Life in the Finger Lakes Early Summer 2014 by Fahy-Williams Publishing

SINCE 2001

Life in the D E P A R T M E N T S

MY OWN WORDS thoughts from the editor

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LETTERS

reader feedback

FINGER LAKES MAP areas of interest in this issue

HAPPENINGS news and events

44 NATURAL HISTORY ALMANAC

outdoor observations Early summer

DAY TRIP exploring the Finger Lakes

56 Ithaca’s booming book sale 60 Finger Lakes Cheese Trail 12 CULTURED

ENTERPRISING

the better things in life Chasing light and color

in business

64 Human powered happiness -

20 HOW-TO the basics They make books in the back

25 REMINISCE

Fuzzy Guppies

68 Santelli Lumber

a look back A picture is worth a thousand words

27 GARDENING growing and landscaping Gardening for birds

70 NAUTICAL fun on the water Fair Haven’s Fair Point Marina

81 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 88 OFF THE EASEL creating art Wine charms by Julie Hagel

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My Own Words

thoughts from the editor

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rowing up during the ’70s was a lot different from the world that children grow up in today. I’m going to show my age a little bit, but we didn’t have all the electronic and digital devices that take up so much of the valuable extra time that children have now. Since we didn’t spend our time pushing buttons and running our ﬁngers over glass screens, we had to make our own fun using basic devices. My older siblings may tell you that I watched too much television as a child, but I turned out ok and that’s another story. There are still many opportunities

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for children in today’s world to participate in activities that may have seemed common during the last century, but are very uncommon today. An article in this issue (“Every Third Bite,” page 36) reminds me of one of those activities. The article is about a group of young people who are taking on the challenge of helping the dwindling honeybee population. They’ve installed beehives on the top of several buildings in the Rochester area, and are seeking to both increase the local honeybee population and to better understand the bees as well. By doing this, they expose their children to the wonderful world of beekeeping. The children learn the hobby while also enjoying delicious honey. My older brothers were hobbyists in the world of beekeeping. One of my favorite days of summer was when they would harvest the honey. First, they extracted frames from the supers

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while wearing their bee suits in order to reduce the number of bee stings. Next they uncapped the wax from both sides of the frame. The wax held the honey in place in the honeycomb. I would take a bit of wax and chew it like gum, enjoying the honey that permeated the wax. Then, several frames were placed in a large cylinder-shaped extractor. Centrifugal force from spinning the tub on gears caused the honey to spill forth from the wax cells in the frames. This passed through a ﬁlter – usually a clean old pair of pantyhose – and spilled into jars used to store the honey. I took those days for granted, but now I see how very special they were. Enjoy the ﬁrst warm days of summer!

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Happenings 6-8…Seneca Lake Wine Trail Smokin’ Summer Kickoff Come celebrate summer and the fantastic wines that pair with grilled and summertime foods. Start your summer season off with this fun-ﬁlled wine and food pairing weekend, check in at your chosen starting winery, pick up your ticket and gift item, then enjoy a self-guided tour around beautiful Seneca Lake. This event is generously co-sponsored by Java-Gourmet. More than 30 wineries of the wine trail will participate. Friday, 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $35 per person. 877-536-2717 senecalakewine.com

6-7…Sulphur Springs Festival A two-day event held the ﬁrst weekend in June, it features a parade on Saturday evening, live musical acts on Friday and Saturday, games for the kids, lots of food, parade, car show, wine crawl and much more. Celebrating the village and its history, the festival is family fun for all ages. Main Street, Clifton Springs, NY 14432 sulphurspringfestival.com 6-8…Experience Schuyler Experience Schuyler is creating interest in the Shop Local Movement within an atmosphere of fun and exploration of Schuyler County for those who live here and those who

Community Greenhouses in the Heart of the Finger Lakes There are many more greenhouses spread throughout the entire region. Visit your favorite this summer! 1 Lake Side Greenhouse Greenhouse - Produce 8300 Mumby Rd. Canandaigua, NY 585-396-0838 2 Ringler’s Greenhouse 3372 County Rt. 18 Canandaigua, NY 585-526-1077 3 Maple Ridge Farm Greenhouse & Nursery 4850 Robson Rd. Stanley, NY 585-526-6929 4 Sunny Side Greenhouse 519 St. Rt. 247 Rushville, NY 585-554-5198 5 Sauders Greenhouse 51 Reynolds Rd. Stanley, NY 585-554-4553 6 Twin Maple Greenhouse 680 E. Swamp Rd. Penn Yan, NY 585-526-6183 7 Horsts Greenhouse 4350 Rt.364 Penn Yan, NY 585-554-6292 8 Hornings Greenhouse & Garden Center 848 St. Rt. 14A Penn Yan, NY 315-531-8801 9 Hoover Greenhouse Country Gardens 2568 Baldwin Rd. Penn Yan, NY 315-536-8429 10 Lake View Greenhouse 1275 Ridge Rd. Penn Yan, NY 315-531-8674

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11 Willow Farm 3920 E. Swamp Rd. Penn Yan, NY 585-554-5406 12 Hilltop Greenhouse 2664 Rt. 364. Penn Yan, NY 315-536-1063 13 Seneca View Greenhouse 2456 Rt. 14 Penn Yan, NY 315-531-8521 14 Pine Hill Greenhouse Produce 1919 Hoyt Rd. Penn Yan, NY 315-536-4032 15 Windy Acres Farm & Greenhouse 4172 St. Rt. 14A Penn Yan, NY 607-243-5899 16 Hillside Greenhouse Produce 4418 LakemontHimrod Rd. Dundee, NY 607-243-8097 17 Crystal Valley Produce & Greenhouse 1719 Rt. 230 Dundee, NY 607-243-8875 18 Country Side Nursery & Greenhouse 6100 St. Rt.14A Rock Stream, NY 607-243-3895 19 A&L Produce & Greenhouse 3961 St. Rt.14A Watkins Glen, NY 607-535-2799 20 Guyanoga Valley Greenhouse 2246 Yatesville Rd. Penn Yan, NY 315-536-0289

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visit. Shoppers will pick up a Passport Postcard at any participating business before or during the event. June 6, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., June 7, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., June 8, 12 to 3 p.m. LaFayette Park Pavillion (corner of 4th and Decatur Streets) Watkins Glenn, NY 14891 7…Old-Tyme Rhubarb Festival & Classic Car-Cruise-In Step back in time with Montezuma Winery & Hidden Marsh Distillery to celebrate the rhubarb harvest season with the 6th Annual Olde-Tyme Rhubarb Festival & Classic Car Cruise-In. Visitors will enjoy rhubarb specialties, while sampling some of the most unique fruit, grape and honey wines and spirits in the Finger Lakes. Refreshments will be available. Enjoy music entertainment on the Montezuma stage. All are invited to join us for a fun-ﬁlled day of food, music, rhubarb and wine! 2981 Auburn Rd., Seneca Falls, NY 13148 315-568-8190 7…Museum of Play - Fairy House Magic Meet Fairy Houses author Tracy Kane, learn how to build a fairy house, dress up like a pixie, and more. Enjoy an ethereal musical performance by Hochstein Scholarship Flute Choir on Saturday at 1 p.m. Included with general museum admission fees. 1 Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607 museumofplay.org 7-8…Society of Western New York’s 44th Annual House and Garden Tour The tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Highlights will include tours of the home of the University of Rochester Provost and the Ellwanger Estate Bed & Breakfast on Mt. Hope Avenue. Tickets go on sale May 5. landmarksociety.org 8…Art Gallery and Ludovico Sculpture Trail A reception of the grand opening will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. It will be exhibiting Rosha Folger’s artwork from Manlius and pottery by Steve Gammicchia from Washington, D.C. The Gallery and Visitor Center is open Thursday through

Home away from Home in the Finger Lakes Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The exhibit will be held through July 12. 60 Cayuga St., Seneca Falls, NY 13148 315-568-8204. 9-21…Geneva Music Festival 2014 Celebrating its fourth annual season, with eight performances to be held in Geneva, Auburn and Canandaigua. The 2014 season will feature Clive Greensmith, former cellist of the Tokyo String Quartet; the contemporary music ensemble Vicennium Void, founded by GMF Director Geoffrey Herd; as well as Eric Wong of the Linden String Quartet, Zahari Metchkov and many others. Tickets for adult admission are $15. The solo recital with Clive Greensmith on Sunday, June 15 is $20. Children 16 and under are free. All venues are wheelchair accessible and air conditioned. Geneva, NY 14456 genevamusicfestival.com 13-14…Wine Symposium of the Finger Lakes Aimed at wine enthusiasts, the annual Wine Symposium of the Finger Lakes is an exquisite wine and food experience held in the heart of the Finger Lakes, in Geneva. Presented annually, offering an entertaining and educational forum with international wine and food experts. $35 for Grand Tasting only, Friday, June 13. $150 for Symposium (includes Grand Tasting) at the Scandling Center at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. winesymposiumﬁngerlakes.com

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14…Fourth Annual Shakespeare by the Brook: “As You Like It” Enjoy a 60-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” performed by actors from Redhouse Arts Center of Syracuse. This family friendly event is a great excuse to get outside and enjoy a warm summer night. Bring chairs and blankets for the outdoor performance. Free Admission. 2 to 3:30 p.m. 11 E. Main St., Clifton Springs, NY 14432 315-462-8200 15…Father’s Day Car & Motorcycle Cruise Owners of classic, vintage and antique show vehicles from across the Finger Lakes and Western New York Region are invited to sign up to bring their automobiles and motorcycles to Canandaigua for the annual Sonnenberg Father’s Day Car & Motorcycle Cruise. 151 Charlotte St., Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-394-4922 visitﬁngerlakes.com 15…Father’s Day Barbecue Celebrate the most important men in your life (or simply spend the day with loved ones) during our annual Father’s Day Barbecue. Enjoy lawn games, swimming, Dixieland jazz and free draft beer for dad. $25 per person; $12 for children under 12. Call the Inns of Aurora to make your reservation. 391 Main St., Aurora, NY 13026 315-364-8888 innsofaurora.com (Continued on page 10)

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Happenings Bristol Valley Theater Celebrates 50th Anniversary 19…M&T Bank Summer Concert Series The Downtown Ithaca Summer Concert Series is a free outdoor concert series held every Thursday evening outside of the historic State Theatre. This family friendly venue features both local and national acts performing music in genres including jazz, blues, reggae, folk, country zydeco, blue grass, rock and more. The series is promoted regionally and attracts a diverse audience. With its outdoor Beer and Wine Garden this is a favorite among locals and visitors alike. 107 West State St., Ithaca NY 14850 downtownithaca.com Karin Bowersock, artistic director, toasting to 50 years with the VIPs Photo by Richard Miller

he premier theater in Naples celebrated their 50th Anniversary on March 15 with a beneﬁt celebration at the theater. The event participants presented a reading of the hilarious backstage farce “Noises Off,” a gourmet post-show reception and live auction of one-of-a-kind prizes. “Noises Off” featured a cast of “BVT All-Stars,” favorite actors from the theater’s past and present, including Pam Feicht, Michael Perreca, Tommy Labanaris, Suzi Takahashi, Chris Henley, Julie Snyder Sherwood, David Shane, Katelyn Machnica, Karin Bowersock and George Hamlin IV. The original Bristol Valley Playhouse was founded in 1964 by George and Mary Sherwood. The “theater on the hill” was located just outside of Naples on Seaman Road. Operations moved to its current location at 151 South Main St. in 1986. For more information, or to order tickets, call 585-374-9032.

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20-21…Owego Strawberry Festival Will Celebrate 34 Years The Historic Owego Marketplace in downtown Owego is pleased to announce plans for the upcoming 34th Annual Strawberry Festival to be held Friday, June 20 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m, and on Saturday, June 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. New committee co-chairs, Fran and Sandy Dunbar, are excited to help plan some very exciting activities at the festival and hope this year’s event claims to be the best ever. owegostrawberryfestival.com 20-22…Rochester Folk Art Guild - Craft Weekend Workshops The guild will host a variety of workshops of serious inquiry where beginners and students of all levels can explore art and craft from a fresh perspective. Drawing, dance, theater, weaving, woodblock print, pottery, poetry and much more. Friday, June 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, June 21, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, June 22, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 585-944-3153 craftweekend@folkartguild.org (Continued on page 79)

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orty-three amazing artists from 14 states and three Canadian provinces will arrive in Canandaigua in June to participate in the third annual Finger Lakes Plein Air Competition & Festival. F The event begins on Thursday, June 5, when the T juried artists set up their easels en plein air (“in the open ar air”) and paint for two full days outside, rain or shine. Each artist sub submits three or four paintings to be judged for ribbons and cash prizes, which will be awarded Saturday night at a reception for artists and patrons. The works will be exhibited for sale on Sunday inside the handsome Sonnenberg Gardens Carriage House, from noon to 4 p.m.

lein air, the practice of choice for 19th century Impressionists, is experiencing a resurgence. And while Canandaigua Lake’s natural beauty has been inspiring plein air artists for generations, it wasn’t until 2012 that an event for them in the Finger Lakes became a reality. “It’s always been in the back of my mind,” admits Pat Rini Rohrer, the festival’s founder and chairperson. The trained artist, who opened the Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery on Canandaigua’s Main Street 10 years ago, personally loves painting outdoors. She explains that festivals celebrating plein air have become common in the past 25 years – in sunnier locales like California and New Mexico. But when she attended one

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Cultured in Connecticut 15 years ago, she found the experience life-changing. “The cataracts were removed,” she says, raising her hands to her eyes. “Plein air paintings are unique. They have verve and personality.” So, with help from a dedicated steering committee, many volunteers, and individual and business sponsors, Rini Rohrer launched the Finger Lakes festival “House Tour,” an oil painting by George Van Hook, was the two years ago. Canandaiﬁrst prize winner for the 2013 event. gua’s downtown merchants, including Aimee Ward, the former owner of Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame (read about this company on page 16), embraced Rini Rohrer’s vision. The area’s natural beauty has beckoned to artists who come to paint scenes of Canandaigua Lake, as well as a colorful assortment of lakeside homes, gardens, gambrel-roofed barns, twisted vineyards and sunny ﬁelds. More than 70 artists (Story continued on page 18)

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Celebrate the Arts in Canandaigua this Summer From May 30 to June 1, the First Congregational Church at 58 North Main St. will host the exhibit, “Women Artists in the Finger Lakes IV: a Contemporary Show and Sale” in conjunction with the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls. From July 18 to 20, the Art and Music Festival comes back to downtown after a year’s hiatus. On July 26 and 27, The Waterfront Arts Festival will line Canandaigua’s northern lakeshore, showcasing an abundance of regional artwork. On August 16 and 17, the grounds of the historic Sonnenberg Mansion become the backdrop for original ﬁne arts and crafts during the Arts at the Gardens show.

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Landscapes for the ages Downtown Canandaigua’s art and business community is preparing to welcome plein air artists and the public to the competition and festival. Among them is Brett Utter of Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame, who loves art and has a lifelong passion for antiques. Shortly after opening his business last May, Utter became involved in the festival. He admired participating artist George Van Hook’s paintings and arranged to show the award-winning

Brett Utter with paintings by George Van Hook. Photo by Laurel C. Wemett

painter’s work at the gallery. “I see a passion,” says Utter of the canvases. “There’s a conﬁdence in the bold brushstrokes and use of impasto.” Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame is a family affair shared with Utter’s wife, Sarah, and daughter, Bristol. They took a preexisting respected frame business and expanded its ﬁne art inventory and services to include a large array of 19thand early-to-mid-20th century regional paintings, plus quality antique furniture and accessories. Contemporary art and jewelry is also offered. Temporary exhibitions are a regular feature. While custom framing remains a major focus, painting restoration, conservation, frame restoration, and professional

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appraisal of fine art and antiques are also available. Utter’s appreciation of landscape painting spans the 19th to 21st centuries. He first became inspired by marine and harbor views during a visit to the Gloucester, Massachusetts, area, and he continues to feature art of that region for sale. Over the past 25 years, he has had extensive experience selling the paintings of Canandaigua artists Charles Dickens Wader (1849-1918) and Fred D. Crandall (1859-1921). Wader, who is known to have taught Crandall, often painted outdoors. Their paintings of lake scenery, referred to as “Waders and Crandalls,” are “historic documents,” Utter says. They emphasize a calm, rather than turbulent, nature, and are avidly collected in the city where both men lived. Their lakeside views Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame display a soft, hazy light, 175 South Main St. and the occasional landCanandaigua, NY 14424 mark or rustic building. Telephone: 585-396-7210 “Bare Hill, Canandaigalleryandframe.com gua, NY,” a painting by email: brett@galleryandframe.com Crandall that’s on view at the Utter’s downtown gallery, is typical. The scene shows the sun setting behind Bare Hill, a natural feature linked to Native American legends. The landscape shows the influence of the Hudson River School, says Utter, and the American Luminist art movement. As with other artworks he sells, the gallery owner is knowledgeable about the artist’s style. The works of regional artists of the pre-1940s era – Milton Holm, Emile Gruppé and Carl Peters – are among those featured at the gallery. E A R LY S U M M E R 2 014 ~

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ouse Tour,” an oil painting by George Van Hook, was last year’s first prize winner. It depicts the stately 19th-century mansion at Sonnenberg Gardens during a rain shower. Van Hook recalls positioning himself under a large fir tree on the Sonnenberg grounds. His painting captures tiny figures, umbrellas held aloft, hurrying up the lawn to the sheltering mansion. “The bits of color gave it a little bit of narrative,” says Van Hook, who traveled to Canandaigua from the Upper Hudson River Valley. With plein air, “there’s freshness,” affirms Judi Cermak, president of the Ontario County Arts Council, the organization that presents the festival. “You can see the brushstrokes. The

artists only have just so much time to complete their works, and must move around to different locations.” “I thrive on it,” says Van Hook, of plein air painting. He will return to Canandaigua for the festival this summer. At the two-hour “Quick Draw” competition

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“Brush with Nature: Plein Air Tradition in American Landscape Painting” May 25, the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Presented by Valerie A. Balint, Associate Curator of Olana, home of landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church This illustrated lecture traces the evolution of open air sketching and painting in the U.S. during the ﬁrst quarter of the 19th century. For details, visit mag.rochester.edu. Saturday morning, June 7, the public is invited to downtown Canandaigua to observe Van Hook and other festival artists “up close and in action.” In the afternoon, during the “Community Paint Out,” anyone interested in tapping into their own inner artist

can take part. Artists “young and old, beginner and experienced” can compete for cash prizes. (Registration is required.) Following the festival, nationally known plein air artist Lori Putnam, the judge for this year’s festival, will present a workshop at the Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery. One of several galleries on Main Street, it offers changing exhibits of work by local artists, and a wide array of painting classes, many taught by Rini Rohrer herself. “Pat has been the beacon,” emphasizes Van Hook. And despite the inclement weather last June, he describes the experience as “a blast.” For a full schedule and more information about the Finger Lakes Plein Air Festival and Competition, visit ﬁngerlakespleinair.com; facebook. com/FingerLakesPleinAir; or e-mail info@FingerLakesPleinAir.com.

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in a proof copy, but Glenn’s expertise and the meticulous craftsmanship of our binder and production manager, Brittany McCulloch, honor their history in ways they never imagined. The ﬁnished book in their hands is a celebration of things they most treasure.” “Everyone we meet seems to have a book they dream of doing,” Alexander muses, “whether it’s a practical volume for work or an art project they’ve envisioned for years. We certainly do online projects where we download text and pictures and print a basic book, but our specialty is custom design and production for particular people and speciﬁc situations. No online competitor can match

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The Memorial Art Gallery’s discovery of a brilliant little painting and ensuing efforts to ﬁnd its history uncovered the story of a tragedy borne by a community of artists – more than 30 friends who’d drifted apart 40 years ago. How to present the story so it can bring the group – who once called themselves family – close again? “We worked with the author to get the word out that the story of the painter, his work and his lost community was underway, and helped gather and scan the many drawings and paintings that emerged from the search. With a tight deadline, determined by an opening at the gallery that included the mysterious painting, we designed a 250-page book as the text ﬂowed in, incorporating over 150 artworks in the complex story. The community reunited in celebration of the deceased artist and his accomplishment, and of their bonds. The family, who’d never met the son’s friends, joined the convergence and eventually became caretakers of the largest part of the collection. The book and the concurrent gathering drew media attention, lots of parties and the reuniting of old pals. Many, many tears were shed!”

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A Picture is Worth

A Thousand Words A photograph evokes vivid impressions in the minds of children by Phillip Bonn & Carrie Neveldine

ave you ever looked at a photograph that evokes memories of a particular place or time? It can be interesting to see what responses one can get from the same image. As an assignment, Enders Road (Manlius) elementary school teacher Carrie Neveldine presented a photo she had taken of her St. Bernard NoVa to her class of ďŹ rst graders. Carrie was lying in the grass with her camera in hand when NoVa began sniffing a dandelion. She quickly snapped several shots. As part of a writing assignment, she instructed her students to write down memories the photo recalled. E A R LY S U M M E R 2 014 ~

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ardening for the birds is like running in a marathon for your favorite charity. You accomplish something for the charity, but you also enhance your own life in a very special way. Two of the top pastimes here in the U.S. are gardening and bird watching, to the tune of billions of dollars spent each year. Children get a huge kick out of watching and feeding birds, and seniors in retirement homes and apartments take a great deal of joy from watching bird activities at feeders and bird baths. There are many simple ways to get the birds to come up close, like attaching a feeder to a window. Chickadees and Nuthatches will even eat out of your hand if there are no feeders nearby. As wildlife habitats continue to shrink, it becomes more and more important for gardeners everywhere to think about including birds in their backyard plans. Attracting birds is easily done, and you don’t need tons of space to accomplish your goal. Bird gardens can expand to include your entire property as a habitat or sanctuary. The right plants in your balcony container can also be a great way to attract and enjoy these beautiful creatures. Birds have three basic needs: food, water and cover for both roosting and nesting. Small trees, shrubs and vines provide cover and roosting space, while fruiting trees provide food. Trees like the weeping cherry, weeping crab, kousa dogwood and hawthorne all stay under 15 to 20 feet, and provide ﬂowers and fruits for the birds. Vines planted along fences, arbors or trellises serve as great roosting space for many birds, and honeysuckle or trumpet vines attract hummingbirds. The Honeysuckle, called Lonicera “Burgundy,” is one that I often use because of its big, beautiful, fragrant blossom, and the vine, though invasive, is much easier to control than Trumpet vine. My favorite shrubs to use are Clethra (summer sweet), Itea (sweet spire) and Chaenomeles (ﬂowering quince). Flowering quince attracts the Baltimore Oriole, and though a large shrub, is worth making the space in order to see these gorgeous birds.

A home for the hummingbirds Hummingbirds are perhaps the most sought after birds in our yards, and many people have success with putting out feeders, but the truth is that they prefer ﬂowers to feeders. The key to attracting them and keeping them is to have ﬂowers they like from early spring to fall, and the only way to

accomplish this is to use perennials. Hummingbirds come back to our area sometime in late April or early May, and they are really hungry when they get here. One of my favorite spring bloomers for hummingbirds is Lamiastrum (Dead Nettle) “Herman’s Pride.” It is a great ground cover for partial shade, is 12 inches tall and has yellow ﬂowers – not what you would imagine for them, but these birds are not very picky when they arrive from their long migration. A couple of other good early bloomers are Ajuga (Bugle Weed) and Dicentra (Bleeding Heart). Early summer ﬂowers they like are Penstemon (beard’s tongue), Heuchera “Vesuvius,” Delphinium (lark’s spur), Monarda (beebalm) and

In the background is the red Crocosmia “Lucifer,” native to South Africa, but very hardy in the Finger Lakes. In the foreground is Echinacea “White Swan” or Coneﬂower as it is commonly known. Photo by K.C. Fahy-Harvick

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heads perfect for the birds, Lamium (dead nettle) such as Rudbeckia (blackLamiastrum eyed-susan), Eupatorium Liatris (gay feather) (joe-pye-weed), Sedum Coreopsis (tickseed) (stonecrop), Roses (hips) Aster and many ornamental Asclepias (butterďŹ&#x201A;y weed, milkweed) grasses. In the case of the Aquilegia (columbine) Asclepias incarnata (milkDianthus (carnation) weed), the seed pods break Echinacea (coneďŹ&#x201A;ower) open to allow the explosion Rudbeckia (black-eyed-susan) of the silky seeds, and the Scabiosa (pin cushion ďŹ&#x201A;ower) Gold Finches, because Sedum (stonecrop) they nest twice, use this as Helianthus (perennial sunďŹ&#x201A;ower) nest-building material. Heuchera (coralbells) Water sources can be Miscanthus (ornamental grass) as simple as a bird bath, a small contained fountain with a recycling pump or a pond with a waterfall. Heated bird baths are great for birds in the winter. In summer, the sound of water trickling on rocks is very relaxing for you, and the birds love taking showers. I hope this has given you enough information to get you started on an activity that could become a life-long love. Remember that it is meant to be fun, and do a little at a time. A backyard garden for birds can be a very beautiful and busy place, while also being the most peaceful spot on your property. Gardening is a very healthy activity, and bird watching is a great way to relieve the stress from your day, so why not do both?

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he sky was overcast and rain drops fell intermittently on the windshield as we headed south on Route 14 toward Watkins Glen. My ﬁrst experience sailing on one of the Finger Lakes awaited me and while it was October, late in the season, a few more sailing days were anticipated. I just hoped this would be one of them. Finding the way to the Village Marina on Seneca Lake was easy. Terry Stewart, a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain, greeted my sister and me warmly and led the way along the docks to the Lee Sea Anne I. While we all eyed the sky with apprehension, as if prompted by a theatrical director, the threatening clouds disappeared and fair skies arrived on cue for the three-hour afternoon sail. “Captain Terry” was joined onboard by Lisa Oldroyd, his ﬁrst mate and partner. Together, they began severing our links with the land. Lines were untied and sails unfurled. We were accompanied by Anchor, a long-haired Chihuahua, who settled in below deck, clearly accustomed to the seafaring life. The Lee Sea Anne I is a 38-foot full-keel, 12-ton sailboat that was custom-built in Costa Rica in 1999. Sailing magazine describes this model online as a “winsome cutter, draped in teak (that) inspires dreams of quitting your job and sailing to faraway places.” “The good thing about modernday sailing,” pointed out Stewart as he navigated the boat out of the harbor, “is you have motors.” The wind picked up later on and at one point during our cruise we were heeling, or tilting, at a 25-degree angle. Every sail is unique depending on the wind conditions. Seneca Sailing Adventures, the name of Stewart and Oldroyd’s charter sailing business, averages

about 120 charters per year. The name of their boat is a composite of their middle names. “Loosely translated,” said Stewart, “it’s Lisa and I.” This year, Seneca Sailing Adventures celebrate 10 years in business. “Seneca Lake is a large body of water, and it seems quiet to some,” said Stewart, referring to vacationers accustomed to busier inland waterways. The second largest of the Finger Lakes, Seneca boasts a maximum depth of over 600 feet and spans 38 miles in length. Its volume is larger than any of the other lakes. Stewart grew up in Rochester, but has strong ties to the Finger Lakes. After his dad bought land on the bluff of Keuka Lake, the family spent time there for 49 years. This experience prompted him to move to Yates County, become a trooper with the New York State Police and then a member of its elite Scuba Team. This group participated in rescue and recovery efforts throughout New York, such as the Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse, the Flight 800 TWA air crash in Long Island, and other waterrelated police events.

Scenery and landmarks “Life on a boat is kinda cool,” summed up Stewart. “Anything back there (on land) can’t bother you.” Once Watkins Glen – renowned for auto racing – receded into the distance, our attention quickly focused on new surroundings, the wind direction, birds that swooped across the water’s surface, homes along the shoreline, and of course, other boats. Our guides were personable, eager to discuss everything from landmarks to wineries. While Stewart does not teach people how to sail, he seemed to savor the opportunity to ﬁeld questions on the physics of sailing. He drew my attention to the arrow at the top of the mast measuring the force of the wind. “Wind is like fuel; the bigger the wind, E A R LY S U M M E R 2 014 ~

Set Sail This the smaller the sails,” explained the captain. “A lot of people just want to be on the water,” said Oldroyd, a native of Rhode Island and lover of all things nautical. The steep banks of Seneca Lake were alive with fall foliage at the time of our cruise. The sailing season extends from May to mid-October, and the daily schedule is largely dependent on the weather. Boat traffic on Seneca Lake is heaviest during July and August. Winter months are “down time,” when maintenance and upkeep is carried out. The sails come off and go to sail-makers, and the boat is shrink-wrapped. “It is hard to find time during the season to get jobs done,” said Oldroyd. Painted Rocks, located on the lake’s eastern cliffs, was perhaps the most curious landmark we saw. White paint outlines an American flag, Native American figures and a tepee. Seneca Sailing Adventures offers private charter cruises by appointment for up to six guests departing from:

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Summer Originally, a portion was painted by Native Americans to commemorate their escape from General John Sullivan’s campaign of 1779. As the story goes, a Seneca warrior sacrificed himself to Sullivan’s troops so others in his war party could escape down the sheer cliffs to waiting canoes. Oddly, the flag flies backwards and the tepee, typical housing for Plains Indians, is depicted rather than a longhouse. These features were added at the time of the campaign’s sesquicentennial in 1929. Whatever the origin of the imagery, it sparks discussion. Hector Falls, seen from the vantage point of the lake, was a scenic highlight of my Seneca Lake sail. The third tallest waterfalls in the state, it is two miles up the east side of the lake from Watkins Glen, situated both above and below Route 414 in Hector. “It is not as tall as Taughannock,” observed Stewart, “and it doesn’t have the volume of Niagara Falls.” Nonetheless, these falls are an impressive sight when you are on the water.

ExcuRSions and passengeRS There appeared to be a warm camaraderie among the vessel operators docked at the Watkins Glen Marina. About halfway through our sail, we spotted a sleek Schooner, christened True Love, that carries up to 22 passengers. The boat was featured in the Hollywood movie, “High Society,” in which Bing Crosby serenaded Grace Kelly with the song “True Love.” Another lake ﬁxture, the Stroller IV, owned and operated by Captain Bill’s Boat Tours, is a 50-foot mahogany vessel that can accommodate large

groups for an hour-long excursion. Captain Bill’s Seneca Legacy offers a banquet cruise for up to 200 passengers. “We’re more one-on-one,” says Oldroyd. “There’s something or everyone.” The sailing duo meet a variety of people aboard the Lee Sea Anne I, like the marine operator from Latvia who was referred by the local Rotary Club, as well as couples approaching retirement who want to embrace the sailing life. The boat can comfortably accommodate six people, plus the captain and ﬁrst mate. Sailing does not require full mobility to enjoy the experience. Stewart helps people on board who use walkers or canes. Wine and beer may be brought onto the sailboat, although the captain discourages sunset cruises, especially if folks have been touring wineries all day. Additionally, the wind is not very strong at sunset. “We have had wedding proposals on-board,” affirmed Oldroyd. “It’s always gone very well. We had two proposals this spring.” The preengagement preparations may include having a favorite song ready to play at the right moment. “We want it to be perfect for them.” As our cruise ended, we were invited to write in a guest book. I could not resist reading what some others had penned. Comments affirmed that the sailings often celebrated personal milestones. “The perfect way to spend a beautiful fall day and celebrate a birthday,” read one. Others expressed appreciation for the tranquility found aboard the Lee Sea Anne I: “I have found my place of Zen.” That certainly sums it up.

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fter every third bite of food you eat, stop and thank the honeybee. Nearly one-third of the world’s crops are dependent on them for pollination. Without honeybees, there would be no fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.

Honeybees are ﬁghting for survival. The population of these food-producing, honey-making creatures has decreased by about a third every year since 2006, reports the USDA Agricultural Research Service. What’s worse, there’s no real consensus on why. Pesticides, disease,

parasites, poor weather and the stress of being trucked from orchard-to-orchard to pollinate different crops all play a role in the decline of managed honeybee populations. It’s a big problem – they are an integral part of the production of $15 (Continued on page 39)

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1. The beekeeper is preparing to remove a deep honey super box. Usually eight to 10 frames are hung in a super box. 2. This is a frame of bees with drone cells. Drones are male honeybees, and their brood cells are larger than the cells of female workers. 3. Atwood is getting the bee smoker warmed up and operating. The smoke from this device helps to calm honeybees.

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billion worth of crops ever year in the United States. Last spring, two guys with some hives decided to do something about it, and started Sweet Beez on a rooftop in Rochester. The goal of their nonproﬁt organization is educating people about bees, advocating for bee survival, mentoring those interested in beekeeping, and supporting the vocation of honey farming.

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Bees Make More Than Honey They help produce some of our favorite foods. Apples, Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Broccoli, Onions, Blueberries, Cherries, Cranberries, Cucumbers (and the pickles made from cucumbers), Cantaloupes, Carrots, Avocados and Almonds (Source: National Resource Defense Council)

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Urban outposts Five years ago, when Mike Atwood and Brian Babcock were neighbors in Canandaigua, they decided to take a beekeeping course offered by the Ontario County Cornell Cooperative Extension. “We went just out of curiosity, but fell in love with it,” says Atwood. “I got one hive and just kept going.” Babcock got the Sweet Beez ball rolling when he approached his employer, FoodLink, about starting some hives. Although FoodLink declined to get into the honey business, it donated space near downtown Rochester – the top ﬂoor and rooftop of its old warehouse on Exchange Street – to Sweet Beez. Atwood and Babcock manage more than 20 hives there, and provide

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1. Here is a small bee cluster outside of one of the hives. Typically this happens more often during hot weather so that the bees can cool down. 2. From left to right: Mike Atwood, Austin Pettigrew and Bryan Babcock. 3. A frame of bees with drone cells and uncapped honey.

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Looking for More Information About Honeybees and Their Plight? Atwood recommends the movie, “More Than Honey” available on NetFlix. Visit the Sweet Beez blog at sweetbeez.org, and find them on Facebook. education outreach to local schools, libraries and community events; and help new beekeepers get started. They point out that cities may be the honeybees’ last refuge. “They have the least amount of agricultural pesticides – what many of us think are killing the honeybees,” says Atwood. “Our bees travel from their hives at the warehouse across the canal to Mount Hope Cemetery to collect pollen from the 196 acres of grasses, trees and flowers. While honeybees prefer to find flowers close to the hive, they will forage as far as five miles away. Buzzing Rochester’s rooftops There’s a hive on the roof at The Harley School on Rochester’s Clover Street. It adds to the microenvironment of the school’s rooftop garden, and deepens the students’ understanding of food production and the links between plants, insects and people. Students in Nancy Barrett’s second-grade class there began a study of honeybees as part of a project-based science and reading unit. “My students got very excited about the importance of the study and about sharing what they had learned,” says Barrett. “What’s even more important is their increased awareness of the plight of the honeybee, and how it affects the production of food worldwide. “SweetBeez let us try on the beekeepers’ outfits and taught us about being around bees, calming the bees with smoke, extracting honey, collecting the beeswax and identifying queen bees,” adds Barrett. “The kids loved it.” Also successful are the two rooftops hives Sweet Beez helped Rochester Art Supply set up on West Main Street. Eventually the store hopes to use the bees’ wax to create a locally sourced and produced paint. E A R LY S U M M E R 2 014 ~

It’s not ot about the money, m honey SweetBeez is entirely volunteer run. Atwood and Babcock recruited their spouses and two other couples to keep the organization running. Among them, they spend about 40 hours a week on the various efforts of the organization. They not only contributed their time, but also their financial support. Startup costs were covered by the founders, and two important $1,000 donations allowed them to buy observation hives for their educational programs, additional frames for the hives, and extra bees. Donations are gratefully accepted. The bees make honey and Sweet Beez sells it, but the $5 they make for each eight-ounce jar goes right back into the nonprofit. “We’re not looking to make money,” says Atwood. “We want to educate people, get them excited about honeybees and have them understand how honeybees affect them. “We don’t process our honey,” he adds. “We extract it from the wax cells in the hive, strain it and bottle it. Raw honey still has all the beneficial bacteria. Store-bought honey may be irradiated, heated or have additives, all of which kills the bacteria.” Raw honey ranges from light and fluid to darker colored and stiff depending upon the time of year and the source of the bees’ food. Atwood is excited by the organization’s successes so far and hopes to see Sweet Beez grow. “We would like to get hives on more rooftops,” he says. “Anyone can do it. It helps the effort and the owners get free honey!” He would also like to add community members to the Sweet Beez board of directors, expand its education efforts with other organizations, recruit more volunteers and someday hire paid staff. “If we lose the puzzle piece that is the honeybee, we will lose a lot of our food and food sources,” says Atwood. Every third bite could become a mouthful of air.

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Tony Trischka performs at the concert which honored Peter Seeger

Saying Goodbye The two cozied up to the woodstove and traded stories. Ever the scholar, Seeger recited (correctly) Shakespeare’s 23rd Sonnet (As an unperfect actor on the stage, Who with his fear is put beside his part …) and then went on to recall “The Gettysburg Address.” He also grabbed his banjo and played one of Trischka’s favorites, “Quite Early Morning.” Trischka loved him, he said, not just for his ﬁne playing on a ﬁve-string banjo and 12-string guitar, or his raspy voice, or his bravery for standing up for social justice, or for helping to clean up the environment. And it wasn’t about his laundry list of awards, including the Grammy Awards he won at age 87 and 92. “Pete was amazingly humble and he had a positive attitude about the world,” Trischka said.

The show Nora Guthrie introduced him by saying she was happy to bring out “an old dear family friend.” “It’s a great honor to be here,” Trischka said to the soldout crowd, and he meant it. After renditions of Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies” and Woody’s “Do, Re, Mi” with guitarist and vocalist Michael Daves, who appears on Trischka’s recordings, Trischka brought out another guest. He introduced him simply as “a banjo player.” It was actor Steve Martin with his ﬁve-string. “It’s an honor to be here to honor Pete,” he said. “I met Pete through Tony, and it was a huge thrill.” He told a great story about learning to play from a book that Pete Seeger had written long ago called, appropriately, “How to Play the 5-String Banjo.” Trischka said he, too, has a treasured copy. The surprise appearance really wasn’t that

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much of a surprise – Martin and Trischka regularly play on each other’s recordings. In fact, Martin’s latest effort was produced by Trischka, and he plays on Trischka’s new CD, “Great Big World” released February 5. The two co-wrote the song “Promontory Point,” in which each man’s banjo takes on the role of locomotives that raced to Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. The trains touched cow catchers there as a symbol of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. “Promontory Point” is the kind of ditty that Seeger would have loved, because it celebrates history and the ﬁve-string banjo at the same time. Arlo Guthrie almost hated to interrupt them when it was his turn to play. “Man, I didn’t want them to stop,” he said. “I love that.” At the end of the show, he brought Trischka, Martin and Daves back on stage to join him in “This Land is Your Land.” The audience sang along, and when the number ended, Arlo wanted to keep playing. For an encore, they played “Good Night, Irene,” a song that Seeger made famous when he was a member of The Weavers in the late 1950s.

“Great Big World” The concert fell in the middle of Trischka’s national tour to promote “Great Big World,” which features songs that he calls “progressive bluegrass, with a little gospel and lullaby music thrown in.” Steve Martin and banjo great Bella Fleck play on it, along with legendary guitarist Ramblin’ Jack Eliot. Actor John Goodman recites a spoken-word piece. On May 16, Trischka will take the stage at May Memorial, a Unitarian-Universalist society on Genesee Street in Syracuse. He frequently performs and offers banjo workshops in Syracuse, Ithaca and other places in Central New York. The Syracuse University graduate who grew up on Greenwood place says, “Syracuse is still home and always will be. I have friends for life, and every time I come there, we get together. I still love it.” E A R LY S U M M E R 2 014 ~

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live on a wooded gravel back road in northwestern Steuben County. My nearest neighbors are a half-mile away in either direction. My wildlife neighbors, however, are much closer. The same whitetail doe has given birth in the woods that surround my home each spring for the last four years, providing me with opportunities to photograph her babies and watch them grow. Apparently, she feels safe from predators here. Life for a whitetail deer begins in late May or early June, when most does give birth. Twins are common, but triplets are rare. Fawns are born without scent, which helps to prevent their detection by predators, and they remain that way for a week or so after birth. Their spotted russet coats provide a natural camouďŹ&#x201A;age that keeps them hidden in the sun-dappled woods.

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Finding Fawns In one of nature’s curiosities, the doe eats her placenta to eliminate any evidence of having given birth. Then she licks her babies clean and moves them to new hiding places where they lie motionless. She hides each fawn in a separate place and stays away to avoid her own scent from disclosing their locations. She returns several times a day to nurse and then leaves again. Even though they are able to walk shortly after birth, fawns spend their first few days lying still – right where mother left them – until she moves them again. Sometimes people find a lone fawn and think that it is abandoned and in need of assistance in order to survive. In almost every case, that is a mistake. You can bet that a nervous mom is watching from not very far away. Typically, human intervention does more harm than good. And besides, it’s illegal to interfere. A fawn’s best chance for survival is to be raised by its mother. There is no substitute for mother’s milk, which contains the specific nutrients that fawns need to grow and be healthy. Supermarket milk just doesn’t cut it. If you find a fawn or other baby wildlife, enjoy your encounter. Even take pictures. I’ve been fortunate to photograph newborn fawns on a number of occasions, and it is always a thrilling experience for me. But for the sake of the animal’s well-being, keep it brief and keep your distance. Don’t let your own scent attract a predator to the fawn’s location. The advice from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is this: “If you care, leave it there.” That’s the best advice, indeed.

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It may seem an unlikely place for camping – the sidewalk on Esty Street in downtown Ithaca – but each spring and fall, it suits David Wilson and Charles Nagy just fine. The owners of Selling Tales bookstore in Hackettstown, New Jersey, pitch their tent and unfold lawn chairs in front of the huge green warehouse that’s home to the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library Book Sale. It’s the eighth largest library book sale in the U.S., according to the blog Literary Tourist. Wilson and Nagy arrive a few days in advance to be among the very first to ferret out the best bargains at the semiannual sale. “They’ve been first in line for a couple of years,” says book sale Co-Coordinator Beryl Barr. The queue typically snakes down the block and around the corner.

Like all opening day entrants, they can only purchase up to 50 items at a time without having to go out and get back in line. It makes it fair, Barr says, since so many people want to get into the warehouse for the prime pick of science ﬁction titles, puzzles and

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games; the best of which ﬂy off the shelves the ﬁrst day. Obviously, it is not your ordinary book sale by any stretch. Held each May and October, it lasts the better part of three weeks, with prices decreasing

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each day until what is left before the bag sale sells for a dime or a quarter. Nearly 300 volunteers work for months in the warehouse before each sale, sifting through 800,000 items – Ds, books of all types, CDs, DVDs, k, records games, magazines, artwork, and VCR tapes – that are donated annually. Wilson and Nagy are book dealers, but the event also attracts ardent bibliophiles, young families, and students and faculty from nearby Cornell University and Ithaca College. It attracts people looking to fill out collections, and just about anyone who loves a good book at a bargain price. Barr estimates that about 17,000 people come through the door for each sale. Neither the donations nor the shoppers seem to be affected by the growing popularity of e-readers. “We have seen fewer new books at some sales, but not consistently and not at this sale,” Barr notes. “We have so many beautiful books that have been donated. People are still very happy to have books in their hands.” The books are divided into 80 categories; the building is so vast that a map of the floor plan is given to every patron so they can find their way around. Volunteers constantly restock shelves as items are sold. “It is absolutely the best place to go book shopping,” wrote Ithacan Debbie Clover on the Friends of the Tompkins County Library Facebook page. “I’ve built a whole personal library from the FOTL book sale. In fact, I go every weekend for both the spring and the fall sales. It’s not to be missed. And

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copies, collectible records, ephemera, toys and valuable works of art. “One year, someone donated a Jewish cookbook from the 1880s; really a book about how to set up and run a kosher household,” Barr tells me. “We did a little research and found out it was the ﬁrst book of its kind to be published in the United States.” They contacted Sotheby’s, and in an auction of Judaica, it sold for $7,000,

astounding book sale organizers. “It was the only item we’ve ever sent to auction like that,” Barr says. “Anything pre-1900 we usually check up on, and we have found valuable stuff. It usually ends up in our Collector’s Corner. But we don’t catch everything.” At the end of the sale, everything that’s left over (after nonproﬁt organizations from Tompkins County have taken what they want) is picked up by Better World Books, Giggle or other book recycling organizations. The warehouse is cleared from top to bottom and preparations begin for a new sale. “We start all over again,” Barr concludes. Book prices drop each day. Go to booksale.org/sale/prices.php for details. The book sale’s website is booksale.org.

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thousands of visitors to the region and introduced them to a wide variety of locally produced cheeses. Lively Run alone has attracted visitors from as far away as Australia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. The Finger Lakes Cheese Trail sponsors a variety of events, including a Cheese Festival in July and open houses at least a couple of times a Lively Run cheese and wine pairing Photo courtesy Lively Run Goat Dairy

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year. This fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open house will be on October 11. Also, Cheese Trail members have partnered with local wineries to host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preferred Pairingsâ&#x20AC;? events. Messmer bought Lively Run in 1995 and moved it to its current location in 1999. It is mostly a family operation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Susanne and sons

Pete and David are employees. Holly Taylor is also a partner in the farm. Because it takes 10 goats to produce the same amount of milk as one cow, goat milk is more expensive on a pound-for-pound basis. Despite this added cost, Messmer is happy to use mostly goat milk at Lively Run. “The trademark properties of the milk are radically different than cow milk,” says Messmer. “There are a number of results from that fundamental difference. Goat milk and goat milk cheese are way healthier in general.” Lively Run’s cheeses include several varieties of chevre – the classic goat cheese – as well as Seneca Blue Moon, Goat’s Milk Feta, Finger Lakes Gold and Blue Yonder, a cow’s milk blue cheese.

Irish inspiration at Keeley’s Cheese Company At Keeley’s Cheese Company in King Ferry, cheese making is also a family business. Keeley McGarr is the head cheese maker. Her parents own the farm, and her husband also helps out. McGarr grew up on a dairy farm. After a work-study job at Shelburne Farms in Vermont, and a cheese making internship in Ireland, she decided to start Keeley’s Cheese Company in 2009. She says of her time in Ireland that she was “really lucky to work on a farm that started really small and grew into a large business. I got to see the commercial side. That was good for me. It gave me something to work toward. “I think I wanted to come back to the farm in some capacity,” she adds. “I was going to college in Vermont, and there are a lot of small producers up there. I was studying animal science and dairy studies, so it fit together. I liked the science part of making cheese.” Keeley’s Cheese Company makes Across the Pond, a semi-soft cheese with a washed rind. McGarr says it is “definitely” influenced by her time in Ireland.

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that “sort of self-satisfaction in that I can take a raw product and turn it into something that people enjoy. It’s experimenting.” Sunset View’s cheeses include cheese curds, flavored cheese curds, Monterey Jacks, cheddars and Heritage, a blend of Parmesan and Swiss. It sits on 415 acres, 120 acres of which are farmed. There are 150 cows and calves. They stay in small, kennel-type shelters that Hoffman calls “cowdiminiums.” Hoffman says that after the Cheese Trail started, there was a tremendous increase in business, “almost like a floodgate. All members of the trail can see the benefits of being a part of it.” The store at Sunset View also sells other New York state products such as peanut butter, mustard, crackers, fudge, syrup and soaps. “I support people who support me,” she says of the products in her store.

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Farming is a family tradition for Kenton Burr of Kenton’s Cheese Co. in Trumansburg. The farm began in 1837, making him a sixth-generation dairy farmer. “Making cheese, to me, completes the circle,” he admits. “It helps continue the legacy for the next generation.” Kenton’s Cheese Co. makes Bianco, a brie-style cheese, and Emmentaler, a Swiss cheese that requires six months of aging. Burr says he started making Bianco because he “wanted to make something that no one else was already making. I wanted to make something that was versatile, that could be used in a lot of different ways, not just on a cheeseboard.” The most difficult part of cheese making “is the aging process,” he says. “It takes so long from when you make the changes to see if they work or not. With the brie it’s only 60 days, but with the Emmentaler it’s six months. That’s a long time. We have to rely on intuition. The raw milk has to be aged for 60 days.” In 2009, Kenton’s Cheese Co. received an environmental stewardship award encompassing all of its environmental practices and management

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Dutch Hill Creamery 114 Knapp Hill Rd. Chenango Forks, NY 13746 607-222-0691 dutchhillcreamery.com

Kenton’s Cheese Co. 5939 Burr Rd. Trumansburg, NY 14886 607-592-0746 kentonscheeseco.com

Engelbert Farms 182 Sunnyside Rd. Nichols, NY 13812 607-699-3775 engelbertfarms.com

Lively Run Goat Dairy 8979 County Road 142 Interlaken, NY 14847 607-532-4647 livelyrun.com

Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery 1852 Black Rock Rd. King Ferry, NY 13081 315-364-3581 keﬁrcheese.com

Muranda Cheese Company 3075 State Route 96 South Waterloo, NY 13165 315-539-1103 murandacheese.com

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Human Powered Happiness Waterloo’s Fuzzy Guppies is all about summer fun story by Alyssa LaFaro, photos by Mark Stash

“H

uman Powered Watercrafts.” That’s the slogan of 5-yearold boat sales and rental company Fuzzy Guppies. The Waterloo-based business on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal prides itself in its products – they offer more than 15 lines of canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and paddleboats. “We specialize in recreational, ﬁshing and touring boats,” says cofounder Justin Hausner. They are one of the few boat companies in the Northeast to carry specialized watercraft from Malibu Kayaks and NuCanoe. “People call us from all over New England, asking if we have these boats. We’re also one of the main dealers in New

Fuzzy Guppies Cofounder Justin Hausner

York for high-quality Hurricane Kayaks and Jackson Kayaks, the latter being our largest line.” Boating is not just a summer pastime at Fuzzy Guppies. Justin and his father/business partner Norbert Hausner have a deep and passionate love affair with the Finger Lakes Region. Native to Rochester, the two have been visiting the Finger Lakes since Justin was a kid. “We have always loved the beauty and natural resources of the area,” he tells me. Their goal is to help others develop the same appreciation. It’s about spreading the happiness.

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Sand Bar Opening!! May 2014 Serious paddlers, serious businessmen Justin and Norbert take what they do seriously. “A lot of people see the name Fuzzy Guppies and think we are a kiddie company. In a lot of ways we are – we have fun and are kid-friendly and family oriented. But don’t let our name or our youth fool you. We are serious paddlers,” stresses Justin. “We know our stuff and truly love kayak paddling.” The father-and-son team pays close attention to boating trends, and there are two currently showing slow but steady growth in the Finger Lakes Region – kayak fishing and whitewater kayaking. There are many benefits of fishing from a kayak; the two biggest being stealth and size. Since there’s no motor, it’s a lot easier to sneak up on the fish. The small size of the kayak offers fishermen the opportunity to fish in places that are out of reach for larger watercraft. The sport is also environmentally friendly, provides a good workout and is peaceful. “The true beauty of kayak fishing is that everyone can do it,” says Justin. “The boats made for kayak fishing are wide and very stable. Currently, we are working on partnering with the Western New York Kayak Fishing Association to bring a few tournaments to the area this summer, as well as educational seminars and rigging demos.”

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Fuzzy Guppies is open year-round for watercraft sales.

Seven feet in diameter, the human hamster ball lets users run, jump and roll on the water.

For the 2014 season, Justin hopes to collaborate with the Genesee Waterways Center, which hosts kayak runs at the Lock 32 Whitewater Kayaking Park near Rochester. The park was formed in the late ‘90s, Fuzzy Guppies when several local kayaking 1278 Waterloo Geneva Rd • Waterloo, NY 13165 enthusiasts transformed the bed of the Erie Canal spillway at Lock 32 into a whitewater playground. “Fuzzy Guppies is working hard to develop a relationship with Genesee Waterways Center to raise awareness in the Finger Lakes for whitewater kayaking,” adds Justin.

Beyond boats Justin is a certiﬁed instructor for the American Canoe Association, meaning he can provide introductory and advanced lessons for canoes, kayaks and paddleboards. Lessons are offered all summer long on Saturday mornings or by appointment for groups. Once paddlers have become comfortable in the water, they can join the Finger Lakes Paddling Club. Founded by Fuzzy Guppies, the free club organizes paddles throughout the summer so both beginner and advanced paddlers can “meet like-minded individuals in the Finger Lakes community.” For people who aren’t ready to get serious about paddling, there’s always the human hamster ball. “It’s an acrylic beach ball 7 feet in diameter that zips open,” explains Justin. “People get inside, and we ﬁll it with fresh oxygen, which lasts for about 90 minutes. People can run, jump and roll on the water. We tie it off so they can’t go too far. It’s pretty popular for birthday parties.”

Left: Along the edge of the canal sits the Waterloo Harbor Campground, which features camping sites equipped with public restrooms, washers/dryers, free WiFi, and boat launch/ docking facilities.

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Enterprising Justin and Norbert also own and operate Waterloo Harbor Campground, which shares property with Fuzzy Guppies. The site accommodates an array of campers – from basic tents to RVs that require water, electric and sewer hookups. Nearby are playground facilities and easy access to the canal for swimming. “We also offer campground activities,” says Justin. “We organize a chili cook-off each September, and host potluck dinners and ﬁshing derbies throughout the summer. Every month we do a moonlight paddle during the full moon.”

On course with the community For the first time last spring, Justin and a team of volunteers cleaned up garbage that was floating in and along the edge of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal. “We started at the mouth of the river, and cleaned all the way up to our property. We had to make four trips in and out of the canal because we kept filling our pontoon boat with bags of trash.” He plans to do the same this spring. Fuzzy Guppies also donates 15 to 20 boats each year to the Musselman Triathlon, held in Geneva, and the company makes an effort to collaborate with local schools. “Two years ago, we started a program called Paddle for Pages,” says Justin. “We are still molding and critiquing it, but the concept is that for every 100 page a child reads of a teacher-approved book, they get an hour free of kayaking with us.” Fuzzy Guppies’ overall goal is simple: to introduce people to the art of paddling. “A lot of people have fears about kayaking or being in the water that, with the proper guidance from an instructor, is easily overcome. It’s so beautiful on the water. I just want more people to get out here and see it for themselves.”

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Family owned Santelli Lumber, based in Palmyra, is nearly 70 years old. The cofounder’s son plans to take it to 100 by meeting the needs of a changing building market. by Alyssa LaFaro

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y father was a little bit of a gambler,” laughs Arthur Santelli. “On the way back from World War II in 1945, he ran the craps table on the boat. Apparently, by the time he got off the boat, he had acquired six bodyguards because he had so much cash.” When it came to business, however, Alfred Santelli didn’t gamble. He was a savvy entrepreneur who paid attention to trends in the marketplace. Upon his return from the war, America’s housing market was on the way up. It was the era of the baby boomers, after all. So Alfred teamed up with his brother James to start a business in Lyons to support that market. The Santelli brothers dabbled in a bit

This is one of the many pole barn designs that Santelli Lumber offers its customers.

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of everything; they had a lumberyard, cabinet shop and even completed home construction into the 1970s. Today, the company has two locations. The original lumberyard on Route 31 services the Geneva area and the headquarters in Palmyra – where most of the business is generated – reaches into Rochester and western Wayne County. Since the housing bubble burst, its focus is more on constructing farm buildings than homes. “We’ve become more of a wholesaler,” says company President Arthur Santelli, Alfred’s youngest son. “We still offer products and services to people remodeling and building homes, but we’re very focused on the agricultural industry through builders

A Good Bet Giving girls from Africa a college education

rthur is a big supporter of The Zawadi Africa Educational Fund – “a program designed to provide scholarships to academically gifted girls from disadvantaged backgrounds from Africa to pursue higher education in the USA, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya.” Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS) in Geneva is a participant in the program. Arthur learned about the program in 2010 while listening to the organization’s president, Susan Mboya, speak on C-SPAN. He contacted Mboya to learn more, and today sponsors Kenyan Amira Ali Abdulkadir, who studies international relations at HWS. Her room and board during her four years at the college has been paid for by Arthur. HWS President Mark Gearan appreciates Arthur’s support. “He was moved to reach across the globe to make higher education a reality for a stranger,” he said in a press release, “and we’re honored and thrilled that we can be part of that experience.”

The interior of Santelli Lumber’s retail store in Palmyra

who service that market. “Farming was in a depression here for 30 years, but now, agriculture is booming in Upstate New York,” he says. Santelli’s best customers include Mennonite farmers who build dairy and pole barns. Holding all the aces Arthur inherited his entrepreneurial skills from his father. He took over Santelli Lumber in 2000, when he bought it from his older brothers, Tony and Jim. Since his brothers are more than 15 years his senior, Arthur considers himself a third-generation owner – a rarity, he says, as only “15 percent of privately held companies make it to the third generation.” “My business philosophy is simple: Just do the right thing,” says Arthur. “Even if it costs you in the short run, it will serve you well in the long run through word-of-mouth. I want to evoke a feeling among my customers and their friends Arthur Santelli that we do things properly.” Arthur also strives to provide a good work environment and decent beneﬁts for his employees. This has lead to minimal turnover. “Many of my employees have been here for more than 10 years,” he explains. “I want Santelli Lumber to be a good place to work, and I want to listen to my employees and their concerns. My office door is always open.” The anniversary jackpot Arthur’s nephews Marc and Josh Santelli – Tony and Jim’s sons – are both involved with the company today. Marc works closely with Arthur at the Palymra store as his vice president and general manager, and Josh manages day-to-day operations at the Lyons location. Arthur hopes to see them eventually take over the company, and to, perhaps some day, pass it on to their sons. “I’d like to see us celebrate our 100-year anniversary,” he says. “That would be in 2045. I would be 85 years old, and the company would be into the ﬁfth generation by then.” That is a gamble. But it’s one Arthur Santelli is willing to bet on. For information about services, pricing or company history, visit santellilumber.com, or call 315-597-4884 for the Palmyra store or 315-946-4867 for the Lyons location. E A R LY S U M M E R 2 014 ~

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When I spoke with Cheryl she conﬁded, “I think Tim always wanted to buy a marina. We were only on our second date when he told me his dream.” She went on to add: “He said, ‘It’s either going to be a marina, or I’ll sell bait from the end of a pier’ (no kidding).”

ere’s an interesting question: What does a successful corporate attorney entering midlife do for an encore? Does he write a book on ethics or teach a law school course? Neither. He buys a marina. At least that’s what newly minted marina owner Tim Feagans did. In 2007, Tim and his wife Cheryl purchased Fair Point Marina in Fair Haven.

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also one of the largest full-service marinas along Lake Ontario’s southern shore. It features 91 power- and water-equipped slips surrounded by a large ﬂoating breakwater and portable wave attenuators (knocker downers). When you factor in the inboard and outboard “dry” dockage available on both sides of the breakwater, the marina can easily host 100 craft. The result is an extremely secure venue where slip holders enjoy a minimum of rocking from the wakes of passing powerboats. Located at the end of West Bay Road on the shore of Little Sodus Bay, the facility shares the long spit of land forming the northwestern boundary of the bay. Just beyond the adjacent jetties and channel, lies Lake Ontario, all 7,300 square miles of it. For those not familiar, Little Sodus Bay is one of only three deep water anchorages

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Fair Point Marina along Lake Ontario’s entire southern shoreline and is a favored destination for boaters of all stripes. For a quick look at the marina, surf the web to fairpointmarina.com. The site describes the many amenities Fair Point provides, plus unsolicited customer comments. Read them for yourself. Most business owners would kill for compliments as sincere as those Fair Point receives on a regular basis. As a full-service facility, Fair Point caters to both its own slip holders and casual visitors, providing pump-out service, transient docking and fuel. And not just any fuel. In addition to diesel, the facility also sells non-ethanol blended gasoline which is a boon for all power boaters, especially those whose engines were manufactured during pre-ethanol days. The gasoline provides more power, and it won’t damage vital engine components the way ethanol blended fuel does. Slip holders also enjoy another terriﬁc perk – free Starbucks coffee every weekend! And let’s not forget about the parties and the famous Tiki Bar. Three times each summer on the weekends of the Solstice, Labor Day and somewhere in between during the legendary “Summer Bash,” Tim and Cheryl host parties, complete with

to mingle with customers while everybody has a heck of a good time.

In for the long haul

free adult beverages and live music. Cocktails and beer are dispensed from beneath the palm-frond covered roof of the Tiki Bar. Beachwear, including colorful Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts, are the dominant dress on these crazy occasions. And it’s not unusual to see a couple where she’s decked out in the Hawaiian shirt and he’s wearing the grass skirt! These get-togethers provide Cheryl and Tim an opportunity

In their continuing effort to make Fair Point a ﬁnancial success and a favored venue, Tim and Cheryl have invested heavily in all manner of upgrades. The main docks were lengthened, new power and water lines were installed, newer ﬁnger piers and illuminated dockside power/ water pedestals were added, a unique burgee (pennant) was designed, WiFi was installed and the grounds spruced up with fresh landscaping. As a lifelong boater, I appreciate the heavy lifting and expense each of these enhancements must have entailed. Judging by the number of seasonal liveaboards, apparently I’m not alone in that assessment. Tim summed up the marina’s business philosophy as providing customers with “passionate, intuitive service.” To that he added; “I only hire people with a passion for sailing or boating, and then have them focus on delivering the best possible experience for each customer. It may sound like marketing hype but we really believe it.” Tim repeatedly stressed: “Ours is a total team effort. Each of us does

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Seneca Lake Wine Trail .. Pgs. 82-83

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Shopping & Services....... Pgs. 84-85

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Wine, Spirits & Brews ....Pgs. 80, 82

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Naples ................................... Pg. 86

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a delicate oak leaf (a common ďŹ&#x201A;avor proďŹ le due to being aged in oak barrels) and a thistle (the history of the name Chardonnay is French for â&#x20AC;&#x153;thistleâ&#x20AC;?). The initials CHD are etched at the bottom, and the color of the stone is champagne to reďŹ&#x201A;ect its light golden color. Another example, this one from the Red Collection, is the Merlot charm. The tiny plum is the symbol for the plum undertones (ďŹ&#x201A;avor proďŹ le), and a blackbird represents the history (Merlot is the word from the Old French for â&#x20AC;&#x153;young blackbirdâ&#x20AC;?). MLT is engraved at the bottom for the name, and the stone is a dark garnet to depict the deep red shade of the grape. Each charm is designed by Julie and handcrafted and hand-ďŹ nished by RW Jewelry Manufacturers of Rochester, and everything about the collection is certiďŹ ed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Made in the USA.â&#x20AC;? A detailed video featuring the intricacies of the making of a charm is shown on her website. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wine to Beholdâ&#x20AC;? charm line is currently expanding to include other wine varieties and even speciďŹ c wineries. The response to Julieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work has been wonderfully positive, and she has begun to interact with the wine and food community by becoming part of various events, including Lucas Vineyardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s German Fest in Interlaken and the 4th annual Cork and Fork wine and food tasting event in Seneca Falls, which features an ever-growing number of local food and wine offerings. The future of this endeavor is as bright as sunshine falling on the gently sloping vineyards. Julia has focused on the Finger Lakes Region because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her home, but now sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking to conquer the Long Island/Hudson River Valley Region. Beyond that, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wine regions beckon. If â&#x20AC;&#x153;wine is sunlight held together by waterâ&#x20AC;? (Galileo), this collection captures that essence, and is fondly remembered long after the last sip is gone. For more information, visit Julieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website winetobehold.com, or follow her at facebook.com/WineToBehold and at twitter.com/WineToBehold.

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hen you come across an inspired idea that has come to fruition, you know it. The exquisite sterling silver wine charms of the “Wine to Behold” Collection by Julie Hagel is a brilliant example of this axiom. The seeds of these creations were planted some years ago, in part, when Julie worked at an organic winery with her former husband. She discovered not only the enjoyment of drinking wine, but also the care and feeding that went into growing different varieties of grapes. As she learned about the magic alchemy of fermenting these gems into vino, Julie’s appreciation of good wine deepened. Just as one cannot create a vintage wine overnight, the concept of Julie’s wine charms remained in the background of her imagination, forming and reforming over time. The natural beauty of the Finger Lakes and an increasing appreciation of the fruit of the vine mingled with her innate talent for design. The ﬂourishing wine industry had begun to blossom in the Finger Lakes and like many, Julie and her friends and family began to discover and enjoy wine tastings and tours. These special times begged for something to remember them with, thus “Wine to Behold” charms were born. This sparkling collection of artisan jewelry – the motto of which is “Fashion Your Passion” – is a perfect blend of design, function and information rolled into a beautiful

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sterling silver orb. Designed to be worn as a piece of jewelry or to adorn the stem of a wineglass, the line currently consists of three collections. The Finger Lakes Collection is a series of five charms depicting the larger wine-producing areas of Seneca, Cayuga, Keuka and Canandaigua lakes, and a Finger Lakes charm with the four larger wine producing lakes on its face. The Red Collection features Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Lemberger. The White Collection consists of Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer and Viognier. Here’s where the fun starts. As you look closely at the attractively etched sterling charm, it’s finely detailed work stands out against an oxidized, darker background. This by itself has an old world charm, but when you understand that each tiny etching has its own meaning, you slowly begin to smile. Every wine variety charm has four components: a tasteworthy symbol, which denotes a common flavor profile; a noteworthy design, which represents history or a fact of the wine or grape; the initials of the variety of wine; and a sparkling gemstone that reflects the color of the wine or grape. The shape of the stone is determined by the color – red wine is signified by a square and white wine is indicated by a triangle. The Finger Lakes charm itself sports a round stone. For example, the Chardonnay charm has (Continued on page 82) Photos courtesy Julie Hagel

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