Reshoot

Had some free time today to go out and shoot some follow-up pics of the TreeStorm damage.

Remember the weeping willow on Borden Rd.? I thought she was a goner. Arborists were saying any tree that lost 50% of its crown had to be destroyed. Well...she got all trimmed up and apparently was worth saving. We'll see what happens. The house in the backround didn't fare too well. Bigass fire pretty much destroyed it. Aside from the big burned out hole in the roof, this angle doesn't look too bad. The other side of the house is a different story.

I headed over to St. Matthew's Cemetery. They did a great job over there.

Then I was off to GardenVillagePlaza..the former staging ground for the debris. Now it's just a parking lot in a mostly vacant plaza. It looked better with all the sticks.

Why did I not have my camera at the ready????

I wish I had been paying more attention to my odometer...but nooooo.....so I missed this on 34567. Dang it!

I was mocked by The Spouse for posting the pic with all 3's. Apparently he thought it was stupid. I guess I'm even more stupider now!

It all comes down to your stuff.

In the end...its just your stuff...and where it goes. Temporary storage for the late Mom-In-Law's stuff that we inherited is now in the garage, waiting for its new place. The grill, lawnmower and garbage cans moved up front from their corner in the back for easy access.

Man..this is a rather macabre couple of posts, huh?

Who does this?

Is this bizarre or are we just quirky?

This looks like just another ordinary family picture, right?

Wrong.

This was taken after the funeral breakfast for the Spouse's Mom, who passed away last week. We've done it the last couple family funerals we've had. I dunno...weird or not?

R.I.P. Nancy

All that glitters blue and gold...

After the phenomenal season the Buffalo Sabres had, I'm pretty bummed that the season ended the way it did. But, hey....there's always next year. Man..I'm sick of hearing that every year. I'm also a little tired of Big Shiney Trophys being handed out on our ice to visiting teams.

Series Three Game Five

This is getting interesting!!! Its now 3-1..and after this afternoon, I think it'll be 3-2. I've got good feelings!!! Let's make this a series boys!!!

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo
* clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Check this out....

... It's pretty funny...

Series Three Game Four

This is for all the beans. Down 3-0. Now that we've lulled the Sens into thinking they're awesome, it's time to pounce. I know, I know...I'm grasping at straws whilst looking for shadows in the dark, but till it's over, I still have hope.

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo

* clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Not so good

Well.....the fat lady has entered the room....she hasnt stated warming up yet, but....

The optimist in me says to hang on and believe, so thats what I'm gonna do. I dont wanna hear the fat lady sing.

Series Three Game Three

Ok...they dont call them the Kardiac Kids for nuthin'!!! I need a few more grey hairs....lets kick some Senator ass tonite . I for one refuse to believe that we wont win this series. There..I said it..now lets get it done!!!

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo
* clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

This song and video will now and forever remind me of the amazing ride we've been on this year.



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Series Three Game Two

They'd better show up tonite!!!!

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo
* clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Series Three Game One

Buckle your seatbelts......this is gonna be a hell of a ride!

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo

* clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Do I?....or..Don't I?

I've heard the best way to make a decision is to make a list of pros and cons. I believe that's what I'll do. The question....

Do I fork over $135 for a ticket to Thursday nights game?

Pro---They've won both series where I've attended Game One
Con---Can't think of one for that.

Pro---I have the funds
Con---Again..I got nuthin'

Ok...Ok..this is foolish...I'm gonna have a big fat 'nuthin' for any Pro I come up with. I believe I just need to rationalize this to myself.

There's its all settle...I'm going.

This picture says it all

Series Two. Game Six

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo

* clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Unfriggin Believable!!!!!

Another Friday night, another close Sabres game, another time I jet outta work, another Sabres win. Watch this to get a feel of the atmosphere from Friday. You'll notice there's a couple darker shots of people with the gold pompoms. Thats shots from the plaza outside the arena. There were over 4000 fans out there watching the game on the big screen they have set up. Offspring #4 was out there totally into the craziness whilst The Spouse was inside in my seats that I couldn't use cuz of the whole work thing.

I'm thinking the boys with come out today firing on all cylinders to put the Rangers away for the summer.

Series Two, Game Five

Well....here we go. Hopefully the extra day off gave the Sabres time to pull their collective heads out of their collective asses. There'd better be some passion and desperation tonite.

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo* clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Series Two Game Four

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo* clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place

Oh, brother!!!

So..I get up Sunday morning and I'm all set to cast my Blue and Gold Glitter spell and SHAZAM!! no internet! Time Warner has chosen this particular time to switch over some servers from the now defunct Adelphia servers and we're without cyberspace till midmorning Monday.

What happens??? Sabres lose Game Three. Not cool. It's the playoffs, man....we need all the mojo working!!!!!

Series Two, Game Two

I'm feeling pretty confident that the Good Guys will play the way they did the other night. This is gonna be a good one!

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo
* clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

What a game!!

Pic of warm-up from Wednesday's thumping of the Rangers. It was probably the best game I'd been to all year. The arena was electric. Totally worth the $150 I paid for the seat.

Series Two...Game One

Snagged some tix for the game tonite. Sabres v. Rangers. Oh, hell YEAH!!!

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo

* clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Series One....OVER

Sabres 4...Islanders 3....Sabres win Series 4 games to 1.



On to the next round!

Series One, Game Five

This could be big. Hope they close out the series tonite.

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo*

clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

33333

I turned 33333 on the 300 today.

I just barely got into the driveway, parked it there, and ran in to get the camera so I could capture the moment for all time. Good thing too...cuz when I pulled into the garage it went 33334.

This just occurred to me......

33-333 has the same cadence as Let's Go Buff-A-Lo. How cool is that???

Series One, Game Three

Bummer about the loss on Saturday....gotta play all 3 periods to come out on top. Tonite will be, hopefully, a different story!

****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*
*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

Series One...Game Two..

Look at that focus....

Lot's of great game night pictures can be found at... http://www.mikelynaugh.com/sabres

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

The C-O-C

So....went to the game last night. Big win..as they all are from here on out. I'm loving every minute of it. Feeling quite COC ..... Cautiously Optimistic Confidence. I'm loving every minute of that too.

I'm not really reading the message boards too much right now....I can't stand all those pessimists predicting gloom and doom. I don't do gloom and doom. Enjoy the ride..you dont know when you're gonna experience this again. I've been watching this team since 1970...some of the fondest memories of my dad are from watching games..or even better listening on the radio....but anyway...where was I? Yeah...enjoy this ride...no matter the ending. It's been a great year to be a Sabres fan.

Well.. I just put in 12 hour day. Sleep is where its at right now. I tend to ramble when I'm tired.

Series One, Game One..

..Tonite, 8:00..Sabres vs. Islanders..HSBC Arena, Section 308, Row Two, Seats 21 & 22 . That's where I'll be! I'm taking Justin. We made a deal when drawing the tickets, I'll take you if you take me! Way better to have 1 ticket to 2 games than 2 tickets to 1 game. At least that's how we're feeling. We're smart that way.

****starts a chant****

Let's Go Buff-A-Lo

*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buff-A-L0

*clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

This thing is hilarious...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzkcTLyDMmw

This beautiful piece of hardware...

...The Presidents Trophy..

....now belongs to the Best TEAM in the NHL....The Buffalo Sabres!!!

I'm slighty over the line of giddy!!

It's Glitter Time!!!

Expect to see this many times in the next coming weeks as your Regular Season Eastern Conference and Northeast Division Champs go grinding for the Holy Grail....


****starts a chant****
Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*

Let's Go Buffalo
*clapclap clapclapclap*

*sprinkles blue and gold glitter all over the place*

I was cleaning out some files and stuff..and I ran across the following pictures.

Imagine this...it's 1911. It's probably been a really cold winter. You go to the Falls for the day...just to get out of the house. These are incredible pictures. This right about the time when this region was in its heyday....just after the turn of the century. Imagine one of these little icicles falling off and hitting the ground. This one is pretty cool....they people look like ants marching up a hill.

Happy Feet

I got a new pair of Crocs today. I love these things. I'm on my feet all day long and these little pillows from heaven have made my feet happy. When my feet are happy...I'm happy. This is my 4th pair....my first dip into the color pool. The guys at work who made fun of me and my first pair, are now sporting around in them. Its a beautiful thing...all these happy feet!!!

What an awesome picture,,,,

...and it's not so much Chris Drury after that wicked goal....its the kid behind him. That, right there, is what its totally about. Click on the picture to get a better view. That kid will never forget that moment..you can see it in his eyes. Speaking of eyes.....look at Drury's. That's intensity to the Nth degree.

I get shivers.

Man..what a lucky kid...front row seats behind the goal. I have almost the same view...from up in the 300's...lol!

Quack

Every year at this time, we get a visit from these two. Donald and Daisy, I call 'em. It won't be long before Macho Duck comes along and challenges Donald for a shot at Daisy. There'll be a big fight in the water. Don and Macho will start going at it and Daisy will just swim around the perimeter with her tail up in the air like she's all that. Then, when Donald gets done showing Macho who's the boss. Daisy will thank him. That gets noisier than the testostone fight.

Nothing says Spring like a good duck f......ight...I meant to imply fight.

The next visitors to drop in will be Fred and Ethel... the Long Neck Geese that prance around in the field behind the fence. It's loud enough with the quacking...wait till the honking starts!

I love Spring

Two Days...Two Gifts...

....and its not even my birthday!!!

I gave Offspring #3 and her boyfriend my tickets for the Sabres/Leafs game on the 23rd. Y'know the one where the Leafs choked away a 3 goal lead and the Good Guys in Blue and Gold went on to win 5-4. So the Offspring's boyfriend gives me these to show his appreciation. He's such a nice guy.

Then, last night at bowling, Shari gives me this.

I'm feeling really special right now!

The Trees are Budding..The Trees are Budding!!!!

Ok...so its my lilac bush, but its BUDDING! So are the majestic Weeping Willows. From a distance you can see a green little halo around them. Granted the lilac and the willows are usually the first to come into season, but I'm really excited about it.

I'll have to start carrying the camera around with me for the reshoot of the previous storm pics.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

St. Patricks Day Animations

I should work on finding something green to wear tonite

Thanks for the info Scott!

Ok...found out where those pictures of the Lake Effect came from. I promised credit...here's credit!

"Ever want to know what it looks like when a snowstorm rolls into town? Traffic Reporter Air Gordon (WBEN, Star 102.5) sees it all the time from the weather copter. "It's fascinating," he relayed to me. "The snow looks like something from The Poseidon Adventure. There is a virtual wall of snow... one minute it's clear, and the next it looks like a big wave is about to engulf the city."Even though these photos look menacing, the storm that actually rolled in when these shots were captured was not very significant. They were taken a couple of weeks after the 'October Surprise'.. just a typical lake effect snowstorm dropping some white stuff on the city. "I thought that BRO readers would like to see what it looks like from the air," Gordon said. That's true... we know what it looks like from the ground, so why not get a different perspective?"

Let's get the mojo working again....

I haven't used this in so long....time to break it out again.

*starts a chant* Let's go Buff-A-Lo *clapclap clap clap clap*

*sprinkles some blue and gold glitter all over the place*

5:30 pm....

....and it's still light outside.

The Spouse has been on his annual "Florida Golf Tour" for a week now. One more week to go.

March is a good month.

Whatcha' mean its snowing by you? It's not snowing by me

Check out these incredible pictures. Mother Nature having a little fun with the city. I don't know who took these pictures, but as soon as I find out, they get credit for them. Thanks Nina for sending them to me.

For the geographically challenged....the body of water in the upper right quadrant is Lake Erie. The tallest building on the left that's being draped in the precipitation is the HSBC Tower. I'm pretty sure that highway on the lower right is the Kensington Expressway, The 33, if you will. I'm gonna take a guess and say that these were taken from a helicopter or airplane, judging the different angle this one was taken from. Imagine driving down the I-90, *which you cant see in this pic...it runs along the lake shore*. One minute it's all sunny and stuff, gorgeous day for a ride then BAM!!! right into a wall of whitestuff. Crazy....just crazy.

Workin' at the Car Wash!!

Great weekend if you owned a car wash! ChaCHING!!!! Once the temps get up over 30 those places are mobbed!

Got my SuperKiss from Delta Sonic on Wednesday. Used my free wash Saturday. Both days there were a good 30 cars in line in front of me. Of course, as soon as I got down the road about 2 miles I could have used another wash, what with the spray from melt on the road, not to mention the dust from the salt clouds on the roads that were dry. Sheesh!

I hate having to shovel the snow snot and stalagtites out of the garage.

Wind!!

Progress!!! These are the wind turbines that are going up at the old Bethlehem Steel Plant in Lackawanna. Pretty cool.

In a completely ironic twist...they should have been up in November but the project was hampered by...you guessed it... windy conditions.

The inevitable

Well...the inevitable has happened. Sustained white stuff all over the place. Had to break out the big orange machine a couple of times. It's still damned cold out too. The 'deep freeze' as the news stations are calling it. On the bright side....its bright out!!

rethink the reshoot

So..I decided that I'm gonna wait till spring to reshoot the photos.

We haven't had much of a winter....till now.

Damn, its COLD outside!!! I walked from the grocery store to my car, which was parked in the second slot...two rows from the entrance, and my face was frozen!

--Heard today that the Doobie Brothers will be releasing a compilation CD in February. 33 song from 1971 to 2000. Guess who's gonna be making another trip to Record Theatre real soon.

Random thoughts

I should go out and reshoot some pics from the same locations as those I've posted here to compare the images. I know its way different. I'll have to get around to that soon.

It's pretty awesome to be anywhere in this town lately. No matter where you look, you'll see people wearing Sabres stuff. I like it