Erie County Fair Pics- Animal Edition

These are more photos fromt he Erie County (NY) Fair. These show the animals that were featured in the petting zoo. I love baby animals. It was cool how my niece and I got to feed the animals too. Enjoy!

Erie County Fair Pics- Random Edition

Here's some photos from the Erie County (NY) Fair. A good time was had by all. the cute little kid in the pictures is my niece. Also, the things in the white bag are deep fried Oreos. Enjoy!

Silver Creek Flooding

Earlier this week, the town of Silver Creek, NY (where I currently reside) was devastated by massive flooding. The trailer court was pretty much destroyed, as was the fire house. Here are some pics. Also included is a video of some of the devastation.

This is absolutely heartbreaking, dear readers. Please keep all of the people in Western NY in your thoughts and prayers.

More St. Paddy's With The Kofahls Pics

Here's more photos from yesterday.

St. Paddy's With The Kofahls Pics

So, I had a truly ecumenical experience yesterday. And this one didn't involve joint worship! (See! It CAN be done!) I went to Bolivar, NY to hang with my buddy Matt and his family. It was essentially a Lutheran pastor and a Methodist pastor celebrating the life of a Roman Catholic. We all had a terrific time! The ribs were grilled to perfection, the rest of dinner was excellent as well. In fact the only thing which might have marred the evening was that the Guinness was frozen. But this ice cream we had for dessert more than made up for that.

After dinner we watched part of last night Sabres-Senators suckfest.

Thanks for a great time, Matt and Mary!
And, it was great meeting you, Andy!

Enjoy the pics, dear readers!

Random Snow Pics 3

These were taken within the last couple weeks. They're just pics taken around the parsonage where I currently live. This is the eternal struggle for me: I hate snow, but is is really pretty.

Anyway, enjoy the pics and stay warm, dear readers!

Random Chapel Pics

I volunteered to lead worship for the chapel service at Trinity Lutheran Church in West Seneca, NY. It was a real joy. I love doing that! Anyway, I took a few pics. Enjoy!

Random Hiking Pics

I took these 2 pictures while I was out hiking. These are both taken at Evangola State Park in Angola, NY) One is a view of Lake Erie. The other is turkey tracks in the snow. You can probably tell which is which. Enjoy!

PS: I am posting these simply for the sake of posting something.

Random Snow Pics 2

These photos were taken at Evangola State Park in Angola, NY. I took a hike this afternoon. I hate driving in snow, but I love hiking in it. Winter can be really pretty.