ku # 1166 ~ evening light

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Boathouse ~ Blue Mountain Lake, NYThe view, this AM, from our cottage on Blue Mountain Lake.
Took Hugo to a baseball game on the day Kodak announced it was selling its film / paper manufacturing and photo printing / kiosk divisions. Over the roar of the crowd, I was listening for the sound of George E. spinning in his grave.
FYI I have found a rather good ipad photo editing app - PhotoForge2 - which allows me to resize a picture file to the column width on SquareSpace. COnsequently, I can now do a reasonable edit and posting while on the road. Unfortunately, the crappy SquareSpace iPad app doesn't allow for larger pop-up pictures. Most likely I will be doing a real edit and posting of on-the-road edited / posted pictures when I get back home.Clipping / pruning ~ Stone Harbor, NJ - • click to embiggenEven though I'm 100s of miles to the north, I heard Jimmi Nuffin's whining - "Put up some new stuff already… sheesh!!!" - from here (Rochester).
OK, fine. I know I promised an entry a day while I was away from home but real life, as opposed my virtual life, sorta got in the way. Things like: get up every morning and make Hugo breakfast and then get him to the rink after which I eat breakfast at a near-to-the-rink restaurant and then it's back to the rink to watch some of the AM on-ice workout until it's time to hit the links for a round of golf which wraps up just in time to get back to the rink for the PM on-ice workout followed by the drive back to the ex-wife's place where I get ready to go out and spent some time with old friends and a few new ones such as a dinner get together with photo bloggers Ken Bello (Oneowner), Paul Maxim (Yesterday's Light) and John Linn (A Second Look) after which it's back to the ex-wife's and a goodnight's sleep only to wake up the next day and do it all over again with the only variation being different dinner partners to include my brother so we can plan the wedding event.
High Falls Gorge / West Branch Au Sable River ~ Wilmington, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenOver the last 12 years, I have driven by this view about 1,000+ times, admiring it throughout the many seasons and weather conditions. I really don't know why it took me until last week to make a picture of it.
Bears/boat/birch / Hungry Trout Restaurant ~ Wilmington, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Clouds / view from restaurant ~ Wilmington, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenOn Friday, evening the wife and I went out to dinner. We were enjoying a little time together before my departure to Rochester - where, daily for a week, I will be shuttling Hugo to and from hockey camp (from my the ex-wife's house where we will be staying). We were also celebrating my ordination as a cleric.
Yes, you read it right ... my ordination as a cleric. I am now officially ordained and recognized as a cleric by Rose Ministries of Las Vegas, Nevada (apparently where the Rose Ministry's Vatican is located). Why, you might be wondering? Well, being the patriarch of my family, my brother has asked me to officiate at his wedding. So, this Labor Day weekend (the first weekend in September), I will be ministering at his wedding which will be held at the New York State Fair.
FYI, since the wedding will be the first ever performed in the 171 year history of the fair, the media will be on hand to take note of the event.
In any event, I am leaving for Rochester today. At the end of my week in Rochester, Hugo and I will drive to Blue Mountain Lake (in the Adirondack PARK) where we will meet up with the wife and close out the summer with a week in a lakeside cottage. I will posting daily throughout my 2 week trip.
Mark Hobson - Physically, Emotionally and Intellectually Engaged Since 1947