Happy Easter, with a homemade babka

My dear wife Karen and I both made trips to different locations of a local Price Chopper supermarket this week in search of a special Easter treat we’d found in their bakery department in years past. Both places told us that they were no longer making the cheese babka. Karen bought a raisin babka. We…

The wind whips up Onondaga Lake

Walking on a work break on Friday, the wind was stirring the water greatly on Onondaga Lake. The color was brown. The birds were having a blast up higher. I wanted to catch the sound for you all with my iPhone 8, too.

Happy spring sunrise

Ellie B got me up early enough Sunday to catch a pretty spring sunrise over the backyard of A Bitty Better. Our cherished rescue mutt has been very happy with the warm-up.

More boat time!

I couldn’t tell if this guy was putting the boat in or taking it out. I sure was glad enough for an April day warm enough for it to be coming or going.

Happy round number, Theresa

Or friend David texted us weeks ago, asking that my dear wife Karen and I reserve Sunday afternoon for a surprise party to honor his wife and our friend Theresa. She was celebrating a round-number birthday. They did it up right. The decorations at her cousin Ed’s banquet room off Hiawatha Boulevard were perfect. Her…