Out they come in the backyard
The colors are coming to our backyard. It really took awhile this May.
Thank you lovely white lilac
Before the big rain and wind visited our neighborhood Sunday in a big way, I took a moment to savor our beautiful white flowering tree in the center of our front lawn. It’s held on to its pretty blooms for two weeks this year. And, yes, most of them withstood that wicked wind and rain.
In Beale Street, love and anguish share the stage in striking detail
The point is made from James Baldwin’s 1974 novel at the start of If Beale Street Could Talk. This drama you’re about to see could have happened anywhere in America. Watch the work of these outstanding actors taking the direction of Barry Jenkins from his screenplay adapted from Baldwin’s deep message and you’ll believe it.…
Which way do we go?
When you do decide to take a walk outside at the Beaver Lake Nature Center, you’re left with a choice. My colleague/friends and I were walking after we had finished lunch. Our time crunch did not allow us to take the lake loop. We did not leave any Cheetoh’s to help us find our way…
They display what’s natural about Central New York
There’s cool things to learn inside Beaver Lake Nature Center, we discovered at our library’s Staff Summit Day. This was before we entered the conference room for our seminar sessions. The displays put up by the center’s nature experts were great.
A cool place to grab a read
I noticed an appropriate display outside the big building at Beaver Lake Nature Center before entering for our library Staff Summit Day. The Onondaga County Parks’ Take a Book Leave a Book display sat invitingly, chairs awaiting relaxation. My Liverpool Public Library workplace was involved at the start, contributing donated books to the county cause.…
Go ahead, get involved with nature
When the library again set up our annual Staff Summit at Beaver Lake Nature Center in nearby Baldwinsville, N.Y., this spring, I made sure to arrive early and ready to capture the setting’s beauty with my iPad Pro. As soon as I got out of my car I was struck by an interactive display. I…
A chance for my dear wife to dig into the garden
Our Saturday trip to Ballantyne Gardens in Liverpool was a tremendous success. We happily wandered the lovely local nursery pulling the provided little cart, admiring so many of their spring plants. We bought and brought home two rose bushes and several purple perennials. My dear wife Karen will be busy with a springtime passion, digging…
We’ll always line up for our spring dogs at Heid’s
When my dear wife Karen recited her wish list for our Saturday to-do list, she finished with a flourish. Our annual spring visit to Liverpool hot dog-and-more stand Heid’s awaited. I did not argue the lunch treat to follow plant-hunting at Ballantyne Gardens nursery (teaser for tomorrow’s post) and the weekly supermarket run (no need…
Will Smith knew happy working with his son back when in Pursuit
Sometimes you wonder how a person can summon the determination to work so hard every dang day when the world is kicking back every chance it gets. Such was the case of one Chris Gardner, the living, breathing, heartbeat at the center of The Pursuit of Happyness. Will Smith turned the story of this San…
Mark Bialczak 