Hoping for good signs

Reaching for the big Mets. Over the holidays a week ago, the family took to NBT Bank Stadium for a Syracuse Mets game and good times. Game-ready. Six of us were ready for a good game, although I couldn’t fit all of us in my iPhone frame when my dear wife Karen, great daughter Elisabeth,…

A lily brightens any day

Shining star. The previous owners without a doubt left great perennial produces around the years there and there and there for terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three. The day lily pops are bright and wide.

Strawberry field forever

Tasty yield. Terrific daughter Elisabeth quick-picked the juicy garden production in year one of the plants lovingly planted by fantastic fiance George Three and herself for their first summer in the new house. They’ll wisely keep an eye out to harvest before the bunnies, squirrels and such. May their fruit intakes this season be bountiful…

Admiring the climbers

Great achievers. My dear wife Karen pointed out how high our backyard climbers have reached this summer. They’ve bloomed with a boom, I’ll say as we’ve wrapped up the holiday weekend.

Happy Fourth from Uncle Skelly

Holiday shenanigans. The neighbors around the block from terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three prepped their front-yard Skelly well for today. The July Fourth outfit and Old Glory motif brings a wonderful pop to the holiday, my dear wife Karen and I agreed as we stopped the car for this photo.

Nice addition, this Salt City Market

Corner of attention. Ever been to the Salt City Market? I asked my fellow downtown Syracuse adventurers after we’d decided to stroll from Clinton Square, our stomachs full of Polish food. Nope, agreed my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three. My curiosity had been peaked since the long black building…

Nice stepping, colorful Polish dancers

Colorful swirling. As we four adventurers crossed behind the Polish Fest stage before taking a downtown Syracuse stroll, I spied a dance troupe ready to do its thing. I had to grab the iPhone camera to capture their colorful moment in front of an appreciative crowd.

Polish meals were enjoyed

Feast at the fest. Before I forget, we four happy wanderers indeed drove the short distance to downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square to indulge in our coveted annual Polish Fest meal indulging. Worth the wait. The Utica Polish Community Home again served up our order of Polish platters, golumpki, pierogi and kielbasa sandwich after my dear…

We can’t escape the unhealthy haze

The sun battles the smoke from the north. I had to pull over the car on the way home from dropping my dear wife Karen at work Thursday morning, stopping at the neighborhood green triangle to capture the haze of the sun struggling to appear over the line of houses to the east. The barrier:…

Pretty plant pots all in a row

You know I like symmetry. Tomato plants donated by terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three successfully transplanted into the neat black pots secured at the nearby Lowe’s, my dear wife Karen and I decided a new backyard alignment with the strawberry pot and fig tree was in order. Long may you grow.