Turning leaves, chapter one

Seen on a stroll through Onondaga Lake Park: leaves changing color. Not mild yellow or mild red, I’d say, but quickly brown. It has been so very, very dry. It’s that point of August in my part of the world.

The animals hang out, too

The latest adventure shared by text by terrific daughter Elisabeth was her trip with fiance George Three to Brew at the Zoo. At first I was a bit worried that the elephants were bored, but that the photo up high told me maybe they were into the company, too.

What to wear to the game?

I heard my dear wife Karen and terrific daughter Elisabeth talking among themselves as fiance George Three and I walked just ahead on the journey from the parking lot to our seats at our latest we-love-to-go to the Syracuse Mets games together outings. The attractiveness of a new woman’s hat in the window to the…

Quite the stumper

Something drastic must have happened to a tree once as grand as this one to be leveled to one large stump. Lightning strike in a flash or slow, eroding tree woes? I look and admire the roots regardless.

Now it’s a toddler fig

The baby fig brought over by my fig whisperer friend John earlier this spring has grown quite well in our backyard, I am quite thankful to report. I know am referring to it as the toddler fig tree.

One sunflower plant, please and thank you

Hands full with bags containing great stuff, my dear wife Karen and I could indeed rearrange to carry one last purchase from the Regional Market sellers to the car. She really, really loves sunflowers. One nice plant went home with us.

Take them out to the ball game

After all the Syracuse Mets games we’ve gone to together, I was thrilled that terrific daughter Elisabeth and fiance George took in a major-league Blue Jays-Tigers game during their trip to Toronto. That photo of the Rogers Center with the roof open is a winner. Of course George bought her a shirt so she would…

Hockey is a Canadian sport

Terrific daughter and Elisabeth and fiance George took in hockey sights in Toronto. I got great photo texts. I’m so glad they went to the Hockey Hall of Fame and posed with the Stanley Cup!

The kids go to Canada so we don’t have to

Terrific daughter Elisabeth sent an international text. She and fiance George Three had crossed the border and stopped in Niagara Falls. Money had been exchanged. Drinks were being enjoyed. Yes, George agreed, a Molson does taste better on the north side of the border. In enjoyed all this immensely from my New York living room.