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…

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.

Almost but not quite with the 1,000-piece puzzle

My dear wife Karen finds jigsaw puzzles quite relaxing during vacation. So early on during our great September 2020 Cape Cod getaway we searched for and found a good 1,000-piece model. The Cape Cid beach scene took residence on the living room coffee table. Man, did I have fun … watching Karen put it together…

The eating on the Cape was fine and safe

My dear wife Karen and I found our favorite restaurants safely distanced in this shifted-to-September annual Cape Cod getaway. We wore our masks, noted our chunks of six feet and admired how they spaced there tables, inside and out. Some meals were noted in separate previous posts, yum-yum to the Ocean House, Red Nun, Sundancers…

Sailing along the village of Dennisport

Coming out of Bucky’s with our armloads of assorted biscotti, a loaf of pistachio nut bread and an everything bagel cheese-and-egg sandwich, my dear wife Karen still noted something special for me to photograph. Did you get the mural? Back from the car with arms free for the iPhone 8 photo I went.