One of the first signs that spring is near is the seasonal opening of Kurver Kreme. As of today, they are celebrating the grand re-opening for the season. That means the ice cream will once again be flowing and new signs of life and green leafs are just around the corner. As soon as I get off work...I'll be there waiting in line.
Due to tough economic times, there have been some cutbacks here at Albany Daily Photo. This explains our recent lack of posting photos. To start the month off right, we are going to make an honest and valid attempt to continue posting 1 photo everyday to this this blog. For all those loyal fans who have been wondering where we went, you can rest assured that we are now back and more ready than ever.
So it's been about two and a half weeks since my last post. I'm sorry. Here are some olive cheese balls I made for the Superbowl on February 1st. They're a little late now.
Q: How do you get rid of snow? 
Evidently today was a big day for Phish fans. After the band recently announced they would reunite and play a summer tour, tickets went on sale today at 10AM for some shows. Two die hard Phish fans in my office were waiting patiently fingers clutched to their mice waiting for the clock to hit 10. And more waiting...and browser timeout errors...and live nation crashing... and what! One of them finally got through and chose the number of tickets and had to enter Live Nation's 'Security Check'. When prompted to enter the words he was dumbfounded to see what the first word was. WTF! How do you put that into the computer? He choose to have another word generated for him which was a smart decision. On a subsequent try he had the British Pound sign in part of the word. Does anyone know keyboard shortcut for the British Pound sign? In disgust he eventually gave up and surrendered to Live Nation ticketless. However, the other guy in our office came away with 3 tickets. Congratulations if you got tickets...you mastered the ability to type words correctly into a security check.
As I was leaving work this evening, I couldn't find my car in all the snow. I crossed my path multiple times trying to decide which vehicle was mine. Don't worry. I eventually found my car and dug myself out.
This past weekend I went sledding for the first time this year. It was so much fun! If you haven't gone this season, now is a perfect time. Frear Park in Troy is a wonderful place with lots of hills.
Railroad Earth played at Revolution Hall last night. This is John Skehan the lead mandolin player.
What does a bed full of snow look like?
Yesterday morning I woke up to another 6.3 inches of snow that had been dropped on the ground. This is getting a little old. Tomorrow night and Wednesday is suppose to be bitterly cold. Wind chill Wednesday is suppose to be near -24F!
Tonight we are getting another round of snow. Currently we are expecting 5-7 inches, but that is down from the 8-10 they were projecting.
This is another creation with my Mandoline that I made last night. These are oven fries with, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, and paprika. They are soooo good!
It was very cold outside today and I didn't want to take any pictures in the chilly weather. So I sauteed some onions for dinner with my new kitchen mandoline. Mmmmm!
Be careful kids. The slide is a little cold and slippery. Don't play long or you may get sick.
Yesterday I ventured outside in the freezing cold (Hi 14 - Lo 3) and wanted to take some pictures of the snow (stupid idea when it's so cold). I was walking the park and liked how my shoes were leaving footprints in the snow. Soon after I snapped the picture my hands proclaimed to me "get inside, we are cold".
This is a variation of the photo I initially posted on June 21st, 2008. It was probably the best picture I took in 2008 and used it for today's theme day for Best Photo of the year 2008. This shot however is at a different angle.
