Maybe we can make these at home

A Friday night dinner at, yes, TGIFs, pleased my dear wife Karen and I probably more than expected. We wanted to remember what went into their Blood Orange Cooler. Yes, my dear wife is the type who will buy those ingredients and whip one up at home. We also went for the Pot-Stickers an appetizer.…

Looking more than present-able

Now there’s a daughter who’s happy with the jacket given to her as a Christmas present. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is pretty psyched that the kids were here for a visit. (And bringing wine glasses for my dear wife Karen.)

Definitely frozen

On a work break walk Wednesday, I got my first good look at Onondaga Lake since our big January freeze. Yes, the big lake in Liverpool has definitely frozen over. So why the heck did Edina and I think we had to walk? Brrrrr.

The path will get beaten

So this is what a cold January morning can look like in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Note how our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle carefully picks her way around the pool – yes, that is our covered in-ground smack dab in the middle – and the rest of the backyard, too.

The Kingdom may be falling, but these Jurassics carry a World of fight

In the fifth(!) installment of the movie series first adapted 28(!!) years ago from Michael Chrichton’s forward- and backward-thinking novel Jurassic Park, the island set aside for the dinosaurs is threatened by a volcano. Those roaming that piece of now isolated former amusement park land are therefore headed for extinction. Humankind is left debating whether…

Prime territory

The red logo sign sure is appealing set as it is in this Hanover Square scene in downtown Syracuse. I went home for dinner with my dear wife Karen, standard weekday date.

Lighting adds so much

I remember when mood lighting was strictly meant for small rooms inside the house. Expansion of ideas is a good think, as this scene in downtown Syracuse’s Hanover Square showed me.

Oh, what a pretty idea

My nightfall walk around downtown Syracuse brought a brand new sight across Warren Street from Hanover Square. I like the idea of the horizontal lighting above the sidewalk. I’m not sure if it’s just for the holiday season or something that will stay up longer. I root for something more permanent.

Hanover Square meets my swirly light needs

I was glad to see during the walk attached to my recent work trip to downtown Syracuse that the skinny trees in historic Hanover Square still make great holiday light decorations. Yes, just like the center tree on our front lawn. I have suggested to my dear wife Karen that I’d like to leave our…