PHOTO: Hawk Eats a Pigeon , Clay St. Watertown

 

Hawk dining on a pigeon, 418 Clay St, Watertown, NY

 I pulled into driveway of our Clay St apartment house in Watertown and saw this hawk eating a pigeon. After I snapped a few frames I tried to get closer and the bird took off.  I left to do some errands and when I got back the pigeon was gone, only a few feathers remained. 

Pigeon killed and eaten by the hawk above.

Apartment Is Ready To Rent

Yesterday was a fun and pleasant day. I put in a long day today for the Post-Standard. Left at 8:00 this morning, got home at 7:00PM. Along the way I stopped at 2 grocery stores.




This is what the bathroom looks like now. I kept the old cast iron tub (it also has a shower), installed a new sink, floor & toilet.

 I get home and split up some kindling wood, get a fire going in the wood stove and then place an ad on Craigs List for the aprtment that I have been getting ready to rent for the past 3 months. I have rented this apartment several times and I always place it on CraigsList. I always post 4 photos with the ad. They are digital photos. I have them stored on a disc or in my computer somewhere. I know I do! But, I cannot find them. I also know darn well I've photographed that apartment almost every time I rent it. So this time I was sure I could just re-use those photos. But where are they!?! Tomorrow I'll go make some new pix and add them to the ad. For now, I did have this one photo I took yesterday of the new sink. So I posted it with the ad, and here.
Now I am finishing the day with a Caged Alpha Monkey India Pale Ale beer from Honeoye Falls, NY.  It's bitter and tasty. I nice reward at the days end.



Plumbing at 418 Clay St

There was a lot of rain here in Chaumont NY last night. It continues this morning.

This is me in one of myapartments on Clay St., Watertown. I am holding the bathtub drain & trap
that I removed. It's made of lead. I replaced it with PVC (plastic) drain.



Original bathtub lead drain & trap. I'll
sell the lead to a local scrap yard.



 If one wishes to survive here in Northern NY it is useful to wear many hats. Among the hats I wear is that of Land Lord. When one of my apartments came vacant at 418 Clay St. in Watertown, I knew I couldn't rent it again with the shabby condition the bathroom was in. The floor, in particular, was  in tough shape. The toilet was ancient and had a leak that I repaired at least four years ago. The leak had not returned, but I figured I better replace the toilet befor the leak returned, or something worse happened. Replacing the floor was a challenge because of the monstrously heavy cast iron, claw fotted bathtub. Not easy to move. Anyhow, The photos presented here are from that project, taken on February 27th of this year.

This is a small bathroom, just about 5 x 5 feet. The floor was in horrible condition. I replaced it
along with the toilet & sink. I kept & re-installed the cast iron, claw foot bathtub.