It looks a bit raw

I will say flat out that the approach from the Village of Liverpool to Onondaga Lake Park reveals the passing of fall and coming of winter. No way to argue that.

Yet the cranes have not left

Even though things look fairly crisp at so many spots around the town offices, I know the busy constructions workers are not finished with the year-long(?!) project. The go-high equipment and dumpsters in the parking lot tell me so.

Second four Advent beers draw cheers

My dear wife Karen and I both had our favorites from our second set of four in the Advent Beers gifts from Elisabeth and George Three. I thought the lemon-flavors of Samuel Adams’ Porch Rocker made it the best of this batch. Karen went with the yummy sweet notes of Yuengling’s Hershey Chocolate Porter. Yes,…

Our lake view in December can feel gray

Weather can change on a dime in December. My dear wife Karen and I took with with cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle on a sunny afternoon, we thought. Minutes later we took in our lake view just a short bit down our block. Yes we must get back to the house. By…

A new spot for the memorial

While walking cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle this past weekend, I chronicled the fact that construction workers have checked off the box of moving the memorial for veterans to a new spot from their work list at the town offices for the neighborhood work project. Looks good.

Another good year for Advent beers

I made it widely known how much I enjoyed the gift of Advent beers from terrific daughter Elisabeth and George Three last year. Earlier this week George dropped off not one, but two boxes into our front alcove before he got to work. Yes, my dear wife Karen has 24 beers to sample from them,…

Pardon, you lost a piece of your car

You’d think they’d miss it. Spotted while strolling on a library work break during warmer and sunnier times: A big car underside piece, I think, sitting on the sidewalk smack dab in the middle of the Village of Liverpool. Usually the cleanup crew any sort of debris, big or small, up PDQ.

Woof if you’re confident parking

My work colleague at the library came back from a break walk and said she had a photo I might like for my blog. Text received … Love it! My text back: New driver Barkley practices in the Nichols parking lot.

What comes next for Orange and us?

With Syracuse University’s football season done with a record of 5-7 after Saturday’s 31-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers, it’s the time for the higher-ups to answer questions. Yes, they brought back coach Dino Babers even though he has just that one 10-win season on his plus-side, and five losing seasons now to go with…