The Calm After the Storm

It seems like it's been raining non-stop for weeks. Tonight we had a particularly wicked storm, but afterward the sky looked really cool...

Flag Day

I went to the Flag Day ceremony at American Legion Post 155 in Ronkonkoma today. I got there a bit late, so I missed most of it, but here are some pictures...


A collection of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts brought up old flags that were then properly disposed of through burning...

Mets Game 6-25-08

These pictures are almost a year old - I took them at the last game I went to at Shea Stadium last June. I came across them today, and they made me feel better about the Mets getting crushed by the Yanks today, so I figured I'd post them...


Ahh, Shea Stadium. I went to the game with my little sister. We got there a few minutes late and she had to go to the bathroom (of course, if she'd listened and gone before we left the house, we'd have been fine, but I digress), and I made her stop in the parking lot so I could take pictures of the stadium. Like I told her that day, I've been a Mets fan my entire life, and going to Shea for the first time when I was 5 was like a religious experience. At that time, it was magical because it was where Darryl Strawberry played; when I went there last June, it was also where Mike Piazza, John Olerud (I never could spell his name right), Rey Ordonez, Turk Wendell, David Wright, Jose Reyes, and all of the other players I rooted for over the years had played; it was where I yelled at John Rocker for being an idiot and then watched him find out he had been traded while he was in the bullpen warming up for a game; it was where I'd watched baseball with my parents and my brother and sister; it was where the Mets had gone through so many ups and downs; it was filled with a history I felt in some way I was part of just by being a fan...

Peconic Quilt Show

Last Sunday, I went to the Peconic Quilt Show in Riverhead with my mom. I am still amazed at the skill level of the quilters. I've dabbled, but I don't think I could ever do anything near as awesome as what these women (and men!) do. Here are some pictures...


First we went and saw my grandma. Here are some shots from her flower garden...

D-Day Wound Warriors Walk in Glen Cove

This morning I participated in the Greater Long Island Running Club's Wounded Warrior 5K to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project and the Semper Fi Fund. Now, no one get excited - I did not do an actual 5K. But I did do the 1-mile walk portion of the event. After the walk, there was a ceremony to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, then the wheelchair race and the 5K race began. Of course, because I'm me, I carried my camera along with me...

A fellow walker took this picture for me...