Now that’s a lot of glass at the Corning Museum

To celebrate our anniversary recently, my dear wife Karen asked if I would like to take the day off from work for a day trip to the Corning Museum of Glass. Yes, beloved. She set up our arrival for 11 a.m. Their virus procedures call for advance reservations with visit start times. We left our…

Their faith never really fades, and my hope rises at the end

There’s no way to dance around the underlying theme. <em>Faith, Hope & Love</em> is a faith-based movie. In the worlds of Faith and Jimmy, circumstances have fallen a bit on the dark side. Jimmy and his marvelous daughter are still fighting through the death of his wife and her mother. He’s trying so hard to…

We still like these apples from Ontario Orchards

My dear wife Karen and I usually take our annual trip to Ontario Orchards up and over in Oswego before Halloween. This scrambled virus 2020 caused us to miss that window of travel. When we went pre-Thanksgiving instead, the conclusion of our little-less-than-an-hour drive found instead of buckets of pumpkins, a lineup of pines. Outside…

Hold on there, pretty plant

Spotted this week outside the library where I work: A bright red that won’t yet give in.

New colors in the Village

The newly spiffed up business/residence combo in the heart of the Village of Liverpool boasts a new color. It seems to go well with the changing leaves of autumn, yes?

What they say

The Village of Liverpool pet store uses its corner sign to deliver more than its usual humorous pun during this post-Election times.

A darn nice November post-work night

Work ends on a Tuesday, Nov. 10, and my dear wife Karen and I grab a glass of wine, retire to the futon on our side yard alcove with our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B and savor the last hour of sunlight. It’s 76 degrees in the suburbs of Syracuse, N.Y., a week now that…

The clip-and-catch looks good

I’ll admit that the after shots of the front yard look pretty good to me. The mow did well on the scraggly front yard. And the muclch-and-bag surely helped the backyard, too. Now I will not state that this is the last cut of 2020. I have been known to let my mind wander to…

I couldn’t put off the mowing any longer

Believe it or not, I had not pulled our mower out of the shed since the end of August. The grass just was not growing that much. Usually at the end of summer and through the start of fall, I have to whack it down at least once a week. This past weekend, I had…

What I call a bonus day

This pandemic year of 2020 has not been my best for getting out on the golf course. I started out in spring with a reluctant feeling of masking up and mixing it up with others, even outside and socially distanced once the powers that be in New York State gave the OK for courses to…