Chalk it up

Colorful vibe. My dear wife Karen and I successfully navigated the major road construction on the couple miles east from our house to downtown for our annual stroll through the Syracuse Arts and Crafts Festival. First we found Chalk Jam. All ages! The great array of artists were busy creating on the sidewalks. Great advice.…

Aw, shoot

One stalk. Nature does its own thing, thankfully and amazingly. Outside our front door, it gives us the thick and lovely hostas, pushing out one tall and thin upshoot. To each part its own thing.

Lush lavender

Take a bow. The front-yard lavender proved to be a bit top heavy this season. We think it’s quite lovely, even as it takes a bow toward our walk.

Back in style

Always welcome. The patch of Black-eyed Susans that borders our driveway and the next-door neighbor’s lawn came back this year in full glory. In fact, I think they decided to come a bit forward from last year’s space. We’ll take it.

Cheers to the station wagon

Can lug a family of five. It’s a good thing to come along a station wagon that reminds you of what your father used to haul your mom and your sisters around Long Island in the way, way back.

Cheers for 340

Great color combo. The beige 340 looked sleek compared to some of the longer models gathered in the hotel lot next to the McDonald’s. I bet it’s had some fun miles under its wheels.

Classic white

Cheers to the long Chevy. The powerful looking white Chevrolet certainly looked sharp, awaiting what was to come on classic car weekend in Syracuse.

Go big blue

That’s a paint job. The blue stripes on this baby most certainly caught my eye as I appreciated the classic cars collected in the hotel lot next to the McDonald’s.

To the wayback

A real beauty. A crowd was gathering around this red beauty in the hotel parking lot next to the McDonald’s. It was so wonderfully restored, I thought. Or maintained throughout the decades … Anyway, one guy was joking that he came out from his room to get breakfast and found it washed by somebody else.…