No boats

As I walk along the Onondaga Lake Park trail and pass the lonely marina, I wonder where the boats that make this spot bustle during the summer spend these months? They all have a tale to tell under different covers, says my imagination.

Before they flip the switch

A safe walk through the trails of Onondaga Lake Park during daylight hours certainly finds what cars later will drive past during the nighttime Lights on the Lake. The displays are quite festive even uncharged, I think as I use my iPhone 8. The park closes to walkers at 4:30, I’m told by signs. So…

As we head toward winter

A safe walk on the trail at Onondaga Lake Park brings a slightly surreal scene as we march into December. It sure brings a bit of perspective to the changing of the seasons this portion of our cycle of life as circumstances whirl around us away from this particular place.

Chocowine just had to happen

My dear wife Karen really, really likea chocolate. She also likes some kinds of red wine. Yes, she has attended the Wine and Chocolate festival. The people who make the juice of the grape had to find a way to get the sweet cocoa in there, sure. Some brands don’t cut it with Karen, though.…

Bow to the stately trees

Sometimes it takes a total abandonment of the leaves for a tree to look as stately as it can be, I think as cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I round the neighborhood blocks.

Extending the growing season

Cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I give great credit to our neighborhood block suburban farmer who has turned the front yard into something productive in this year of the virus. I hope the crops do indeed yield things useful far longer because of this diligence in our northern clime. We do…