Bird bath and little guy
We’d love for the pretty cardinals to take a dip in our backyard bird bath. Just saying. My dear wife Karen tells me the shortie purple bloom to the right is new this year, too. Did we put it in, or did nature just occur?
Beautiful blooms for the peony tree
Our backyard peony tree delivered blooms for the first time this year. We put it in the ground three springs ago. The vibrant reds were worth the wait. Now my dear wife Karen and I are worried that it has outgrown this corner. We’re thinking of where and when for the transplanting process to best…
One last push for the lilacs
Before they said bye-bye for another year, our backyard lilacs had one final fantastic day of blooming. Award-winning they were in my eyes. My dear wife Karen agreed. See you next spring.
All the Bright Places brings tenderness, warmth and more than a little darkness
Many movies made from the world of YA fiction have mined the deep wells of young and growing love, awareness, intelligence, joy, yes, sadness. Perhaps you remember the thrill that was The Fault in Our Stars</em> with its wonderful elevator relationship roles for Shailene Woodard and Ensel Egort? Elle Fanning and Justice Smith take their…
Boats are in
Spotted on a short safe walk this week down to the Onondaga Lake Park Marina. Boats. Less than usual for the first week of June, but … … boats, ready for time out on the water.
First roses pop open
My dear wife Karen and I have been wondering which rose bush would deliver our first blooms of the season. Tie! On the same Saturday, we were delivered blooms in back and up front. The backyard bush pushing out its orange petals was a bit of a surprise. The front yard bush is the one…
These socks really are Bombas-tic
The shortie Bombas socks my dear wife Karen gifted me for Christmas are delightful. So during this extended stay-at-home, I decided the brand deserved my loyalty. And I deserved a half-dozen of the colorful line of their calf-length socks. When the package came via U.S. post, I could not grab the scissors quickly enough. And…
Looking kind of busy
Walking back to where I’d parked my car outside the library on Tulip Street after a short, socially distanced stroll at Onondaga Lake Park, I took note that on a Friday morning … … there might have been more hustle and bustle than I had anticipated.
My daughter takes out from a tasty Polish place
The texts from my smart daughter Elisabeth really made me a bit jealous this time. She and George Three brought back from the Utica Polish home a boatload of takeout food. They had taken advantage of the family special from the Utica Polish Home. Hover over a photo for a description. Click on an image…
A new glow in our backyard
My dear wife Karen knows a good addition for our backyard when she sees it. And we’re not only talking about the plants we put in our ground. On a recent safe trip to a garden store, she spied some small solar lights. When we first pushed that button to set the glow free, we…
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