Always a flock
Not just one. Dandelions tend to hang out together, I decide.
Collect my thoughts
Winner, winner. I find the first folks to put out their garbage cans on this particular neighborhood walking route. And I think of putting ours out when I get home …
Celebration
Happy season. I appreciate the way these folks express their joy for spring.
Turn up the speed
Straight away ready. Some parts of this neighborhood stroll are just begging for me to go a little faster.
Pause, don’t stop
Mental landmark. Fittingly enough, my halfway point on this neighborhood walk route falls at a well-marked cross street. Onward I go after the quick iPhone photo capture.
Our flag was still there
Centerpiece. Some walking days feature no breeze at all, as demonstrated by the prone position of our flag on this pole.
Still still
Proud block. Two houses down from yesterday’s flag and pole, there still was no breeze as I walked past another flag.
Genesee’ s finest
Well preserved. We walked 2.7 miles at the Lilac Festival, terrific daughter Elisabeth found on her watch when we got back to her car. We’d earned our visit to the Genesee Brewery a couple of miles toward downtown Rochester. Some blocks reminded me of our Syracuse, we said in the car on the way over.…
A vendor with character
I didn’t get it. Take that photo, requested my dear wife Karen as we strolled through the vendors at the arts and crafts portion of the Lilac Festival. Done. I must admit, I cannot tell you who these plushies are off the top of my head. I did purchase from another maker two cool wood…
Walk this way
Special walkway. Rochester rolled out the color for the Lilac Festival. Yes, I appreciated the crosswalk.
Mark Bialczak 