog To the Future!

QUICK!  To the DeLorean!

Emmett "Doc" Brown, Marty McFly, and a Hover Board in 2015.  GREAT SCOTT!

 Scout makes a good Hover Board even if she was very gassy at the Halloween party.  Someone must have found some cheese on the kitchen floor...



Thanks Megan and Scout for making my dream of 26 years come true!

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Put Down That Cocoon!




















So, what is this nonsense?  It's allegedly a UFO visiting a pool in Naples Florida.  At first, I thought it was the pool I was in when I was down there a couple of times last year.  Not so sure now, but here's the story from CNN:  
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/08/09/dnt-ufo-in-florida-pool.wbbh.html
Does this remind anyone else of the Ron Howard movie Cocoon starring Wilford Brimley?  I think it's coming true...

What have I learned from this?  There's an organization called Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) dedicated to UFO research: http://www.mufon.com/

That's all I really have this week.  Megan's been sick, so we've been just hanging around the house.  Thanks to Sarah and Pete for hosting a party when Jarrett was in town.   

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

That Snape Is Such A Jerk!

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SNAPE KILLED DUMBLEDORE!  Why did he ever trust him?!?!  Just more evidence that I remain 12 years old (and my wife encourages it)...

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So, Megan is out of town and I'm left to my own devices.  I didn't intend to buy this for dinner, but when I saw that Hamburger Helper had Beef Stroganoff and ULTIMATE Beef Stroganoff, the decision made itself.  What makes it "ultimate;" not sure...

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Another "perk" of Megan being out town is watching terrible movies like Omega Man starring Charlton Heston.   Classic zombie flick.

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And speaking of my blushing bride, here she is!  Who knew when I made these for our wedding that it was going to be a decoration for the house?

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And, Megan's idiot husband...

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So dreary.  I think this is as bright as it got all day today.  At least it wasn't a foot of snow or another ice storm.  

That's about it.  I've been pretty boring lately being sick and all.  Waiting to hear if Megan's flights will even make it in tonight.  Blah, blah, blah, etc...

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Things I Spend My Hard Earned Cash On...

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Not what I intended to pick up the last time I went to Target.  But, this was a bargain.  Benji: The Deluxe Collection with three movies and 3 TV episodes!  

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Went down to the Corn Hill neighborhood to check out the art festival.  

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Nothing like free food samples.  And yes, it was delicious enough to fight this mob to get to.

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The construction at work continues.  He's a pic I stole from the Lollypop Farm facebook page.  They busted through the walls of our current vet clinic as a part of building the new clinic.  

Good stuff and good times...

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Small Fish In A Small Pond

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Tachel and I posing for our x-mas card


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Megan and Tachel looking a bit more beautiful


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Megan and I at the Public Market getting our Petrillo's Bakery http://petrillosbakery.com/  pizza crust fix.  The public market has been one of the best reasons we've moved to Rochester from Chicago.  One thing that is strange about Rochester is all pizza is really expensive.  Considerably more than in Chicago.  Not sure why and if anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear it.  Anyway, lots of great stuff here and you should go if you get the chance


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pomegranates!!!


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Homemade knitted caps.  LAST DAY at the public market.  GET IT OR FORGET IT!


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In what has become a x-mas tradition, Peter, Sarah, Megan, and I go to the Screening Room www.screeningroom.net  in Amherst, NY (just outside of Buffalo) to see It's a Wonderful Life on the big screen.  I wanted coffee at some point during the movie, instead Megan got me Seagram's Escapes Strawberry Daiquiri.  Nice...  It's considered a "flavored beer" and tasted like old Kool-Aid.  


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Oh!  Megan got Chex Mix for Christmas.  And, that is it...


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THANKS TO PETE AND SARAH!!!  IT HAS BEGUN!!!  They got me a book for x-mas called Take a Hike! by Rich and Sue Freeman about all the parks and hiking spots in the Rochester area.  This is Tryon Park (East of I-590 at Tryon Park Road in Rochester).  


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Here's one of the many hills around town.  Notice that the trail has a steep slope on both sides.  I didn't realize western New York was geologically so crazy.  Lots of flat land that has been gouged by glaciers making lots of strange hills and waterfalls.


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A view of Irondequoit Bay.


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This is the second park I've been to that use to be an old sewer plant location before it was converted into a park in 1971 (Linear Park being the other).  No doubt, it was before the EPA and raw sewage was probably dumped into the Irondequoit.  This pipe is one of the few reminders of the past.  


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That's about it.  Now that the holiday season is finally over, it's time to get back to hardcore job hunting and learning about my new home.  For x-mas, Megan got me a ticket package to the Rochester Americans ("Amerks" for short) hockey.  They are a part of the American Hockey League and affiliate of the Florida Panthers.  So, don't be surprised to see pics of us in Amerk's shirts, with hot dogs, banging on the glass, and chanting "HIT HIM! HIT HIM" in the near future...

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Mega-tron Dancing To Caribou With Cap'n Jazz During a Korean BBQ picnic in Graceland Cemetery

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Megatron's (Megan's) pictures of the set of Transformers 3 on Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago

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Cars piled up on the Michigan Ave. Bridge

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Michael Bay blowing stuff up

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Here's Bubblebee.

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Picking up after making a mess.

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Probably a bit different than the view from your office, eh?

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The honeymoon is over... First thing I saw back at the office when I got back from Portugal referring to a huge stack of papers needing to be processed... Hmmmm...

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Caribou at Millennium Park

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dance party!

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"Eye" by Tony Tasset on State Street

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Eating Korean BBQ with Frances and Noah at San Soo Gab San

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Wicker Park Festival

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Cap'n Jazz

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Megan and I went to the famous Graceland Cemetery in Chicago to see all the famous dead people. This is Allen Pinkerton who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which became famous for saving Abraham Lincoln from one assassination attempt. They are probably most famous for being strikebreakers and beating up or killing members of unions on behalf of industrialists.

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William Le Barron Jenney invented the skyscraper.

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An creepy grave of some pioneers

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George Pullman of Pullman Sleeping Car fame. Pullman Sleeping Cars were state-of-the-art luxury train cars in their day.

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Louis Sullivan was an influential modern architect and mentor to Frank Llyod Wright.

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Potter Palmer was one of the founders of Marshall Field's Department Store (now Macy's). He also built the Palmer House Hotel so his wife, Bertha, had something to keep her occupied.

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Daniel Burnham was an urban planner and architect. He and Edward Bennett created the 1909 Plan of Chicago, which really transformed Chicago from a nasty, polluted swamp town into the beautiful metropolis you know today.

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Philip Armour is the REAL "Sausage King of Chicago." He was the first to can meat and to use a reverse assembly line method it butchering (instead of assembling a car, they tore apart a cow). Also famous for being the focus of Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, about poor labor conditions and knowingly selling tainted meat.

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Is it too late to add "large 'Me Fat' box of chocolates" to our wedding registry?

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Phil came to town and we just happened to find Market Days in Boystown. We should have known something was going on when we saw a tranny fight at the train station...

That about sums it up। Back to living a normal life of grocery shopping, work, and playing Madden...
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