Here’s the orange

My work colleagues and I saw for the first time during our Thursday afternoon break walk from the library, a tree around the path at Onondaga Lake Park that I would qualify as truly orange. Yes, I consider this a late arriving splash.

Trying for the L, I and Y

Every time our Library Communications Team meets at the Central branch in downtown Syracuse, the sight of the main sign through the glass-enclosed staircase enthralled me as I head to the second-floor meeting room. I can’t quite figure out how to get the whole red word in the frame. I’ll take another approach next time.

Going, going, bye sunset

The sun seems to set faster this time of year. We were doing something in the kitchen when my dear wife Karen mentioned how beautiful the sunset looked out the window.’ So I quick grabbed my iPhone 8 and dashed out the front door. I snapped at the end of our driveway, a bit frustrated.…

Looking for that autumn color at Onondaga Lake Park

Not that I’m rushing the coming of winter or anything, but … It sure is taking a long time for the green to go around my part of the world this year. On a work break walk in Onondaga Lake Park in early October, I could hardly find any brightly colored leaves. There were a…

Thank you, Captain David Wright

While baseball fans concentrate on the excitement of the playoffs, I must tip my hat in tribute to my captain. Thank you, David Wright. My New York Mets set up one heck of a special nights for their third baseman on the next-to-last game of the regular season. For those of you keeping score at…

Food, crafts and family time are A-OK

When my terrific daughter Elisabeth texted the notion that she and sensational significant George Three wanted my dear wife Karen and I to go To a food truck and craft fest with them, how could we turn that down? Good choice. I’d never been to the sports complex in Baldwinsville, but Karen knew exactly where…

The pineapple tree is a two-year process

George Three discovered news about the Pineapple Tree he gave to my dear wife Karen for Mother’s Day. It takes two years for the fruit to grow to full size, he found out on The Google. Now we have something to look forward to after the summer of 2019. Very soon it be cold enough…

A dog and her toys

Sometimes I look around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville and think … … Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is a bit spoiled. She has her own living room bin filled with doggie toys. She’s allowed to pull them out at her own will. Yes, our cherished rescue mutt is allowed to…

Deciding about socks

Yes, fashion, it does swing back and forth. I remember when I was growing up, I used to cringe when my dad pulled out his high work socks, always dark-colored, with his shorts. Teen-aged me would only wear my white, gym-class-style socks with any or all type of shorts. (Cut-off jeans were in then, by…