Let’s stroll Syracuse’s zoo

Step right up. Where to go is a question my dear wife Karen and I can bounce off each other freely these days. Well, we agreed, the zoo has been on our list on our trips to San Diego and Denver. But we’ve never taken advantage of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo right here in Syracuse.…

It doesn’t completely block our lake view

Busy, busy, busy. The workers who cleared the side hill beside the town offices that gave us a better lake view didn’t stop there. Now they’ve put up a shed-like building to … well, I think we’ll learn better what exactly it’s for in the weeks and months to come. I like the fact that…

October needs a fest

Welcoming. Our friend Georgia texted an invitation to dear wife Karen to join her on a short drive west to neighboring Central New York city Auburn for a visit to Oktoberfest. We’d never been to the host site, Prison City Brewing. Karen and Georgia approve. A bunch of Georgia’s relatives had already claimed a big…

More color or right to the ground?

What next? I wondered, as I looked across the street from under our side alcove as a slight October morning drizzle still fell, will more color show up in that pretty tree on the town offices lawn, or will those leaves go straight to the ground as is?

Not really in my cards

My pink smudge. Terrific daughter Elisabeth called dear wife Karen, excited with the news that she was across the street, chasing the Northern Lights. We suited up the cherished rescue mutt and joined her in the parking lot of the town offices that offered a clear view to the northern sky. I snapped with my…

OMG quite the season for our Mets

Root root root. Terrific daughter Elisabeth texted that I had to come over to pick up a gift that couldn’t wait until my birthday. She was so right that the OMG T-shirt was perfect for this stretch of New York Mets playoff baseball. Dear wife Karen was so enthusiastic at first sight that I immediately…

Happy days for us

Day drinking allowed. My dear wife Karen waved goodbye to the full-time working world. She deserved that step back so darn much. What a hard worker she is! From the days we met while both making our career paths at the big daily to her following that up with a direct 180 into the medical…

Concluding the Parade of Homes in a big way

Two levels of comfort. Five houses to look over outside and in is the perfect amount, my dear wife Karen and I decided as we finished our stroll of this year’s Parade of Homes at Baldwinsville’s Timber Banks neighborhood. Your own bottle service. The open main room included a very snazzy, double-sided wine fridge. Outside…

Back to bigger

Two stories of everything. Some people have big families and a lot of friends, my dear wife Karen and I surmised as we looked over the fourth house in the Parade of Homes. Not really a basement. All the levels impressed us. We could fit independently in each. Game time! As staged, the lowest level…