Artist Tom Bintz' 73rd Birthday

Artist Tom "Captain Honk" Bintz on his 73rd birthday, October 11, 2024

I made this portrait of  Tom "Captain Hink" Bintz on the morning of his 73rd birthday. We are at te Pillar Point Community Sign outside Dexter, NY.  Someone whom I don't know posts names of Pillar Point residents on this sign on their birthdays. On this day however, Bintz' name was missing. The phone number to call regarding the birthday posts was not working. His name was displayed however a couple of days later.

I have been working so much on our Clay St apartment house that I have spent little time with Bintz this summer. He is a long time friend and a talented, interesting fellow. 

Thomas Jefferson's 281st Birthday and My 70th Photos

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the
United States, Born April 13, 1743

I was born 70 years ago on Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13th, 1954.  It's Thomas Jefferson's 281st.  The Better Half and I had a low key celebration. We went to Garland City Beer Works in Watertown where we had a couple of drinks and food. The band Bad Husbands Club was playing there 6-9:00.  The next day my daughter S made us some great macaroni and cheese, dropped off a couple of rib eye steaks, a 6 packof Guinness Extra Stout beer and a Friendly's ice cream cake. It was delicious. I couldn't ask for a more pleasant birthday. 

Selfie I made at Clay St on my birthday, 70 years old.
 Yikes, where did the time go?

Cheese and meat tray at Garland City Beer Works

House cocktail called Posh Purse Punch at Garland City Beer Works

House cocktail called Posh Purse Punch at Garland City Beer Works

The Bad Husbands Club trio at Garland City Beer Works

Rib Eye steaks on the grill.

Rib Eye steaks on the grill andGuinness Extra Stout Beer.

Guinness Extra Stout Beer, birthday 2024

Friendly's ice cream cake. A gift from daughter S that included
Guinness beer, steaks, mac and cheese.

Daughter's 48th Birthday April 29, 2022

Birthday card for daughter S. I love it

Today was daughter S's 48th birthday. Where has the time gone? I picked up a birthday card, potted plant and a cake for the birthday girl. She works overnight on the grave yard shift so was sleeping when I let myself into her home and dropped off the goods.

Spent rest of the day scraping paint on our Franklin St house while brother R worked in the stairway, putting up new siding. Got home to Chaumont at 6:30 and mowed the front and side yards. 

The inside of my daughter's 48th birthday card

Young Violinist Violin Music

We did quite a bit of yard work yesterday.In the afternoon we visited my mother and met daughter S & JJ there. JJ's birthday was a few days ago, S's is today. So we took over a carrot cake and gave them their gifts. We got J a violin which he appeared to like greatly. I snapped a photo of him in front of the picture window, deliberately silhouetting him.  J is 13, S is 40. We had a nice time and watched The Great Race on tv at 8:00 after which I started editing the wedding photos from Saturday.

JJ tries out his violin at his great grandmother's house.  Phto by Gary Walts (of course!)

Today I have to photograph a social event at the Land Mark Theater in Syracuse, and then a Syracuse Chiefs baseball game.