I'm Musician of the Month for April 2026

 

I am very honored that my peers in The Upstate Musicians selected me for Musician of the Month for April 2026. 

Chicken Dish Before and After Eating. It's What Caught My Eye

A wonderful chicken breast and cauliflower rice dish.

I am a chronic snap shooter. A few days ago we had dinner at step daughter B's house. She prepared this delicious chicken breast atop cauliflower rice. She did a great job. The food looked so good I was compelled to snap a photo of it. Then, when I was finished the empty plate and fork caught my eye so I snapped that too. 

Finished: Devoured a wonderful chicken breast and cauliflower rice dish.

April 3- Warm Day, Forgotten $600 Receipt, Bat on Camera

Yesterday, April 3, 2026, was finally a warm, mostly sunny day with temperature here in Chaumont, NY hitting 70 degrees. It has been a cold winter and a cold spring. Knowing that the night time temperature was going to be 40-50ish degrees I thought some bats may exit into the evening air from our attic. I had 2 trail cams set up. Both mounted on a ladder fairly. One close to the chimney entrance, the other one down low showing wider field of view. The lower camera with wider view captured 2 videos of bat, about 2 hours apart. The closer camera captured nothing. I have them set up again this evening. 

I came across one of my reporters notebooks from 2017 on this day too. Flipped through it quickly and stopped on a page that had a hand written receipt from someone named Francis V...?? Can't decipher the last name. It was dated October 21, 2017. It's for $600.00 and also say "1-Lot"

I have no recollection of this. No clue what it was for. 

I really can't make out the last name. Velvia, maybe? Don't know.

$600.00 receipt from Francis R V??? What did I buy?