A reminder not to forget them

A visit to Onondaga Lake Park’s east side yielded the reminder for an event set up to keep special young ones in our thoughts. It was sobering to see so many hanging placards with names and faces of children who are missing. May their loved one find some measure of peace in the thought that…

Let there be easy shades

The fall colors doesn’t have to shout out to work their seasonal wonders on me. Calm works, too.

Falling down

Across the way, the formerly brilliantly red tree is nearing the end of this season’s cycle. It still attracts my attention as early October moves toward the middle.

Please stick to the instructions, still

The season has changed. Temperatures have dipped. It’s good to see that park people still want us to keep our walks safe, both on the Willow Bay end and over on the east end of Onondaga Lake Park, too.

The lights are out around the lake

Yes, they are getting ready for the annual Lights on the Lake display at Onondaga Lake Park during our virus year of 2020. This chap is already standing post near Willow Bay. On the east end near the Wegmans Playground, meanwhile, these await a good spreading out. This does make me wonder if they will…

I like them apples

My dear wife Karen took on a Saturday adventure with our great friend Georgia. They drove the short miles to community farm stand Abbott’s, purchased fall apples, and tackled the project of baking a few October apple pies. Georgia had volunteered to guide a somewhat reluctant Karen through the making and baking processes. Success, my…

Downhill spirals to the bottom of this marriage’s hill, slowly and surely

If you rent <em>Downhill</em> merely on the name recognition of stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell with no further investigation, you will will be in for a different ride down the hill than you might suspect. This European adventure directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash from the screenplay written by Faxon, Rash and Jesse…

Don’t it make your green leaves brown

Happy fall, says this Onondaga Lake Park tree spotted on a very nice safe walk stroll.

The new iPad Pro keyboard does not take a bite from the Apple

When your second version of the Smart Keyboard designed by Apple for the first generation of the iPad Pro 12.9 looks like mine, you know it’s time to move on to No. 3. Not to mention the fact the used-to-seem-like magic connection between the smooth keys and the type showing up on all the things…

One on our block

One tree on our block seems to be more in a rush to take on its fall color than the others. It looks pretty cool even before the temperatures really dip, I think.