Man, oh man, was that a gorgeous holiday weekend or what?  We went to Moreau Lake State Park today, which I’ll tell you about tomorrow. But here are some things going on this week: Tuesday, June 1st: At 11 am, there’s a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Jerry Burrell Park in Schenectady. The playground was designed by … [Read more…]
We visited the Albany Pine Bush today. I hadn’t been there for quite a while–enough so that I’d basically forgotten all about it.  We started with a hike. It was hot. The shade was comfortable, but it was mostly sunny and hot-hot-hot, especially with areas of the trail so sandy. What’s great about the Albany … [Read more…]
We spent much of the day putting our garden in, and it’s our wedding anniversary, so I’ve got to get ready for a date! Which means I’m slacking on a post for you. Maybe take a hike or go to a playground? The state parks are back open–yay.  Plus, Shrek’s playing at, umm, about … [Read more…]
First: the bug update. I’m pretty sure that it was black flies and mosquitoes all along. Yesterday J and her BFF went into the woods and when they emerged, BFF was covered with bites and J had a few bites on the bottoms of her feet and one along her hairline behind her ear–some of … [Read more…]
Sure, the conventional choice for a Memorial Day Weekend post might be an American flag, but instead I took a picture of what’s in front of me: Isis the cat. Lookin’ for some love while her human just wants to finish the blog post. It’s a little irritating, but not as irritating as sneaking rodents … [Read more…]
This is a day late because we lost our cable internet–heat related, I think: I mentioned that yesterday was not my most fabulous day ever. Here are the highlights. At 4-something in the morning, our cat Isis, who had refused to come inside the night before, managed to push open a not-closed-hard-enough-by-me door and bring … [Read more…]
I had absolutely no Capital District Fun today. It was a bad, bad day. It was almost comically bad, like my recent car trip. So that I started taking pictures to document my intense lack of fun for your pleasure. But I’m too exhausted to go into the story. So that will be tomorrow’s post. … [Read more…]
Phew! Hot enough for ya? We’re officially beginning the pool opening countdown. If anybody’s got recommendations for their favorite water spots–parks or pools or streams, anywhere where the kids can get wet–I’d love to hear about them. Especially places that happen to be available at this very moment. Meanwhile, back to business. So, looking around … [Read more…]
That’s what my neighbor Mary calls Niska-Day. The kids (all four of them, because of our sleepover guests) were up super-early, then there was parading, candy catching, biking to the festivities, general frolicking, playground-playing, biking back, hitting the neighborhood party, and in just over an hour there are fireworks. J begged to go to the … [Read more…]
Did you hear that a week from Saturday there will be an AweSomely Adult Prom? I read about it on the All Over Albany blog. I was briefly deeply excited because it’s actually on our wedding anniversary. 17 years, baby!  I do love me some dancin’. But on second thought, I think that this … [Read more…]
