Sounds like a plan

The latest round of flags are up in the Village of Liverpool. I take note as I take a morning break stroll from my job at the library, and I do know the window to the left has held one of the many hairstyling establishments that dot First Street. The red flag at the corner…

Winter sunsets can keep the sky afire

If I run a string of errands before returning home from work at this time of year, I can catch the glorious after glow of a winter sunset after pulling my car into the driveway. Timing is everything in life, yes.

Moon was just right there

When I let cherished rescue mutt Ellie B out the door to do her thing, I noticed out of my side eye a hazy early morning moon hanging out just before the sunrise. I ran back in to grab my iPhone 8 from the living room table. Alas, too slow. You can barely see its…

Not firing up that grill

I hear that some people grill year round. Yes, even some people who live in my part of the world. No, thank you. Our kitchen stove works great! (Knock on wood.) We’re lucky enough to live pretty close to the Limp Lizard, the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and even a stone’s throw to Ray Brothers, all home…

Paw prints prove she was there

Cherished rescue mutt Ellie B doesn’t spend quite so much time hanging out on her favorite side alcove futon during the yeah-it’s-really-winter cold. But her paw prints prove she goes in and out that door to make her way to the needed beyond.

Another non-rosy perspective

Our sturdy backyard corner rose bush certainly is waiting for this brisk January weather to call it quits.

So much winter you can’t tell there’s a pool

I know winter has settled in when I look out our back door and all I can spot are the tracks that cherished rescue mutt Ellie B has made around the perimeter of our pool. No signs of the cover stand out through the snow. And it’s not that it’s too deep, as you can…

People will look pretty good, too

Looking along the Onondaga Lake shoreline during my January morning work break walk, I think of how people love it here come spring and summer. And I look forward to the warm feeling.

Boats will look pretty good between the trees, too

Hey, I think during my January morning work break walk, the warm weather return of the boats will look pretty good framed between these two trees come the end of May, too. Dream on, I will.

I spy the Syracuse skyline

On a clear January morning break walk, one can look to the east down the Onondaga Lake shoreline and appreciate the Syracuse skyline forefront, country hills behind. It’s quite pretty, I think before I head back to the warmth of the library.