Upstate New York

This post is a bit delayed due to my difficulty obtaining internet access in the last few days. I was in upstate New York from Saturday May 21 through Wednesday May 25 visiting my friend Stephen. Upstate New York is absolutely beautiful in the summertime. On the way home from the airport, we visited Lake Cazenovia:

As you can see, fluffy clouds, azure sky, pristine country lake. I could have stayed there for hours!

But more than anything, I love the green grass and trees there. The rolling hills there sprout plots of both, including farm fields.

To the left, Stephen relaxing for probably the first time in months (planting season = 60-70 hour work weeds). So I spent a lot of time with his cat Blacky - admittedly one of the coolest cats I've ever met. And I don't mean "cool cat" as in "too cool for skool"; rather, he is the world's most affectionate and entertaining kitty.


I also spent a lot of time with his dear companion, Ladybird. She's wonderful but almost a bit too obsessed with Stephen. He keeps her on a tight leash though, so it's understandable.

Several other things I got to do while in upstate New York: see the gorgeous campus of Colgate University, ride a tractor, eat at Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse (arguably the best ribs in the nation), watch a pipe ditch being dug, help build a closet (which was actually extremely fun and interesting for me), lay in a fresh hay field and stargaze, meet a new friend's darling baby girl, watch an Amish man plowing with a Jersey cow (WISH I had gotten a picture of that!), walk the country roads in the dark at night (the stars! I see them so seldom).