May 24, 2023: Farm Market Guitar Gig Cancelled & Garden Plants

 (This post, just now published, recounts a day from back in May of 2023)

Portable billboard at Watertown Farm & Craft Market . My gig was cancelled because of rain.

Wednesday May 24th was the season opening day of the Watertown Farm & Crafts Market. I was to be the live music act that plays at every market from 11:00 - 1:00. However it was cancelled because of rain. Rather heavy, miserable rain. The market wasn't cancelled, just the lunch time entertainment. Oh well. 

I had to meet up with one of our tenants to fill out some form verifying some of her information for some sort of assistance she was applying for. So I took care of that.

Rhodes Greenhouses in Henderson, NY where I bought garden plants

By the afternoon the rain quit and weather cleared. So I went to Rhodes Greenhouse in Henderson and bought some tomato plants and impatien flower plants. Arriving home from that excursion we decided to have a salad and grilled Hofmann hotdogs for dinner. I made made a Columbia 1905 Salad. This dish was originally created in 1905 at the famous Columbia Restaurant in Miami, Florida. 

Grilling Hofmann hot dogs and enjoying Goose Island IPA beer.

Finally that evening we watched the finale of CBS reality tv show Survivor. 

That's how that day went.

Rhodes Greenhouse a camp fire and Moon photo made with Sony a6000

We had a nice day in northern New York. It was sunny and mild. After working on a project in the garage the Better Half nd I took a drive to Rhodes Greenhouses in Henderson, NY. They have an abundance of plants for home and garden. Over the years I have frequented various garden / greenhouse centers in the north country. Rhodes' plants always seem to be superior to me. They are lush and robust. Why they seem better to me than their competitors I can't really say.

Rhodes Greenhouses in Henderson, NY. Their vegetable and flower plants are lush and robust. They have a large selection too. iPhone 6 photo by Gary Walts

From there we went up to visit my mother t the Hospice care facility in Watertown. We spent the evening with  her daughter H's family in Brownville. We sat around a fire in their backyard, drank a couple of beers and had a most pleasant time. 

Video is a slowmotion clip of the campfire.

When we arrived back home about 11:00pm I snapped a quick sot of the moon over our house. I used a Sony a6000 camera with a Minolta 300mm f4 AF lens.

Moon photo shot with Sony a6000 and a Minolta 300mm f4 AF lens.   photo by Gary Walts