Summer Reading 2014

Etched in Sand- Calcaterra
Girl With a Pearl Earring- Chevalier
Memory Garden - Ricket
Misadventures of a Parenting Yogi - Leaf
Fault in Our Stars - Green
Philosophical Baby -Gopnik
The Pact -Picoult
Firefly Beach -Rice

Thought Otetiana Council was a Cool Name?

Growing up in Irondequoit gave me some ownership of the heritage of the land.  The native Americans who lived there are remembered and honored in street names, school names, bodies of water, and other local establishments.  Most Boy Scout Councils have names that also reflect the heritage of the land they hail from.  M1 has just joined the Longhouse Council here in the Cuse and I thought it would be fun to look up the names of other councils in the U.S.
Here are some of my faves:

Tukabatchee- Montgomery, Alabama- so fun to say!
Black Warrior- Tuscaloosa, Alabama- badass
Mount Diablo Silverado- Pleasant Hill, CA- I bet there's a great story behind this one
Chattahoochee - Columbus, GA- hehehe
Chehaw- Albany, GA- you're kidding...
Prairielands- Champaign, IL- makes me wanna wear a bonnet
Three Fires- St Charles, IL- they keep it light
Crossroads of America- Indianapolis, IL
Winnebago- Waterloo, IL- no lean-to's for these guys!
Jayhawk- Topeka, KS- sounds like a Hunger Games novel
Gamehaven- Rochester, MN- How can you not have fun?
Otschodela- Oneonta, NY- I can't even pronounce this one
Rip Van Winkle- Kingston, NY- they do a lot of overnights
Cradle of Liberty- Philadelphia, PA
Rainbow- Morris, IL- either someone has really poor taste or these guys are just FABULOUS!

New Playground at Clark Reservation

9/15/14

Me: This TED talk is about education.  Do you know what education is?
M2: Yes
Me: What is it?
M2: When people have an itch.

Mark's Pics

I finally took good pictures of the photos I had done for Mark 2 weeks ago.

For My Grandma to See

 Her Majesty

So cute!  A band of little ratties! Reminded me of the band of angels only... furrier.

End of Summer

 Baltimore Woods Nature Walk 

 Rock Climbing one more time!

 M & B 

 Lunch with Friends!

 To the Library

 "I Saw It!"

 big waves at Rudy's 

 2nd Grader!

 Bouncer at the Ballgame

 Pear Picking

 Two-Wheeler!

 Chuck E. Cheese

 Fishing at Onondaga Lake Park

 First Day

Junior Conductor at the Fair