Happy installation

I almost forgot this important update … Found: a Liverpool company that decided to hook up the gas line and finish the installation of the new dryer, too. Yes, indeed, Charles Plumbing, Heating and Electric. It is nice, indeed, to have the new washer and dryer taking care of our laundering needs in our own…

Skelly says bring on Valentine’s Day

Bring on the next holiday. Going out to dinner with daughter Elisabeth and George Three on Wednesday night, she said the neighborhood skeleton was dressed up for another holiday and ready for another drive by. When I took my car past after our meal at Ruby Tuesday’s, I saw that the switch had been made…

Don’t get confused, teenage fig

Indoor sprout. My dear wife Karen noticed something pushing the sheet we’d placed on our wintering teenage fig tree higher and higher. Keep it dormant, said friend John, our fig tree expert who’d gifted us this tree as a baby last spring. The covered tree seemed to have other ideas. We’re hoping this does not…

Backyard beauty

Ready for the family. Does George Three have it in him for a winter fire in his new backyard fire pit, I wondered as I admired his and Elisabeth’s pretty outdoor setting under the white blanket.

Side yard in the snow

Room to grow. The shed and pavilion at Elisabeth and George’s spread looks great under the white blanket, I decide as I do the dad walkabout. So many good times to come, I imagine.

Happy new house looks lovely

Pretty picture. The snow fell, and I asked my terrific daughter Elisabeth if I took the short drive to take photos of the lovely new house she and George Three have settled into just a mile down the road. She texted back sure. It makes me so happy. Now I can capture nice images here…

Take a bough

Stay right where you are. New snow can be downright clingy, says I as I peer out after taking tentative steps on the back deck.

Lovely backyard blanket

Pretty picture. Our backyard was waiting for the blanket of white to cover the winter pale green grass and leftover autumn leaves and such. This is much easier on the eyes, for now.

Safety first

Pickup protocols. Safety first, I say. So when I placed our new large garbage bins out front for the Monday pickup this week, I plotted a different Sunday protocol. Knowing snow was in the forecast, I did not want to place them in the two corners of the driveway, as advised in the mailings we’d…