Currently listening to......

What'll I Do? by Linda Ronstadt & Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
The Story of Love by Brigitte Zarie

Brigitte can be found on iTunes.iTunes location for Brigitte's Album or her website.

Conesus Sunrise

I have to thank Taylor Hayward, whose royalty free music I found via a Google Search.

Enjoy the movie.

Shocking? Maybe, but if you text while driving.... WATCH THIS!

NY Philharmonica

Fantasia on Greensleeves by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Been a while

Greetings, avid readers! It's been a while since I posted to the blog.

So what's new? Nothing much. We've suffered from one of the coldest Julys on record, second coldest since 1884. It's been damp, so much so that the varnish work on the speed boat has suffered. It's still not on the water. We're hoping today! Or maybe tomorrow at the latest. We'd like to buzz up to Vitale Park here on Conesus lake for the Sunday evening concert.

Here's the boat sitting rather forlorn and lonely in the car port. The varnish has ended up being a non-slip surface. Some of it turned to alligator skin due to the moisture. Oh well, this fall (autumn) we'll tackle it properly. A little history about the boat, it's a 1961 Cruisers Inc. It's been in Gail's family since new, and was restored by sister in law Jen and her husband Robert. 90 hp Mercury engine! Somewhat of a collector's item.

So I'll pop some photographs of the boat on the water this weekend.

Cheers

Just a thought on a way to support our troops.

When my nephew was serving overseas in Kuwait, we sent him a little parcel of things he probably couldn't find "over there." If I remember correctly it included the following:

• Powdered drink flavours (like Cool Aid) so as to make chlorinated water more palatable.
  
• Medicated foot powder.
  
• Bath soap, unscented ... guys don't use perfume!
  
• Photographs from home.
  
• Wet wipes.
  
• A pair of sunglasses - somewhat indestructible, not your cheap gas station variety.
  
• Powdered pudding mixes, just add milk... butterscotch and chocolate were the most popular.
  
• Letter writing pad. (airmail weight). I gather this was not used for writing letters! They used the armed forces aerograms for letters, if any!
  
• A pair of wrist sweat bands.

If you can think of other suggestions leave a comment.

If you don't have a friend or relative overseas, I believe you can find how to forward such personal care parcels online. Here's two I've found.

For the United Kingdom...

SOS - Support Our Soldiers

For the United States...

AnySoldier.com

Please READ THE INSTRUCTIONS on these websites, otherwise you'll be making life difficult for the volunteers.

Totally Awesome Army Wife Blog

I have to thank one of my best friends, Jim Waltz, for forwarding a typical "support our military" email. In it, I clicked on a link to the web site below. Tammy, an army wife, writes a great blog about being an army wife. She is involved in all sorts of projects in which you, too, can participate.

Check out her blog, you'll be reading heartwarming and yet frightening stories for hours!

Army Household6

Cheers.