Meanwhile, out back

Love the late light in the backyard snow landscape.

Woody, Buzz and pals still have a lot to give in Toy Story 4

How much of a good thing is too much? Ask a kid if they’ve grown out of their favorite toys. Ask a movie fan if they’re ready for Toy Story 4. Same difference? That’s what you might be wondering before you take the plunge or this fourth installment into the Disney/Pixar tale of cowboy Woody,…

Snow on the roses

White on red in many ways.

Snow and sunset

Not yet, and down goes the sun. Down comes the snow, too. Lovely this first week of Eastern Standard Time in my part of our world.

Here we go, snow

Here’s what awaited when I pulled into my driveway after work on late Thursday afternoon. First flakes of this season, and, yeah, they stuck.

So what are odds and ends at a baseball team garage sale?

The Syracuse Mets folks but out an interesting array of merchandise at this year’s garage sale. Much of it was still tagged with the former Syracuse Chiefs name, or maybe generic ballpark stuff. It was fun to look and learn. No harm, no foul seeing what they store around the catacombs. The merchandise in the…

There’s new seats in the future for Syracuse Mets games

A look down at the field during the Syracuse Mets garage sale at NBT Bank Stadium gave hopes for more comfort come 2020. I saw that much of the old seating had already been removed. I am looking forward to better accommodations during next season’s games for sure.

I like thinking about the Syracuse Mets in autumn

They call it a garage sale, this annual get-together to sell extra stuff at NBT Bank Stadium. This year the team has had a full year in as the top minor-league squad for my New York Mets. That made me smile for the autumn visit even more. Outside, I saw signs of work being down…

You can’t escape the true grit of Arctic

When we first meet the man in the center of Arctic, he’s scratching in the snow. Pull away. More. He’s writing a message he hopes will catch the attention of somebody, anybody. S O S We never find out the name of the guy stranded when his plane crashed in the middle of these snowy…