Autumn Descends...

Autumn descends on our neighborhood. Surprisingly, there is a stretch of road a few blocks from our house which looks like a country road...

Earlier today...

A Stroll on Old College Street

This week during Rochester Fest, a local Rochester man (Ken Allsen) is presenting a walking architectural tour of 4th Street SW. Originally the street was called "College Street" but was later renamed to 4th Street when Rochester switched to the numbered street convention. It was over a balmy 90F last night when we attended. Sammy's friend Linda accompanied us, helping him keep his cool. One of the highlights of the tour was going on the grounds of the Mayo Foundation House. According to our tour guide, it is not often that Mayo Security allows tours on the property.

The "College Apartments" were once the tony place to live in Rochester...

The entrance door to the College Apartments...

The Mayo Foundation House...

The walls around the Mayo Foundation House...

The carriage entrance to the Mayo Foundation House...

A view from the north at the side of the Mayo Foundation House...

Looking east at the back of the Mayo Foundation House...

A gazebo on the back lawn of the Mayo Foundation House...

Sammy demonstrating the "gift" he has for human anatomy...
...here he shows Michele where your nose is...

A fountain on the east lawn of the Mayo Foundation House...

A low quality video of the back lawn of the Mayo Foundation House...

A nice brick house on 4th Street SW...

Sammy is always getting attention from the ladies...

A Victorian house on 4th Street SW...

Another nice house on 4th Street SW...

One of the many trees in SW Rochester this year sentenced to the toothpick factory...

Our tour guide in front of the Furlow Apartment Building on 4th Street SW...

Linda rubbing Sammy's back...
...Sammy's new trick is when you stop rubbing his back...
...he gives the sign language gesture for "more" (really!)...

Paul, Michele, Sammy, & the Med City Skyline...

Med City...some day the sign to the city will say...
..."Rochester, birthplace of Sammy and--oh yeah--home of the Mayo Clinic too"...

Houses near...

Here's some pics we took on the wagon ride in our street and the neighborhood behind our house...

A white house...not ours...

An out house...not ours...

Another house...not ours...

A golf course a few blocs from our house...
...we don't play golf...

A four-square(?) house...not ours...

A charming house...not ours...

A green coloured house...again not ours...

A house with a basketball hoop...
...not ours...

A nice white house...not ours...

An old red house...we never see any lights on there...
...not ours...

A big yellow house...too nice to be ours...

A nice Cape Cod...ours if it goes on sale...

A yellow house...not ours...

A house with a nice lawn...not ours...

A nice house...one of a kind?

...look at it's twin just a few doors down...

Back to our street...

Our house...in the middle of our street...

Wagon ride...

As we had previously reported, a fellow is running a wagon ride through our neighborhood. Our street is a boulevard with flowering trees in the middle., and apparently he's heard alot of compliments about it. This past weekend Paul's sisters were visiting so we all decided to take a wagon ride in our neighborhood with Sammy...

While on the ride, Paul took some pics of the other houses down the street and behind us. We'll follow up with a separate blog entry for that.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

The horses stop to give Sammy a ride...

The wagon readies to depart...

Sammy and his Aunt Annie...

Michele, Diane, Anne, and Sammy...

Sammy practices his waving skills...

OUR HOUSE: Trees on 05/04/2005

Here are some snapshots I took with my Sony DCS-T1 camera infront of our house. In the middle of our street are 'islands' of trees. For about 2 weeks during spring (2nd half of May usually) the trees bloom. It never lasts as long was we would like it to, so the rest of the year, we just have photos. Click on the pics below to enlarge.