All the leaves are down

I’m always looking for that snippet of a lake view. Cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I discovered this look-out from the Salina Town Hall parking lot during a recent walk. Well, I did, at least. She was too short to see the water. And too busy sniffing other stuff.

A quiet winter field

Cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I surely appreciated the quiet of this morning scene across the way from our house.

Sunset and the lake

My dear wife Karen and I get to squeeze in a winter walk with our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. At the start, I thought I’d get clever with the iPhone 8 and the neighbor’s tall tree. At the end, I concentrated on our slice of Onondaga Lake and saying goodbye to…

And then I saw this sign

I’ve brought you many pretty photographs from Onondaga Lake Park. Yes, I’m a fan of this significant recreational space so close to where I live and work. And so I walk here often. The waters, I know, used to be used as the private dumping bucket for Big Corporate Chemical on the other side of…

Yes, there is sun in the winter

The sun just doesn’t want to come out and play sometimes during this stretch of winter. That doesn’t mean that Onondaga Lake Park can’t look pretty. And it doesn’t keep the hardy people of Central New York from wandering the space.

You don’t have to be an established fan to dig Downton Abbey

My dear wife Karen did not want me to go into Downton Abbey fully uninitiated. She also didn’t want to lecture me on the ins and outs of the good (and not so good) people who inhabit that big house on the other side of the pond before we sat down to watch the Blu-Ray…

Nobody wants to take a seat during the winter

Onondaga Lake Park is a year-round recreational space. Folks are invited to use one of the two trails. I walk fairly regularly, since my home and work are so close by. I do not sit down and rest, though. I keep it moving.

What’s a little ice on the lake?

So it’s really winter, and the boats are gone from the Onondaga Lake Marina. The ice is forming. And yet as I walk on a Saturday, I see a boat coming back from a spin on the lake. The crew of three don’t want their photo taken on this below 20-degree F day, but they…

Yes, it’s back to normal, dear dog

It seems are cherished rescue mutt Ellie b aka Dogamous Pyle can’t quite believe it’s back to the normal routine, either, as the sun rises over our backyard this first month of 2020.

Now we get back to everyday life with vigor

Are you feeling a Jan. 2 letdown today? Back to work for me, yes. Bye-bye big holiday stretch. Hello, New Year. New decade, too. Now we put our thoughts and reflections to action, right? With great resolve, right?