Happy holiday to all

A good holiday feeling came over me as I watched the sun rise over Onondaga Lake. Nice early morning sky, I thought. Comforting. May you experience the joy of the day with those you love.

Yes, that’s a skeleton

Big individual set up. Should we go see the skeleton, terrific daughter Elisabeth asked as we drove toward her and George Three’s new house. I’m so glad he pointed the car in the direction of the nearby street. Just about every house on that block had put up holiday lights. This house, though, took my…

Tracking the sun on the solstice

Good morning, sun, noted before 7 a.m. The winter solstice in my part of the world always grabs my attention. So I made sure on Wednesday to take my iPhone out to the backyard in the morning and to the front in the late afternoon to capture our sunrise and sunset for all. Hello and…

That darn cat

Happy kitty. Grand cat Ava’s Christmas gift arrived at daughter Elisabeth and George’s house early enough to have a curious feline unwrap it as it went under their tree. Deep in play. Elisabeth texted me reaction photos for at least an hour. Immersible present. Yes, Ava decided to climb right into her gift at one…

Shirt twinsies

You can hardly tell us apart. When we went out to dinner to celebrate my recent birthday, terrific daughter Elisabeth noted how George and I had coincidentally pulled a similar shirt out of our closets that day. Yes, we had to pose. The Chinese food was good that night, too. Thank you, Elisabeth and George…

A birthday dinner celebration with my dear wife

Super starters. My dear wife Karen’s busy work schedule kept us from celebrating my round-number birthday this year on the midweek day proper. Sipping part of the menu. So we did it up proper on a weekend evening at local restaurant Santangelo’s, a favorite to both of us. Italian, yes, please. To accompany the food,…

First piles of the season

Cleared. The car looked ready for my trip the to library after my brush action on Friday morning. Dog-friendly, still. The side alcove didn’t look too bd, either. This first dose of December snow did not come with a big sideways wind.

Well, it is Central New York

Yes, I had to use the shovel. I do believe this is rather late in the year for me to share my first it-snowed-at-my-house photographs here.. Sticking everywhere. Let’s start with the fact that the library closed at 4 p.m. on Thursday, five hours earlier than usual. My text-all alert arrived a bit after 7…

Two wins in one night

And he shoots … It took a while, but the Syracuse men’s basketball team pulled away for a tidy victory over Monmouth on Monday night at the JMA Wireless Dome. I enjoyed the time spent with my longtime friend Tom in his seats. Thank you so much for the invitation to share the thrill of…