Dad and I go about town

Steve and buddy Mike

Dad and I went about town (Rochester) Monday, I did some digital camera shopping at Scott's Photo to replace my 8 year old two mega-pixel Cannon Elph S200 with something newer. My brother likes this store, they still process film which he shoots, they know cameras and will take the time to talk with you about them. I picked up a Cannon D10 and think I will be learning how to use it for the next eight years.

Dad and I went to Hogan's Hideaway on Park Ave for lunch. Neat place and the food was good! I had a piece of salmon with a wasabi mayonaise sauce and grilled asparagas. Yummy! (They have good homemade pies too!)

Hogan's Hideaway is conveniently across the street from the Arnold Court Apartments where my brother Steve works. They maintain the building, remodel/rehab the apartments and their duties include shoveling the snow. This 80 year-old building started out as a hotel before quickly being converted to apartments and the bathroom/kitchens are wore out. The galvanized plumbing is so rotted it has literally come apart when Steve and Mike try to unscrew a fitting to repair it. All the plumbing is buried behind plaster/lath walls, making it messy to work on, and all the drain pipes in the bathroom floors are buried in six inches of concrete -- making them completely inaccessible if there is a drain leak.

The weatherman snow word of the day: 'Ground Blizzards'. Not how this is different from a 'snow squall' or 'temporary whiteout due to blowing snow'. In seven days we have received 24 inches of snow in Rochester, two of those days broke new records for single amount of snow on that day in history - Friday the 19th getting 9 inches alone.

On a completely different note, Mom & Dad's house is in a more rural area outside of Rochester, so nature is a little closer - sometimes too close! Apparently this was a good year for field mice, and they want to share our home and food. Needless to say, the mouse traps have been busy, so far we are 14 mice removed in 15 consecutive days.