New digs at the marina

Something happening here. My recent stroll to my favorite Onondaga Lake Park allowed me a closer look behind the fence I noticed my last visit. Marina construction. The marina is under construction, I see. Heavy lifting. There were big posts going in. I walked further and watched …

Can I?

Getting stuck? It’s been below zero, real temperature, a handful of times in our part of the world this winter. Things get stuck in the morning. Worst was the outside door of our front alcove teamed with the lock latch on our side gate. I got us out two ways: moving a portable heater into…

Keeping it clear

Where to put it? So when it snows while I’m sleeping, I have to sweep what’s accumulated on our car somewhere before I take my dear wife Karen out to an early shift. And then I have to clear that so she can safely get in the car. Life has been something this year.

Sprout hunting

Not yet. When March comes in our part of the world, my dear wife Karen and I look for our first green sprouts in our gardens. This year I think they have a tougher path.

Hello down there

Please bounce back. In past winters, I’ve been able to bring you photos of rogue blooms from our front corner rose bush. This year, my dear wife Karen and I discuss whether or not it will bounce back from all this snow that had to go there. Insulation or oxygen stealer? Only spring and summer…

Wide right

Under pressure. We had much fun rooting for the hometown Syracuse Crunch skating against the visiting Charlotte Checkers the night before the gold medal Winter Olympics men’s hockey game between the U.S. and Canada. The tight contest had it all: fast skating, back-and-forth scoring and too much fighting for my hockey tastes. Alas, the home…

Hockey here, too

He shoots … While many hockey fans in North America were waiting for the Winter Olympics men’s team gold medal game between bitter rivals squads from the United States and Canada, my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth, fantastic George Three and I drove the couple miles to downtown Syracuse the night before that big…

Sometimes you need to shovel

My work. Sometimes the plow company just packs down the driveway snow too much. Oh, once a year I decide I have to go out there afterward and take to the ruts my car made in what they left with my trusty shovel. Hard work!