Eric made two free throws in the HP JV Basketball game; making it a two possession game with 10 seconds to play. His only points as HP wins 57 -50 in their season opener.
HP JV Bball @ Herkimer
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Timothy J. Skelly
Timothy J. Skelly of Spencerport died on Thursday, November 23, 2017. Predeceased by his wife, Roseanne (Starnino) Skelly; father and mother, J. Francis and Isabel Skelly. He is survived by his children, Sarah Skelly and Christopher Skelly; brothers, Patrick (Janice) Skelly, Thomas (Debbie) Skelly; sister, Kathryn (James) Muller; many brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Tim was a retiree of Eastman Kodak Co. Viewing was held on Monday from 4-7PM at the DiPonzio Funeral Home, Inc., 219 Spencerport Road, Gates. Interment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to Lipson Cancer Center, 1425 Portland Avenue, Rochester, NY 14621 in his memory.
Thanksgiving at BillieJo & Joel’s House
After decades of Kathryn hosting Thanksgiving, this year BillieJo offered to host the meal. Kathryn volunteered to cook two turkeys, make dressing and gravy. We made arrangements with Robert & Linda to share transporting Barb & Joe from Atria to /from the feast.
Everything worked out well. Unfortunately, upon our return home we received the new that Tim had passed away from his fight with leukemia.
Warm Fall
We had a fantastic fall; warm, dry days and slightly cool nights. Great fall colors. Kathryn and I continued to cut firewood and made two new trails: Big Maple and Four Corners North. Both trails need mowing and maintenance but will work for snowshoe/ski trails this winter.
Fort Ticonderoga
We met our friends Kent & Kathi in Lake George and toured Fort William Henry on Lake George and Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champagne. Named Carillon by the French in 1755 and known to the soldiers in the American Revolution as “the old French Fort,” Fort Ticonderoga stood at the center of 2 wars and 5 battles. By 1820, “the old French Fort” had fallen into ruins when William Ferris Pell purchased the land and began one of America’s earliest preservation efforts. The weather worked out fine as it was clear and warm on Monday and the showers held off until late on Tuesday. We were at the pavilion marking Fort Defiance overlooking Fort Ticonderoga when a violent thunderstorm came through, but we stayed dry and talked a little longer with the resident re-enactor. I managed this picture of the fort between rain events.
Estimated Firewood as of 15Oct2017
I estimate that Kathryn and I have cut approximately 19 face cords of firewood in the past few weeks. We have been fortunate in that the weather most weekends has been dry and warm.
RFA Homecoming Dance
Eric and Ally dressed up for the Rome Free Academy Home Coming dance.
Re-Arranging the Living Room Furniture
Our living room is a 261 square feet (14.5′ x 18′) and designing useful arrangements has been difficult. Primarily, the room is used for Eric to watch Netflix and eat snacks or in the winter it is used as a reading room when one wants to sit near the wood stove. One of the motivators was to remove Kathryn’s mahogany gaming table from living room which was the hottest room in the house. We decided to re-arrange by bringing the furniture in off the walls and more to the center of the room. So now there are two discrete areas – for watching TV and for lounging / reading.
Sleeping Under The Stars
One of the things Kathryn and Eric enjoyed from our rafting trip was sleeping under the stars due to clear skies and no bugs. With fall conditions and clear skies Kathryn sought to duplicate that experience by sleeping out on the deck in late September. Cullen joined her, but Scout opted for the comfort of sleeping inside. Of her three attempts, the 1st she experienced a lot of condensation, the 2nd had a couple of mosquitoes and the 3rd was just right.
Status of the Woodpile
Kathryn and I have been cutting firewood on weekends since we came back from vacation. We got a lot of dead ash from the junction of north trail and the spring trail as well as the intersection of north trail and the angle trail. In cutting there we were pulling dead ash out of the woods onto angle trail and ended up with a new trail skirting the swamp. We call this Big Maple, imaginatively due to a large maple tree mid-way.
We can get just shy of a cord of firewood on the carry-all and it is handy for getting around in the woods to pick up wood.
I am estimating we currently have about 15 face cords of wood. We have two rows 5.5 feet high running the length of the barn which is 48′. So I estimate about 7 cord for each of those two rows, plus our start at a third row
2-4 more cords will complete our focus on this year’s firewood and gathering dead trees and we will turn our attention to dropping some trees to improve our trail system. We can let them dry for collection next year.