Thanks for a good dunking season, pool

The pool closers did their thing. We live in a one-season climate for the backyard pool, for sure. This was a very good season for dipping, I will say. Thank you, my dear wife Karen, for your wonderful pool upkeep so we could thoroughly enjoy our oasis.

The holiday lights are gathering

On this first day of fall, I offer the recent capture at the Onondaga Lake Marina. Boats are still docked. Leaves on the tree are still green and quite up there. Lights on the Lake decorations are piled and ready for installation.

Now my Mets are co-mingling

This late in the season, I can enjoy my Syracuse Mets season by rooting for many players watched through previous portions of the year playing upstairs with the parent New York Mets. In fact, the lead off hitter on this night was outfielder Travis Jankowski, who began the season with my New York Mets until…

Big night at the game for the kid

Some nights at the ballpark are so, so wonderful. Sitting with George Three’s nephew Mason game me so many smiles at the Syracuse Mets game. When they threw the T-shirts out between innings, one winged its way to the nice gentleman wearing a black T in the row ahead of us. He immediately turned and…

Happy for another Syracuse Mets game

The giveaway this week at the Syracuse Mets game was a cool green jersey. Yes, said Elisabeth, George Three, Mason, myself and my dear wife Karen. Susan, too, but she was down at the concession stands when I was snapping these photos. I like the stickers chosen for cheeks by Karen and Elisabeth. More on…

Elisabeth smiles with her sunflowers

On a family trip to the Regional Market earlier this season, terrific daughter Elisabeth mentioned to dear wife Karen that she had some sunflower seeds planted at brother Steven’s house. I’ll say. The September harvest yielded huge clippings. She did promised seeds. I wonder how they’ll come up on our yard next summer …

Satisfying shed work

Back on Labor Day weekend, my dear wife Karen and I took on a team project to pretty up the shed work so satisfyingly started by terrific daughter Elisabeth, fiance George Three and members of his tree while we were in Cape Cod at the start of this season. We first took the wood they…

Bonus photo from KP

Before we leave photos taken at the New York State Fair, I offer this glorious capture from my friend KP as he visited the big sprawl with our pal Bake. When he put the photo up on a text string with Tater and I, I immediately asked KP if I could use his scene of…

Imagine the strength

While we ate our Peacheys glazed donut, my dear wife Karen and I took a good luck at the closed-for-the-evening Extreme Strong setup. I imagined the strong person in the home-away-from-home parked behind the sign. Slurping a protein smoothie? Sleeping to regain power? Watching me watching? I swear I’m not creepy. Welcome to Central New…