"Happy Halloween"

What a beautiful evening for Halloween! A neighborhood pot luck was held prior to the children enjoying their opportunity of 'trick or treating' door to door. Brought back many nice memories. Especially fun to see the little ones, like my grandaughter, Baby Iris, actually joining in for the first time. As far as Piano Man and Desert Princess, the photos speak for themselves. Everyone had a great time, and grandpa even had some leftovers like Snicker bars and M & M peanuts, my favorite!

"Broken Racquet"

Ever since I was a young boy, playing tennis was always a favorite activity and with time became a very important part of my growing up years. As I move through high school and college, I participated in many tournaments, and won my share of championships. Tennis equipment, especially racquets evolved as the game of tennis changed, moving from traditional wood racquets, then metal to the composits we have today. During this time, I certainly broke my share of strings, even cracked some racquet heads, thus calling for racquet replacement. Never though, did I ever break a racquet as I did this evening as I was swinging for a volley. One minute I was making my move, and then the unexpected happen in mid stroke, my racquet handle separated from the head of my racquet. What remains is seen in my photo! In all my years, neither I nor my tennis buddies could recall seeing a racquet broken in quite this manner.

'Wedding weekend on Seneca Lake"

This weekend, my son and daughter in law, united our two families for a wedding celebration in upstate New York. We began our travels in Niagara Falls, then journeyed on to Senaca lake for the ceremonies. Seneca Lake is the largest of the glacier Finger Lakes in the state of New York,and the deepest lake within the state, reaching depths over 600 feet.

We stayed at a beautiful beach house on Seneca Lake, near Watkins Glen where the two families enjoyed many activities including excursions and the sampling of many wines. As you can see from the pictures, fall foilage has arrived.