Here’s to tulip time
Bright and cheery. The new addition to our front garden corner is the tall and happy white tulips. They are sturdy and thick this spring.
A little lift
A little brighter. What can make a 7 a.m. drop-off of my dear wife Karen for her weekday shift at the eye surgery center a bit happier this time of year? The blooming of certain trees. I’m talking strictly for myself, of course.
E is not for ego
Looking sharp after Maiden Mow. This was the year for a new lawnmower, I conferred with my dear wife Karen. The steady red Troy Bilt had come with us from our previous house. This would be a decade of vrooming around for us … I changed the oil every season and all … but ……
Lavender corner
Our front corner. It’s time for the front right corner of our yard to include a special spring color. It might be my dear wife Karen’s favorite, I might add. Hello, lavender!
Another welcome for our front yard dogwood
Short but sweet. Another rite of spring that makes me smile: Our front yard dogwood tree has opened its buds for my dear wife Karen and I. Glory week. It works hard all year to impress us with this blooming time.
Rising in the standings
Go ahead, ask us. Do you want to go to Trivia Night at the Syracuse Mets again, wondered the text from terrific daughter Elisabeth. Sign us up, I replied. Last season, our first attempt at matching our wits in the Metropolitan Room at NBT Bank Stadium as the Syracuse Mets played on the field below,…
Don’t miss these
Wanted: big ring finger. I had to go through my photo roll before waving a final bye-bye to my spring 2024 trip to Georgia to visit KP and Sue. I missed a few captures I want to share, starting with that large-scale World Series ring stationed outside of the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park. Doggone it.…
Ponce City Market sparkles outside and in
So much to see. A railroad used to run through the grounds where KP and I strolled to the expansive Ponce City Market. Now the city is constructing its Beltline, a path for biking and walking that will eventually allow access to, well, all Atlanta neighborhoods, as I understood what KP and Sue told me.…
Memories sad and more
Too much happened here. As we drove to park for our trip to the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, KP and I discovered that across the street sat a landmark forever stamped in world history. We had to take in the Centennial Olympic Park, where a grand celebration for the 1996 Summer Games…
The heart of college football
Maryland and Syracuse are in this quadrant. When KP ticked off Atlanta attractions he thought might interest me, I knew we’d be stopping at the College Football Hall of Fame. I’ve lost count at how many games I’ve gone to since I matriculated at the University of Maryland in the 1970s, became a sports journalist…
Mark Bialczak 