Spread your wings on this Fourth of July

So my dear wife Karen advises me to take my hands off the keys in the front door of the Happy Cottage II and step slowly to the right. A Cape Cod butterfly had decided to take a break on a window frame. I was quiet with my iPhone 8. The butterfly seemed not to…

We walk our coveted Chatham strip

Even with less than stellar weather for our week in Cape Cod, we grabbed our hours of opportunity to take in the sights and things we have loved for a decade now. The little park in town still host art month in June. We were glad. The fact that we started admiring sharks way back…

The gorgeous beach at the end of Sea Street

With our new Cape Cod week vacation stay in the Happy Cottage II on the other side of the main road that divides Dennis Port, my dear wife Karen and I have spent more time exploring the streets closure to the Atlantic Ocean. By foot and by car. One trip down the appropriately named Sea…

We lead our dog to water once more

Will our cherished rescue mutt ever want to swim? To prepare for our big return to Cape Cod, my dear wife Karen bought a little present to coax Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle a little more. OK, her protective floatie vest complete with decorative fin looked pretty darn cute, too. Perhaps we did get a…

Cape Cod can seem pretty wild

So we’re walking our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle on the block that hold our Cape Cod rental, and she hears it before we see it. Down the far-side lawns struts a turkey. My dear wife Karen and I assumed it was wild, but perhaps it is someone’s pet. It did not…

Everything you need in a backyard

Is it fair for the new vacation house to be compared to the old vacation houses? You know I have to weigh the differences, especially at the start of the stay. My dear wife Karen and I adored sitting out back of the Happy Cottage in our many years of a weekly stay. This place…

A different cottage in Cape Cod to make us happy

At the end of our stay at the Happy Cottage in Cape Cod for our 2017 vacation, our friend Julie told us that indeed she and Lisa were selling. And great place that it was, they found a taker. We missed our annual trip last summer. My dear wife Karen regrouped. She found a place…

Rock me

These folks don’t want anybody parking too close to the high side of their Onondaga Lake trail house. You can’t miss their point.

Yes, you can view the Harbor

Do you think about the places you patronize? I do not go into any cellars to buy wine at Harbor View. But I do look out at the horizon when I walk back to my car. The Syracuse Inner Harbor indeed sits below. Nicely.