Dry corner

Finding the warmth. Our little rock garden outside the front door has found its first signs of green this March, too.

I’ll hope

Room to breathe. Now that the front yard rose bush is unburied by the big melt, my dear wife Karen and I are hoping for a bounce back. I have more optimism than she does.

Hello sprout

Welcome the green. My dear wife Karen and I love to see the first green poking out in our front garden. There, too. We admire both sides.

Just a little puddle

Great sight out back. The big mound that made our backyard pool cover invisible melted down to a mere puddle in the middle of the stretched blue. Amazing how fast it went.

Cheers to the big melt

Driveway pile going … Yes, that little snowball is the remnants of the mountain of snow that flanked our driveway before this short but cherished stretch of 50s and even 60s. Thank you, weather gods. We needed the break for sure.

Hoping for a good season

Thanks for the preview, Jason. Syracuse Mets general manager Jason Smorol knows how to set the scene. The longtime Triple-A official always presides over our local Triple-A team’s annual opening house with a season preview that leaves my awaiting the arrival of this year’s batch of players battling to further their careers for the parent…

Time to dry off …

Baseball, please. As I reached the concourse of our Syracuse Mets’ NBT Bank Stadium, you know my eyes were drawn to the playing field. We’ve been hammered by snow and cold this winter. But for our Triple-A team’s annual open house, the temperature reached the mid-50s and the snow was in a big melt. We…

Time to think baseball in my world, yes

Here’s to Opening Day. The Syracuse Mets held their annual open house event his weekend. Melt, snow. Yes, it was time for me to drive the mile-or-so from our house to NBT Bank Stadium and think Triple-A baseball. More to come in the next few days.

Get the drift

Piled high. So much snow this season, I thought on this long view of Onondaga Lake Park … Dirty job. The same pile from the other side carries the same point and a lot of grime as I make my way bad to my car parked by the library.