When we moved into the apartment, 10 years ago, we bought a Lounge chair for Carol, I kept my Eames Chair, that is modern and rather sleek. However the recliner portion is manual and requires a locking knob to stay in place. It became uncomfortable for Carol as significant effort was required and I became the adjuster and “locker”.  She has been hounding me all summer about getting something more suitable. We went to Ruby Gordon’s a store where we had bought many items in the past and had assumed that like so many other stores that it had been swallowed up by some corporate monolith. The sign says Family Owned since 1937. And on asking the current owner is the son of our former friend, Ray, and grandson of my parents friends, the Ruby’s. We found the chair that suited Carol and it is now setup next to me. As a powered recliner it is not the sleek small modern chair that fits with our décor, but it isn’t ugly and it is comfortable. 

We were concerned about what to do with old chair and asked Josh if he and Rohma had any interest in it. Yesterday we picked them up and drove to Griffis Sculpture Park about an hour south of Buffalo. We had been talking about this trip all summer. We have not been to the park in at least a decade. It hasn’t changed. Well some idiots with spray cans have left their mark in several places. I cannot imagine what motivates this kind of behavior. We did find a couple of locations without too many people where Josh could fly his drone and record the park from the air. When he edits and posts the videos I will post them here. 

We had agreed to dinner out with them and decided to return to Rochester since there was time. Rather than return by the Thruway we chose an alternate route. Those who know me will not be surprised. We ran expressways through Buffalo to Pembroke where we left the toll road for NY 5 for a slower roll through towns like Pembroke, Batavia, Caledonia and Avon just to see some different scenery. While we were rolling, Carol called the Cub Room to book a table for dinner. We dropped off Rohma and Josh and returned to the apartment to clean up from the day’s hiking. We met back at the restaurant where we had lovely meals. Then Josh treated us to ice cream at Hedonist, a short walk from the restaurant. To cap off the day we returned to the apartment and loaded the chair into the Jeep for the short trip to Rohma and Josh’s place where, as Josh started toward the front door, we exchanged farewells and drove home to get some sleep.

Meanwhile, out our north facing window big changes are happening. A small crew spent several days prepping the wall for the new mural to come.

 While we were traveling the artist put up the cartoon of the mural and began filling in the black space.

I will post the finished mural in a few days. I do hope it has some color as promised.