Trespassers at our vacant Clay St Apartment Arrested August 25 2022

 

2 of the trespassers at Clay St apartment house. Girl talking to police was one of those arrested. My daughter that lives close by is on the porch in the background.

About 10;30 this morning I got a call from a man that lives next door to our Clay St, Watertown apartment house. He saw people entering the only vacant unit. I called city police and headed there. It seems a man somehow pried the door open. He then told his girlfriend that he had an apartment and she could move in. A friend of hers dove her over there and proceeded to move in a few boxes of her belongings. UNREAL! I have no idea who these people were, never saw them before. I insisted upon them being arrested for trespassing. Well, police told me 2 of the three were. The man & the girlfriend. 

When the police arrived all three were in the apartment. The man got spooked and jumped out a back window. Police chased him down, capturing him a few blocks away. 

I believe this miscreant is a homeless person and has been visiting the fellow in the adjacent apartment. He saw the apartment had been vacant for a couple of months, so this morning he decided to let himself in.

After the dust settled I replaced the lock set and put a lock on the rear basement door. 

2 of the trespassers. Woman at left was charged with trespassing. Woman at right wasn't charged.

Unbelievably to me is girlfriend of man that broke into our vacant apartment started moving stuff in.

Unbelievably to me is girlfriend of man that broke into our vacant apartment started moving stuff in.

Unbelievably to me is girlfriend of man that broke into our vacant apartment started moving stuff in.

When I got home to Chaumont I had a beer and then mowed the backyard. 

Female Cardinal and Goldfinch photos at Bird Feeder August 17, 2022

A female Cardinal and a Gold Finch at the bird feeder behind our home in Chaumont, NY. 

 Here are a couple of photos I snapped of a female Cardinal and a Gold Finch at the bird feeder behind our home in Chaumont, NY. I used a Sony a6600 camera with Minolta 500mm F8, auto focus mirror lens. It was attached to the camera with the Sony LA-EA 5lens adapter. 

A female Cardinal and a Gold Finch at the bird feeder behind our home in Chaumont, NY. 

Will Salisbury, the Man of Steel From Omar Passes Away at Age 72

The late Will Salisbury with his dog at his home in Omar, NY. I snapped this photo in January 2022

"Will, my friend, my inspiration, my heart is simply breaking. You were one of a kind. My life was enhanced after meeting you, and I can’t say that about very many people. With all the love my heart can pour I wish you an eternity of creativity and peace."

Those were the words that came to me upon hearing the news of North Country legend Will Salisbury, artist,  passing away at his home on Grindstone Island in the St. Lawrence River, Jefferson County, NY. He was 72.  He died on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. 

I wrote that to him on his Facebook page Thursday the 11th.  Since then my post seems to have disappeared. 

There is a short list of people whom I have met in life that have had a big impact upon me. Most of them don't know it because I have never told them. Will was one of them.

The initials of  the others are: BG, MH, BM, RS, GL, CD. I need to let these people know how my life was changed for the better because of them. 

Shadow Selfie as I Paint Front Steps Tuesday August 2, 2022

 

Painting the front steps, I take a selfie photo of my shadow. 

 This is a shadow selfie I snapped of myself while painting the front steps of our home in Chaumont, NY. This was on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. 

Besides the steps, I had some other errands to do. I went to the Wine Seller and picked up a couple bottles of Sauviignon Blanc and, and a couple of Cabernet Sauvignon. 750mm bottles. the price came to $22.00 This purchase was in anticipation of my two sisters coming for a weekend visit.

I gave my Celebrity Brother a ride home after he dropped one of his cars off at a repair shop for a brake job. I also went o Hannaford Grocery store and bought 3 dozen eggs, size jumbo, at $4.39 each. Yikes! that is a lot to pay for a dozen eggs.  

Normally on Tuesday mornings I have guitar lessons at the Copley House, however, I am taking the month of August off from that.

Abut 3 hours after painting the steps began to rain. It rained quite a bit the rest of the day, letting up or stopping briefly nw and then. It didn't appear to have an adverse effect of the paint job though.