Are You The Cameraman?: September 2018

Saturday, September 29, 2018

september 28, 2018 Cleaned wood stove, PlutoTV,

Had a productive day today. Up at 6:30 and put in 2 hours of guitar practice. breakfast was a salami & Swiss cheese sandwich on rye bread with a sliced avocado. I then set about cleaning the flue pipe and chimney of the wood stove. In the course of that I discovered the chimney cap came loose and was ready to fall off. I cannot understand why that came loose unless it was from something the roofers did earlier this summer. I have 32 foot fiber glass ladder I used to reach the top of the chimney. That ladder weighs 75 pounds and is bulky, clumsy to maneuver. It's a work out at this age just to get it in place. But what a terrific ladder! It's worth every penny I paid for it which was about $300.00 a number of years ago.
After that I resumed work on the front porch. That has been an ongoing project this summer. On this day I replaced a few pieces of decayed wood on the roof and patched it with some tin. A week from now I'll paint the roof and no one will ever know there had been a repair made. Anyway, the took me until 6:15pm. I cleaned up from that and went to the Crescent Restaurant in Chaumont with the Better Half. She had a burger with fries. I had a special they called cottage pie, a shepherd's pie variant. It was very good but rather small portion. She had a cranberry juice & vodka, I had couple of IPA beers. The tab came to $35.00 and change.
When we got home I stumbled upon a 1995 movie title The Professional. It was on Roku's Pluto TV channel. It was not a great movie, but entertaining. Somewhat far fetched. a drug dealer, crooked cops, hit man flick with a lot of shoot 'em up going on.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Photos of 5th annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival, Clayton, NY September 1, 2018

Here are some photos of 5th annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival, Clayton, NY September 1, 2018. I had the honor of taking first place in the invited artists category.

5th annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival, Clayton, NY

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

September 11, 2018 Guitar gig at Clayton Yacht Club, Clayton NY

Had a wonderful evening last night playing guitar at a private birthday party. The event took place in the upper club house of the Clayton YachtClub, Clayton NY. It is situated on th St. Lawrence Over. The upper club house is a rustic old cottage with green shutters. The party was hosted by ET. This is the 2nd time she has hired me for her birthday. Among the guests this evening was famed underwater photographer David Doubilet. evidently my playing made an impression upon him. It turns out that he is a guitar and banjo player. We had a nice chat afterward. For the most part my confidence level was high and I did a good job playing my repertoire. ET and her guests were pleased.

Sunday, September 2, 2018

I win 100 Bucks in Clayton Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival 2018

I was one of the invited artists for the 2018 Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival in Clayton, NY. The event was sponsored by the Depauville Library. I happily won first place and received the $100.00 cash prize.