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The Whitestone Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, as seen from the Throgs Neck Bridge. And yes, that’s a plane taking off from La Guardia. #skywatchfriday
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Take me out to the ball game
Thursday night and our destination It’s a county-owned facility. You park at the courthouse, and to reach the ballpark you a walk past the fire department museum and a duck pond. Actually I’ve never seen any ducks on the pond, but I did see these guys. The babies still have down instead of feathers. Tonight’s game. The Long Island Ducks vs the Gastonia Ghost Peppers. The Ghost Peppers are relatively new to the Atlantic League. There was another team in Gastonia, but the owner went bankrupt, and the team was kicked out of their ballpark and dropped from the Atlantic League. When the gates opened, we headed straight for the 50/50 table to buy raffle tickets (we didn’t win), then spent a few minutes in the Waddle In shop. I don’t need any Ducks gear, I have a ton of team tee shirts and baseball caps thanks to various giveaways over the years. Then we went upstairs to the Duck Club and ordered food at the bar, to take to our seats. I got a hot dog o...
Baseball!
The first place NY Mets, the best record in baseball … But what’s that? The Yankees are in first place too? And a Subway Series this weekend! Oh wow …
Ramblings
Look who is on my lawn! Two robins, twice the luck. (Ignore the mess that serves as a lawn…) Back in February, Drew gave me a balloon for my birthday. That balloon is still alive in May! I’m really liking Zoodles. This week I made a sauce — a can of crushed tomatoes, onion, garlic, yellow pepper, mushrooms — and served it over Zoodles, topped with some grated Parmesan. There’s a minor glitch involving our Memorial Day bar. At least, I hope it’s a minor glitch. Drew bought a new gas grill, and it was supposed to be delivered yesterday. But there’s a problem, it’s delayed, and now scheduled to be delivered May 22, three days before our barbecue…we’ve already invited our friends, so if the grill isn’t delivered … I need a backup plan, what to feed everyone if we can’t grill the usual burgers and hot dogs. The latest baseball news —- Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are no longer on the “ineligible” list. Their sins have been forgive...
And still more this and that
Mets vs Cubs Sunday afternoon, and the game was on Roku TV, with Mets announcer Gary Cohen going the play by play and former Yankees manager Joe Girardi doing the commentary. Weird … Mets won! Final score 6-2. My Mother’s Day flowers. And yes I got a card from the cats… Finally got to try these … the lime taste is very strong, but if I dip the chips in salsa…very nice. I took a walk, a Sunday stroll. I was going to say “not a cloud in the sky” until I saw this Those tiny puffs count as clouds, I guess. I wasn’t the only one walking. And people were in their yards, either relaxing or doing yard work. And lots of kids were in the park. Anyhow, something interesting is popping up on local lawns. Our school district holds graduation ceremonies for elementary and middle school as well as high school. Graduates from all three schools put signs on their lawns proclaiming themselves to be class of 2025. Our school year doesn’t end unti...
