About this blog title

I cannot tell you how many times I have shown up at events with a couple of cameras around my neck, a gadget bag full of odds & ends and a lighting kit and have been asked that question. If it happened once every few years, that would be one thing. But it happens a LOT. It's like getting pulled over by the police and he's standing there with uniform, gun, flashing lights and asking him "Are you a cop?" I would love to come back with a witty reply, such as "No, I am Jesus. Don't you recognize my beard?" However, I cannot be that rude.


Showing posts with label cold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cold. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

A Green Whisk Caught My Eye While Making Bread Pudding

 

Green Whisk and bread pudding mixture

Yesterday I was mixing together some eggs, milk, sugar, and cinnamon to make a bread pudding and this green whisk and the mixture caught my eye. So I snapped a photo of it. I was doing this in late afternoon after yet another day of shoveling snow. In the evening we watched the 1963 movie Charade starring Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn.  I walked a total of 9,641 steps. 

Making bread pudding after another day of shoveling snow.

It was cold and snowy all day. 


Wednesday, January 22, 2025

A Cold and Beautiful North Country Day



It was a cold and beautiful day here in the North Country. When I first got up t was 5 below zero at our house in Chaumont NY. I drove my 2011 Kia Sedona van to Cheney Tire on State St in Watertown dropping it off to have some repairs done. From there I walked to our Clay St apartment and spent next 3 hours shoveling snow. The air was crisp and cold. The work kept me warm. People find it hard to believe, but I enjoyed every bit of it. Later in afternoon Cheney Tire called and said it was doubtful my van would be finished today. Work being done started out as replacing rear shocks and springs. However on way into town a new sound erupted. A thumping, bumping kind of thing. Tuns out a front wheel was loose. I guess I never torqued down the lug nuts on the wheel after I changed the front strut assembly last week.

This resulted in damage to the wheel, the lug nuts, and lug nut studs. So... more repairs... more $$.

State St, Watertown, NY this morning.

Selfie of me during walk from Cheney Tire to Clay St.


Cold, snowy scene in Watertown, NY.

Recent snow on tenants car, Clay St, Watertown, NY

Our Clay St house after I shoveled snow for 2.5 hours