Me and my mutt, art-style

My dear wife Karen wins the Internet again. She spied a great piece that reminded her of how I love to pet our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. I was politely instructed to open the package when it arrived. Floored. Thrilled. There may have been a tear in at least one of…

More purple rises up front

Taking its turn in our front yard garden is the lush blanket of violet. OK, friends, remind me what it is …

In the ground they go

I grabbed the shovel and watched where my dear wife Karen carefully pointed her finger this past weekend. Into their new home dirt went the gifts from Elisabeth and George. They look comfortable. Knock on wood.

Newbies for 2022

Thanks to terrific daughter Elisabeth and wonderful fiancé George, my dear wife Karen was gifted with two new plants for us to enter into our backyard gardens this season. Needing my shovel work are a purple rose plant, to take the place of one that did not make it over the past winter, and a…

Now for another color in the tulip row

After the red in our backyard tulip cycle comes the yellow. Yes, I think, it is better than all-at-once.

In all its glory out front

Here’s to the glorious effect of our front-yard dogwood when its flowers come out to their maxium.

Quite a rhododendron

Last year the family attended the beautiful Rhododendron Festival while we were vacationing in Cape Cod. This May we are being treated to the glory of the full bloom of our own gorgeous plant of the variety in our backyard. We’re pretty sure this is full year two after we put it in our ground.…

Look for Mrs. Met, Mr. Met

Every time I venture to see the Syracuse Mets play at NBT Bank Stadium, it seems that I spy something added to the collection of Did You See That? This time around, it was the bold murals of Mrs. Met and Mr. Met on the doors of the women’s and men’s rooms that helped all…

Looking good on the field

A great addition to the Metropolitan Room experience are the two rows of seats directly in front of the dining space. Step out and you’ll find a view of the game that any major-league fan would pay megabucks for at a big-league park. At Sunday’s game, the seats in the sun gave way to an…

A great family day at the Syracuse Mets club

My dear wife Karen had a wonderful idea for this past Sunday. She sent me an item she spotted from the Syracuse Mets’ Facebook page promoting a Mothers Day special. They were throwing a nice brunch in their Metropolitan Club, with a ticket to the 1 p.m. game against the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Wonderful…