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The Diva Peacock #89

Gouache on Watercolor Paper

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2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus 

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This Little Piggy #88

Gouache on Watercolor Paper

NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION

2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus 

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Purple Giraffe #87

Gouache on Watercolor Paper

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2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus 

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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...

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/). 

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

You Get the Idea...

One must always be aware of fuzzy kittens at the office...


And a farm full of cupcakes


Chance apparently likes to dress like a fireman because he doesn't like the rain


I've seen how he puts out fires.


Here's the new $855 million children's hospital I worked on for a couple of years when in Chicago.  With the move, Children's Memorial Hospital has become the Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.  This place will probably be the most fun hospital ever built and a tourist destination.  Check it out at: http://luriechildrens.org/

PS-Congrats to the Children's Memorial staff, volunteers, donors, and the countless people that made it possible for such an awesome place to exist.  I'm very proud to say I played a very minor role in something that will help generations of children attain a healthy adulthood.

Spring Is the New Summer

Pure joy when it is 70 degrees in mid-March.  Mike's wife can then bring him to Indian Landing School playground.


The wife


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE!!!  Notice her puppy shaped flower arrangement


My new favorite corporate logo.  It's for Moonshine BBQ and I can't wait to go here for our 2nd anniversary!


How New Yorkers fix potholes.  


Thank you daylight savings.  Someday, I will run for office and my platform will be solely advocating for daylight savings time to be year round.  And, why not move it ahead two hours?  

Fooooood...

Wedding Libre

Who I was meant to be!



This about sums it up.  The Bell family wedding that is...



St. Mary's church in downtown Rochester.  A lot like the St. Mary's church in downtown Muskegon.  Too bad they whitewashed the whole inside because it looks like it has an incredible paint job underneath.  



Geva Theatre.  No photos allowed inside of On Golden Pond.  May I say "THE LOONS!  THE LOONS!!!"  I've never seen the movie before so I can't compare.  The theater was a lot nicer than I expected and it was well performed.  I'm no expert on these things, but luckily my wife is and you can ask her opinion about it.



PLEASE SUPPORT THESE PUPPIES and other animals of Lollypop Farm by donating to my page for Barktober Fest 2011 at:  http://lollypop.kintera.org/ba
rktoberfest/mike I'm helping organize the run/walk and will be running around with a bullhorn, air horn, and a starter pistol.  So, fun for the whole family!

FARM DAY AND "I'M SO EXCITED I COULD SCREAM!"

We got to babysit Tachel (Rachel) last Saturday, which was also Farm Day at Lollypop Farm!



Along with our great volunteers, I had to find places for everyone to park.  Sorry if you had to go down Victor Road last weekend and there was a backup...






Hayride featuring Russ!



Tachel the cat



Megan and her pet Tachel



Bounce House!



It's been a while since I did a sneak photo attack on the wife...



Storytelling and Tachel was right up front until she wanted a hot dog.



Burgers and hot dog picnic with the horses



Lots of grillin'









My favorite vehicle to direct traffic for...



Adrienne, Lollypop's Communications Director, trying to convince Pickles to come down.



You know, at no other job would this be considered a part of a normal day.  Pretty awesome.  Joanna walking around with a pig that just got out of surgery because it had some kind of stomach issue.



MORE KITTENS!  So, pick out the one's you want to adopt and come on down!


That's about it for now.  Just planning to watch some Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs and try to finish up Team of Rivals.  Fix Megan's car too.  Then there's the whole house-hunting thing.  Some other stuff too.  Anyway...