Category: hiking

04/03/10 10:17 - 47ºF - ID#51323

Spring swimming in zoar valley

I went to zoar valley with (e:mike) and (e:libertad). It's was so awesome
out. We even went swimming! I think is the earliest I have been
swimming. It was cold though, especially when my nuts hit the water
but we survived thanks to the 82 degree air temperature. I I've freak
warm spring days because unlike summer and fall, there are barely any
bugs and no mosquitos or horse flies.

The waterfall was so beautiful right, I wish I took pics.

The valley has changed since the flood. I seriously cannot belive how
high the water must have been during the flood last year. There was
debris and trees fallen 15 feet above normal creek level. It must have looked like the niagara river.

The island we skinny dip on was almost washed away and a new island
formed that was connected to shore by two giant trees that were
brought down when their roots washed out. They made awesome bridges.

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04/02/10 08:22 - 66ºF - ID#51316

24 Linwood painting continued

I got to paint with no shirt on most of the day. The ladder pic is
from like 5 feet higher than the other one. There is no more fucking
hot pink on the house. Side 2 is more than halfway brown. Next step
is the trim. Then the dormers, then the porch floor, then the
woodwork, then the bricks, then get the fireplaces going. Then redo
the bathroom, then the kitchen, then garage. It will never end.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

04/01/10 09:20 - 62ºF - ID#51311

Nice day painting

Worked really late last night, went to anchor bar for lunch, brought
the grill out, went home to depink the house, damn it's scary up
there, the one window sill required some serious work.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/30/10 11:12 - 35ºF - ID#51297

Trashy porch on elmwood

What is up with this ueber trashy porch on elmwood next to Pano's
parking lot. It would look much better with nothing on the side. I
love all the extra trash supplies below.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/30/10 11:10 - 35ºF - ID#51296

I want to look like this guy

So freaking bad. I would beat the hell out if everyone who pissed me
off.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/28/10 06:09 - 44ºF - ID#51284

The Gem and fossil show

We went to the gem and fossil show at the Erie county fair grounds.
It was the first opportunity I have had to start the gem collection
that I wanted for so long.

The one thing I didn't consider before was that because of the varying
strengths of the minerals you can't really keep them all in one bag
like I wanted. I guess maybe if they were all the same kind, like a
bag of diamonds.

I decided to start small and went with one bright orange fire opal
which was less than $100. You can see on in the outback steakhose
menu in the pic below. It is so crystal clear estrip orange.

They had all kinds of awesome stones and gems. I really think I could
enjoy being a gem dealer as much as being a computer programmer and
gem dealing sounds easier and less stressful.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/27/10 08:45 - 43ºF - ID#51278

The symbol for cassarole

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/27/10 08:40 - 43ºF - ID#51277

Another room to work on

This one needs some serious help. I winder what happend to the wall
in that closet?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/27/10 08:33 - 43ºF - ID#51276

Oysters with the oyster knife

This time I bought the oyster knife which is slightly blunt and
curved. It seems the keys is to grind and jam it in and then just
twist. Make sure the flat part is up top otherwise you lose all the
juice.

They didn't have the gloves and (e:matthew) and I both got puncture
wounds on our hands. It's almost like it's part if the adventure, I
mean when else does food hurt you.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/27/10 08:28 - 43ºF - ID#51275

Ugli fruit continued

It's almost the end of the season and I am obssessed with ugli fruit
so I bought 4 of them. It seems that both green and yellow are
equally ripe and tasty. In fact the inside is so much prettier than
the outside. The smell of the inside of the rind is so good. I hear
thru make candy out of it.