Bound to arrive

What we call a dusting. Before heading down the road to take my dear wife Karen for her morning shift at the eye center yesterday, I grabbed my iPhone to capture the measurable white stuff that had arrived on our front lawn since we’d gone to bed the night prior. The TV weather folk were…

Quite a game to pick

No Coach Babers. I had no inkling how much drama my dear wife Karen and I would watch unfold at the JMA Wireless Dome when I looked over the ticket availability online before the first Syracuse University game this season and selected the last game Wake Forest as our one visit this season. Summoning good…

Fall walks

Ahoy, there. Yes, keep the rain and snow away and folks will make use of the walking trails at Onondaga Lake Park as November nears its conclusion. Retired-guy-I even encountered two friends and former colleagues on break from the library. I joined Edina and Laura for the remainder of their walk, chatting quite happily, like…

Anchoring the holidays

Color coordinated. Cheers to the folks at the Onondaga Yacht Club for the green-and-red choice for their lawn anchors at this time of year, retired-guy I notes on a photo-taking stroll.

Get in line

Right time and place. Down come the leaves in time for Lights on the Lake in Onondaga Lake Park, retired-guy-I notes on a photo-taking binge. Calming. Oh, I do miss the frequent doses of symmetry when I visited for tranquility on my library work breaks.

Lighten Up

Another year to celebrate. Retired-guy-I decided that just because I no longer work at the library, a mere break stroll away from the extravaganza that is Lights on the Lake, you can’t get a glimpse of what I can find walking up close to a few displays. A different shade. I discovered a few old…

Happy Thanksgiving to all

The rise and the fall. As my dear wife Karen and I walked through the back room of Ontario Orchards, I thought that these many, many scarecrow dolls looked right at home together. Pyramid of fall dolls. My mind went to: More. They found their place. I hope everybody is gathering with family or friends…

Just like mom and dad

Feeling protected. Our cherished rescue mutt’s routine visit to her vet’s office included a couple of important vaccinations. It made both of us smile when she returned from the back room procedure with a bright red bandage around the shot location. Yes, Ellie and I discussed, it looked a lot like the bandages that my…

Ready for the deep freeze again

Hello, newbie. Something smelled in the basement. My dear wife Karen looked here and there thinking a small creature has suffered an ill fate. But no. Then she noticed the power strip leading to our chest freezer’s little light was off. And she opened the lid to warm and oh-that-odor. Flipping the switch got it…

Tree note

And I thank you. I’m glad to see the stubborn ones clinging to their fall colors while others are bare, waiting for what will come, beckoning for the next month.