Eastern Comma Butterfly

Where’s Waldo the Eastern Comma butterfly? As Steve was out perusing a vineyard this past week he came upon the fairly common eastern butterfly.

Here’s a close-up. Nice comma and camouflage Waldo.

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Lamoka Lake

We had the chance to take the canoe out for the afternoon this past Sunday. You may recognize the canoe in the banner as being the family canoe that use to reside at the camp in Old Forge. The canoe now belongs to Dale, but we are canoe sitting until they can get it to [...]

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Fishing…and more fishing…

This year, fishing took a higher priority than it has in past years. Dale can be thanked for that, as he has inspired the boys to want to fish more often.
Steve has been particularly interested in bass fishing this summer, and he has been determined to get himself photographed holding a big ole bass by the mouth. [...]

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Boys Being Boys

Nathan has been enjoying his “boyhood” as he has been practicing a lot with his Lacrosse team. Here he is in the black shorts defending his goal during a scrimmage.

Sean has been having the itch of a “hunter gatherer” as this picture demonstrates an eagerness to get the garden started.

We received  a wonderful invitation from Dale [...]

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Express Update

Sean celebrating his 10th birthday on St. Patrick’s Day. 

Nathan racing by on his new skate board…oh dear.

Sean took his support for the Syracuse Orange to the next level.

If you look closely, his new braces are sporting the SU colors.

After a lot of hard work, Nathan earned his Wolf badge.

Nathan (and Steve) recently built a new bird house [...]

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Snowshoeing at the Audubon Center: 1/18/09

Stephanie spotted and planned a wonderful outing for the family this past Sunday. We went snowshoeing at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah, NY. The program was called stories in the Snow and included a brief presentation by a staff person about tracking wildlife, and a guided tour around the area by snowshoe.

Just having had several inches [...]

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Reflecting On Our Trip To The Adirondacks

After our return from the Mountains a few weeks ago, Steve found a book at the library that was inspired by the trip to the Adirondacks. The book was called “Forest Under My Fingernails: Reflections and Encounters on The Long Trail.” by Walt McLaughlin.
As Steve was reading he found the authors reflections to be a wonderful [...]

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7/24 The Wild Center

On Thursday, the forecast was calling for showers again. So we took the opportunity to visit The Wild Center in Tupper Lake. We had visited there last year and the kids were eager to return again this year. It was a great rainy day activity as much of the experience is inside.

Here Nathan and Sean peer [...]

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7/25 Breakfast on Panther Mountain

Friday morning the weather forecast was for the best day of our week. So we got up at the break of dawn, or 7-ish, and headed for Panther Mountain.

“Lead the way Nathan.”

Here Sean and Nathan stand next to another glacial erratic that looks almost as if someone wedged that little rock underneath it so it [...]

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7/25 Canoe Expedition

After we finished our hike to Panther Mountain, we rented a canoe for the remainder of the day and set out to explore Rollins pond by water. We made a complete circle around the pond.

It is a nice place to canoe as they have restrictions on motor boats with motors over 20hp on the pond. [...]

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