| JULY
30, 2004 --
The LPR camera
was in Goshen, Connecticut, July 24, and in the next seven days
went to Boston, Massachusetts, Hudson, New York,
Reading, Pennsylvania -- and New York City.
Goshen was site of the 37th annual Connecticut Agricultural Fair,
which put on display farm animals of various sizes and species,
including oxen, cows, calves, sheep, goats, horses and poultry.
And there was terrific entertainment brought to the fair by Entertainment
Coordinator Terri Fassio and her staff.
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A
brown swiss calf at the Connecticut Agricultural Fair.
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Oxen
getting ready for the pulls on Saturday, July 24, at
the 37th Annual Connecticut Agricultual Fair.
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The
midway begins to fill with fair-goers on Saturday at
the Connecticut Agricultural Fair.
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Amusements,
exhibits, and kid's entertainment delighted children and adults.
Visitors included celebrity / comedian
Joan
Rivers and her daughter Melissa Rivers.
LPR sends
a Federalist 57 salute to the Connecticut State Grange for making
the fair possible, and to Fair President Todd Gelineau and his
staff for putting it all
together.
The Democratic National Convention opened in Boston, Monday,
July 26 and LPR viewed outside the event.
The site of the convention venue, the Fleet Center, cordoned
off from the people, was a bit chilling, suggesting to LPR that
if
we are now two Americas, they consist of the political insiders
and most of us outsiders.
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Jay
Kamhi with his talking Kerry and Bush mice. The Bush
mouse says "The cat from Iraq is in my sack, and he's
not going back." The Kerry mouse says "Where are the
weapons of mouse destruction?"
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Another
view of the talking mice by Jay Kamhi. Also available
are "Tony Mousiano" from the Sopranos, and "The Mousinator"
for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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A
view of Boston's Fleet Center during the Democratic National
Convention.
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Standing outside
one of the Fleet Center perimeter gates, LPR met Jay Kamhi, who was
on hand to call attention to his talking
Kerry and Bush mice, LPR
recommends www.spicemice.com to
its clickster for more information on these and other talking
mice created by Mr. Kamhi.
A visit to his website will, LPR predicts, bring a smile to
the visitor. A smile
certainly welcome after considering the grim view of the exterior
of the Fleet Center photographed by LPR -- with, possibly,
the exception of the women wearing Kerry Okie T-shirts.
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Oklahoma
delegates known as "Kerry-Okies" outside the
Fleet Center.
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Security
on the roof of the Fleet Center in Boston.
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More
Security in the shadow of the Charles River Bridge.
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Jersey
barriers and blocked streets made LPR feel right at home
in Boston.
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Unprecedented
security measures at the entrance gates for the Democratic
National Convention.
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An
abortion protest in front of the Harvard Club in Boston.
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A
Kerry supporter outside the Convention.
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Mass
Gas is lower than in New York and Connecticut, but not
lower than in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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The
Charles River Bridge overshadows a Duck Boat in Boston.
The kind of boat Sen. Kerry took to the convention...
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On Tuesday,
LPR interviewed John Gallagher, director of the improv movie "Cupidity," previously
featured in
LPR. Mr. Gallagher has completed a biography of director
William Wellman, and LPR recommends this book
when it is published. Mr. Wellman directed such classics
as the original "A Star is Born," "Beau Geste," and "The
Ox-Bow Incident." More on the interview with director
Gallagher in an upcoming LPR.
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LPR
interviewed John Gallagher, director of "Cupidity."
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Wednesday,
LPR went to the Fix Brothers Farm, in Hudson, New York, to pick
peaches (the season has about
another two weeks to go.) Based on reaction to the LPR-picked peaches, New
York state has reason to boast about its peach bounty.
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Georgia
has nothing on this New York peach.
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| Thursday,
LPR was back in Central Park for the last day of the Broadway
Show League regular season.
Playoffs begin August 5. For the playoff schedule, standings, results and league
photos, please click the league's website over to the right.
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The
Broadway Show League in mid-play on the Heckscher softball
fields, with the New York City skyline in the distance.
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Philip
Seymour Hoffman from "Embedded."
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Friday, LPR traveled to Reading, PA, for the Open Elimination Archery Target
Tournament. The open followed the nationals, won by Dave Cousins, senior men's
compound; Jamie Van Natten, senior women's compound; Richard Johnson, senior
men's recurve and Jennifer Nichols, senior women's recurve.
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U.S.
Nationals winner Dave Cousins.
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Jennifer
Nichols from the U.S. Olympic team.
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Jeff
Fabry, fourth place finisher in the open men's compound
competition.
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U.S.
Olympic team member Richard Johnson.
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Mr. Johnson
and Ms. Nichols are members of the U.S. Olympic team. (The Athens
Olympics will not include compound bow competition.)
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Amber
Dawson during the Archery Competition.
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Amber
Dawson, open winner, senior women, compound.
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Reo Wilde (second
in the Nationals) was the Open Winner in the senior men's compound
competition. Amber Dawson was open winner, senior women, compound, defeating
Mary Zorn. Zorn was the recent gold medal champion at the World University Games
held in Madrid, Spain, and last summer's women's compound winner in the World
championships in New York City, with Ms. Dawson taking the silver in that international
tournament.
For all results in the archery nationals and open, please click www.usarchery.org.
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Reo
Wilde was the Open Winner in the senior men's compound
competition.
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Mary
Zorn, recent gold medalist at the World University
Championships held in Madrid.
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Elroy
the Elephant travels with Mary Zorn and has been credentialed
at tournaments, including last summer's World Championships.
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Saturday,
in Manhattan, LPR learned that an international dragonboat
competition was underway on the Hudson River. LPR photographed,
and spoke with a team from the University of Waterloo, near
Toronto, and then watched the end of one dragonboat heat, to
be surprised when one of the runners-up capsized after
crossing the finish line.
This capizing was close to the river's edge and LPR saw crew members standing
up after being tossed from their boat. Who would have known that at low tide
the Hudson is shallow off the river bank?
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Before
the third heat.
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Dragonboat
races in Manhattan on Saturday.
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Before
the capsize, part 1.
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Pre-capsize,
part 2.
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The
capsize...
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...and
it's over.
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Soon after,
as LPR watched the Waterloo boat take an early lead, two other
boats
seemed to collide, and LPR was on hand to photograph another capsizing.
One spectator told LPR that apparent lack of this knowledge, in at least one
incident, has resulted in drownings.
This has been the first LPR plog, by intention. Considering the number of photos
that regularly appear at this website, perhaps LPR has long been a plog. |
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