Even past peak, the rhododendrons shine for us

My dear wife Karen and I decided a return to the Rhodendron Festival of Sandwich, Mass., for our second year running was a must. Well actually we walked the paths of the beautiful grounds of the Heritage Museums and Gardens. Took our time. I snapped away on my iPhone.Even though we were just a year…

A warm cup and more

This vacation’s drive to Chatham led us to a first stop at Lily’s Diner, a cozy-looking joint on the main drag with an inviting table on the front veranda. The coffee the amiable waitress that I swore to my dear wife Karen came from downstate New York poured into our green Lily’s cups was quite…

Throwing in for the Cleat & Anchor

One of the reasons we adored the location of the house we rented the previous handful of years was the ability to walk to several restaurants we grew fonder of as time went by. On we settled into our new rental 1.25 miles toward the beach and away from the village on night one of…

Dog, meet beach

Our first walk with cherished rescue mutt Ellie B was to the public beach, after dinner. We knew we did not want to take her way down yonder. She still enjoyed her moment in the golden hour. Next morning, the three of us rook the opposite turn to the private beach. We knew it was…

Walk, walk, beach

Our Cape Cod vacation location was a quarter-mile stride from not one, but two beach locations. If we took a left out of the driveway and went down the first available lane, we hit stairs that led to the big public beach. Lots of folks frolicked at the bottom of that climb. We enjoyed the…

This year’s Cape Cod adventure starts with a new place

When my dear wife Karen began researching this year’s Cape Cod adventure at the start of 2022, she discovered that the house we’d secured online for the past handful of vacations was no longer being offered. We figured that the kind owner finally decided to use all the warm weeks for herself. My dear wife…

I’ll walk around it

At first I thought it was a cute little replica of a lighthouse. You know, being so close to shore and all. But, no, this collects stuff someway, somehow, above my waterside knowledge level.

Ah, Schenectady

My dear wife Karen has been taking her latest traveling central sterile technician gig over to the east, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. It’s a two-hour drive to the east down the New York State Thruway. Not too bad for cherished rescue mutt Ellie B and I. The house in which my dear wife found…