Apparently, the Only One In America Not To Feel the Earthquake

PUPPY-MANIA!!!!



The Old Rifle Range Trail in Ellison Park.  In 1933, it was a classy gun club that turned into a nice nature preserve in 1994



The old gazebo overlooking the old, overgrown ranges



Megan trying to see the old grounds.



The wetlands between the Irondequoit creek and bay

Kayak in the wetlands



MEGAN!  



ME!









Crazy mushroom



My new favorite lawn ornament; South Park-ish Uncle Sam



These used cars were not available when I was shopping for a new car...


  
The Summer Red Wings 



Frontier Field



It was military/fireman (or something like that) appreciation night.  Lots of uniforms!



Rachel is the biggest baseball fan in the world!



Saw this in Topps.  I like that the lemon finds itself sour.  



THE FOSTER PUPPIES ARE HERE!  They had to come in to get their checkup with the vet and took over the office.  Poor Dock (the cat).



Poor Dock getting whacked in the face with a tail






The puppy riot was contained and brought back home.  



Dock and Neville can return to normal levels of trouble.


BARKTOBER FEST 2011 is on September 24th in Egypt Park (next to Lollypop Farm) and I'm on The Dirty Dogs team.  So, please support me (and the homeless and abused animals of Lollypop Farm) by going to http://lollypop.kintera.org/ba​rktoberfest/mike to make a donation!

Billy the Bill Will Take Over For Maybin At Linebacker And Already Has More Sacks

At first, you laugh because why would anyone want Billy the Bill mascot's autograph.  Then you realize, he was their best draft pick since 1983...



The Buffalo Bills have their training camp at St. John Fisher College, which is just down the road from us.



So, how bad are the Bills going to be this year?  Improving, but still Detroit Lions bad.  






Panorama of players that will soon be on the practice squad



Sadly, the special teams are the highlight.  Important, but still sad...



Neville!  Get better and find a home.  I guess he has a throat problem, which is why he got sick in surgery and then got pneumonia.  That doesn't explain why he likes to poop under my desk...



This is in my job description...



East End Fest in downtown Rochester.  "Haven't heard a Sponge song in a while.  Another cover?  Who sings this song; 3-11?  I don't know, it might be Creed.  I'll look it up on my phone.  It's Sponge...  These guys must really like Sponge...  (time passes)  Wait, these guys are Sponge."



"The Push-Up Girls and one buff dude."  I thought girls in camouflage bikinis were the National Guards latest attempt to get kids to sign up for the military since they were by their tent.  But, I guess they were for some gym.  I wish it were the National Guard...









The local cover band Sponge opened up for.  Seriously, who is their manager?



Thousand Acre Swamp nature preserve in Penfield



This is a pretty weird little swamp.  All sorts of interesting plants, bugs, animals, and all.



The boardwalk through the reeds and cattails 



great trail names



Eery woods with creepy trees.  As local lore states, a hermit use to live in these woods.  Probably still does...



Red dragonfly



This is from the part of the woods where many trees looked like this.  It was a pretty interesting place and the photos do not do it justice.


BARKTOBER FEST 2011 is on September 24th in Egypt Park (next to Lollypop Farm) and I'm on The Dirty Dogs team.  So, please support me (and the homeless and abused animals of Lollypop Farm) by going to http://lollypop.kintera.org/ba​rktoberfest/mike to make a donation!

Puppies, Renaissance, and Bob Dylan; Oh My!

Oh Neville, when will you get better?  Almost died getting neutered.  Got pneumonia.  Now he has to fight off Dock...

Good sniffin'

All work and no play

B-day cake for Papa

Ohhhh!!!  Nice use of the golf ball

The Sterling Renaissance Festival.  Right now, I'm going to tell you this is way more than I expected...

I didn't even know they would have permanent structures.  I just expected some jousting and a turkey leg.  Not theater.  It's essentially the Medieval Times restaurant outside!

Oh, and you get to use old weapons, like a bow and arrow.

Here's the midday public execution.

Chop off that head!  The kid brought up was very disappointed that he didn't get to catch a real human head...

It was "Scottish Days," so some Highland Games were in order

THROW THAT TELEPHONE POLL!!!

Ping Pong Crossbow

Tomato throwing at Tomato Justice.  You may get hit in the face with tomatoes, but you also get to insult everyone and get paid.  So...

Nothing could illustrate America's health crisis more than this...

TO THE WATER DUNK!

Misery

FINALLY!  Some jousting.  WWE style

Megan's dad got tickets to the Leon Russell/Bob Dylan concert last night at CMAC in Canandaigua.  Pretty swanky place.

"Do you think he smokes?"  Yaba Doba Gabba Do.

Off to see the Buffalo Bills practice.  They need so much practice...  

BARKTOBER FEST 2011 is on September 24th in Egypt Park (next to Lollypop Farm) and I'm on The Dirty Dogs team.  So, please support me (and the homeless and abused animals of Lollypop Farm) by going to http://lollypop.kintera.org/ba​rktoberfest/mike to make a donation!