The food stroll

Lookie here. Dinner awaited after my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth, George Three and I met with Meghan, Becca and Sean for this year’s Food Truck Battle visit. First, we circled the rectangle of food stops. I picked a cheesesteak sub and Karen went for a Reuben egg roll, both from the Lucky Seven…

Picking the right day

There it lies. Busy we’ve been lately, so the family adventurers had to select a Friday night instead of our usual Saturday afternoon for our traditional annual visit to the May food truck rally at the New York State Fairgrounds. It was a good choice. Before we know it … All the trucks were loaded…

Love the night game

Here’s the pitch … There’s a different feel to the ballpark when the sun goes down. A night game in May always makes me happy to be out there. Not too hot. Not too cold. Ready for the pitch …

A double … rainbow

Yes, up there. The rain held up during our visit to our nearby NBT Bank Stadium to enjoy a night with the Syracuse Mets. Yet up there in the sky we did spy a beautiful double rainbow. That’s way more unlikely than a two-base hit, right?!

Look, it’s signed

Winner! When the family got to the top of the concourse on our latest trip to see our Syracuse Mets at NBT Bank Stadium, a worker handed my dear wife Karen and I both a copy of the night’s program. I gave mine to Karen as we wound our way to our seats. And she…

Two new additions

Grow big and sturdy, new shrubs. Our walk around the Lowe’s garden department yielded a pair of baby juniper shrubs earmarked for the far edge of our front lawn. I worked the shovel. My dear wife Karen placed them into the holes. We dream of the providing nice cover from the neighbor’s driveway in years…

Burst of peony beauty

Vibrant start. One evening, my dear wife Karen was calling me out to our backyard corner to look at a bud or three popping out on our beloved peony tree. The next morning, I was showing her this photo of blooming and great activity. Yes, this cornerstone plant moves fast!

Tulips, II

Six strong. The half-dozen white tulips looked even more striking when I gazed at them a week-plus into their reign from the other side of our backyard.

Next in

Awaiting their turn. Let’s stop at Lowe’s, suggested my dear wife Karen, and look around their garden department. Might as well make it a triple play, thought I, knowing how we’d already enjoyed our visits to neighborhood nurseries Chuck Hafner’s Garden Center and Ballantyne Gardens. We looked through their aisles and Karen found a few…

Feisty rhododendron

Bigger and better. The backyard rhododendron gained height, width and flower power this season, my dear wife Karen happily noted on a backyard assessment stroll. This is year three, I think. In any case, we sure are glad we decided that we had to have them after seeing how beautiful they can be during our…