Illustrators CAN Croquet Too



round two of croquet.  this time at brooklyn bridge park with amazing views including downtown manhattan, south street sea port, manhattan bridge, brooklyn bridge, etc...








God! did you guys not get the memo?!! everyone has to pose like its 1944 and they are on the side of a B-52 Bomber. at least zhu ru got it


started to rain a little, which is why we had the whole place to ourselves for the afternoon.  after about 10 min of rain we were good.





seriously you guys i'm sorry i didn't know i just won again





i mean seriously you guys, i have a bag that literally says "croquet" on it


just sayin'

Hot Upstate New York Summer



trip upstate to visit the parents


they got a bmw Z3.  it was in one of the pierce brosnan james bond movies.  golden eye maybe.


they got a lake made.  it's gonna be a while before its filled up


their newfoundlands. pretty big


selling the triumph spitfire


this john deer lawn mower/tractor setup costs way more than i would have imagined


i like how the prius tells you your gas efficiency so you can learn how to drive more efficiently.


we went to the finger lakes for wine.  this is keuka lake


we bought a bunch form keuka lake vineyard


keuka lake


the lake keeps the temperature of the vines warmer during the frosty months so the finger lakes are ideal for grape growing


we also bought a bunch from Dr. Frank Konstantin's vineyard.  


Canisteo Valley



dad fixing my suitcase handle.  it lasted all the way to paris and broke again going down the metro stairs.  I thought the cable ties would have held up.



this is really freaking me out.  I didn't know hummingbirds have human-like eyes!


Watkins Glen




like this font.  check out the A's if you don't know what i mean.


Seneca Lake


Seneca Legacy


Seneca lake is 38 miles long.  carved out by a glacier its the deepest of the fingerlakes too


salt mine.  there are salt deposits under the lake that they estimate could last the entire world for the next 500 years.


expensive lakefront homes.


we did a 3 hr dinner cruise


that's it for upstate new york.  it's back to NYC and then onto Paris

Illustrators CAN Croquet



3rd croquet picnic/tournament fun time i hosted, this time in NYC instead of london.  It was with mainly illustration friends.


prospect park in brooklyn is pretty sweet


i learned my lesson and got a set that is sized for big people, harder than you think unless you have $200+ dollars.  


Kyle


while the guys were smacking things with mallets the girls were picking flowers.




oh did i just win?  i didn't even notice


Johnny



Victo



Felix, Italian greyhound of my old mentor John Nickle.


Robyn



This little nugget just waddled onto the playing field like it was no one's business.  and it wasn't, we just watched him walk across for like 2 minutes.