In a baseball mood

Not yet, I know. I should be thinking about the Super Bowl next weekend. Or the Daytona 500 the following weekend. But when February comes, I can’t help but think … … pitchers and catchers report to camps in a couple of weeks, full squads soon after. And I’ll get a few games on TV.

Happy February!

Cheers! Here’s hoping for a sweet month for all. I’m toasting with a Finger Lakes Cab Franc. May the cold spells be short and the snow falls be short. If you’re a skier or snowboarder, may your preferred mountains and hills have great snow-making equipment!

Behind the scenes

Just off a main street! After an annual visit to one of my docs this week, I decided to take a look behind their parking lot. I’d never ventured back there, but the snow and trees was calling my name. The houses below sure looked pretty in this cold January spell of ours.

Yummy addition

The perfect noodle? Watching <em>Shark Tank</em> recently, a husband-and-wife team that came up with a Thai pha soup caught the attention of two sharks and my dear wife Karen and I. They were already selling well in several big stores and online. We had a four-pack of the beef pha shipped, and it arrived in…

Wide to the west

Just past the horizon. I was lucky enough to peer out the window to catch the last orange glow of the day on the horizon across the way. I grabbed my iPad, darted out the front door, and sped down the driveway to catch the image before the color was gone, gone, gone. This sure…

Sharp corners

360. This is a big strip mall, with stores laid out in all directions. Plenty of places to park around the January snow banks, too.

Towering

Plenty of yards left. Yes, the plowed snow in the lot is high. But there’s still room to collect it, I thought as I saw the height on the adjacent light tower. But maybe it’s all in the angle I took the photo …

That’s a lot

Keeping it clear. Good job, plow people, I thought as I got ready to make my way to pick up this and that at a local supermarket during this snowy January.’

I see it clearly

Eye store yonder. I’ve been conducting eyeglasses business to start 2025 with a nearby Visionworks, so I thought it interesting to spot another location of the chain peeking out at me past the top of this supermarket parking lot snow bank. I had to maneuver for the best angle.’

Relaxing into a new day

Our cherished rescue mutt doesn’t mind a bed of snow on the back deck one bit as she relaxes at the sun says hello to the east. She goes to the back door, I let her out and admire her pluck. This time, she was barking at the side door for entry in five minutes.…