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The peas are just about done. They don't like the heat and I don't see any more flowers so this is the end of fresh peas until next spring.
Summer is the season of thunderstorms.
Summer must be here, the ice cream truck is coming around!
Vale Cemetery has many families who were famous in Schenectady buried in it. One of those families is the Westinghouse family. The famous member, George Westinghouse, Jr., is buried in Arlington Cemetery, but much of his family lie here. George's father, George Sr. invented the thresher, so his family was quite well known even before George Jr. did his inventing. George Jr. attended Union College, also here in Schenectady for a few months before quitting to start his career inventing.
Some of the monuments in Vale Cemetery have small signs like this engraved on them. I found the juxtaposition of the words and the dry, cut grass interesting. 
Took a walk in Vale Cemetery today. It was a nice day, and the cemetery was quiet, with only a few people aside from myself.
The milkweed is blooming.
Every so often the skies cooperate and we get a pretty sunset. While this isn't exactly sunset, it's close.
While not in the city itself, there is a family farm called Buhrmaster's . They are on NY Rt 50 in nearby Scotia.
Not that you can tell, but this is in the dog park. My 5 year old took this photo. I think he has a better eye for art than I do!
This is a view of my street. The markings on the utility poles are new. It looks like someone is getting ready to do some work on the street because gas lines are being marked with paint.
I thought it might be interesting to put the camera down low to see the plants growing in the pond. I guess technically it's called Iroquois Lake, but I always called it the pond.
It doesn't take long for the strawberries in the side yard to get ripe. We don't have many plants, so these are a real treat!
In Central Park, one of the old tennis courts has had the nets removed, and the enclosure turned over to dog owners and their charges.
It's hard to believe these have been gone for two months, but it's true. The flower garden has almost been overrun by green and the wondrous colours of early spring are just a memory.
I'm on vacation, so I hope Blogger manages to auto-post this for me!
The temperature today was quite hot - over 95F (35C) and muggy. The sort of day one wishes it were a bit cooler. 
The weather was threatening today, but never actually rained. And so I had an opportunity to look at the peonies in my side yard. Not only do they smell wonderful, but they're photogenic, too!
It's been strangely dry this spring, but rain will eventually fall. I tried and tried to get a representative photograph, but the lens kept getting wet. This was the best of the lot; I liked the effect on the children walking to school. It's almost as if they're dissolving in the rain.
We don't have a large property, but we try to keep a few vegetables and flowers. One of the plants my wife likes to cultivate is strawberries. Today, she and the little one picked a ripe one and ate it straight out of the garden, but mostly, the berries look like this one.
Continuing the 'cleaning up' theme, periodically, the city sends mechanical street sweepers along the streets. They have water sprays and metal brushes they use to sweep the street near the curb. There's a large roller brush that picks up the debris and sweeps it into a bin in front. That bin is periodically emptied into a dump truck, and the water tank replenished at a fire hydrant. It's very maneuverable, as the steering is done by a single wheel in the rear. Watching it pivot neatly around parked cars is amazing.
Schenectady is an industrial city located in Upstate NY. Upstate means 'north of Westchester County' to us living here. For those living in the Adirondacks, Upstate means 'north of the Mohawk River.' It's funny how no one upstate wants to be associated with those farther south...
The bluegills are nesting in Iroquois Lake in Central Park. My son and I went up to soak up a bit of sun and enjoy the aquatic life. The fish carefully fan all the silt off the bottom to prepare for their egg laying. They are very protective of these nests, and aggressively chase off intruders.
