Ready to reflect

Fashion statement? My dear wife Karen were ready to sun gaze with our safe eclipse glasses as soon as we arrived to the NBT Bank Stadium parking lot Monday. Good thing. We saw the start from outside the parking lot, patiently filing in with the 10,000 or so other solar fans. We got it! But…

Sharing a moment

All for one. What was it like experiencing a total eclipse of the sun at our Triple A baseball stadium? Pretty darn special. The ovations for Mother Nature were totally spontaneous and cool as can be.

Totality awesome

At 3:20 p.m. Monday in Syracuse, N.Y. Was the walk onto the center field warning track worth it for my dear wife Karen and I on Monday afternoon at the Syracuse Mets’ NBT Bank Stadium worth it? As mid-afternoon looked like midnight, I aimed my iPhone a little ways away from the eclipsed sun and…

Straight and sturdy

Looking good. Our backyard wood fence is floppy no more. The removal of the old fence and installation of the new one surely was a spring success for my dear wife Karen and I’s checklist. Great change. Now we won’t worry when the big winds hit our neighborhood on the hill. And we think the…

Enjoying the wine and scene

First from the entrance. My dear wife Karen and I had a fine time Saturday afternoon circling the Regional Market’s Shed F for the Syracuse Wine Festival. We appreciated our pours from each table from the amiable representatives from Central New York wineries. So much to discover. Karen tended toward more fruity choices. I picked…

Stirring the rhododendron

Early riser. And so now I wonder how all the early warm weather and subsequent cold will affect the rhododendron and our other yard plants through spring and summer.

We’ll take a pop of yellow

Bright spot arrival. The up-and-down temperature game this spring caused a bit of breath-holding between the sprout of green and the appearance of the yellow flowers of our front-ard daffodils.

Discovering the tasty Owera wine and new winemaker Shannah Cheney

Shannah Cheney with her first Owera Vineyards vintages. As a gift back when we worked together back at the Liverpool Public Library, my communications department boss included a bagged bottle of Owera Vineyards Cabernet Franc. When I pulled it from my little collection and uncorked it, I was smitten. In fact, I liked it a…

Safety counts

Don’t go there. Our Town of Salina code enforcement officer took a look at our fence gate and set me straight. Because we have a backyard pool, the gate calls for a tall latch with a lock and spring. These ensure best safety practices for short younger ones with younger minds who might wander by…