Cats on a leash

Good job, Vinny. Vinny liked his visits to the shed, George reported as we attended our first baseball game of spring. But lugging the more adventurous of the two kittens out in the carrier to share safe outsider time was becoming a bit tedious, he admitted. Elisabeth got on her phone and found a fun…

Blooming time

First out back. Thank you, first spring blooms in our backyard garden. It’s been up-and-down temperature-wise, so this is a victory.

A wide view

Hardy fans. April baseball means bundling up when your hometown squad is the Syracuse Mets. The fans did good. We’ll return soon.

Get ready

Taking a stance. Concentration means so much when you’re trying to hit a baseball. It was interesting to watch my Syracuse Mets hitters get ready in the what we call the warmup circle.

Mound meeting

Thank you, sir. Our original seats were close for the Syracuse Mets home opener, but I couldn’t quite eavesdrop on the mound discussion during the first pitching change. Dinner plans, maybe?

Here’s the pitch

At the plate. Yes, I had to walk down from the Metropolitan Room to check out where our original seats were for the Syracuse Mets home opener. We did good on the first day they went on sale. I had fun taking some photos as the home team battle Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. My dear wife Karen, terrific…

Let the season begin

And Trapper hats, too. What the heck, thought I, when I saw the temperature forecast for our Syracuse Mets home opener. Yes, we’d secured our four seats up close to the field the first day they went on sale. Then … The team put up a special in the Metropolitan Room that included a buffet…

Beautiful puzzle work

Worth the effort. The puzzle provided by terrific daughter Elisabeth provided dear wife Karen many happy moments of making these past few months. You OK up there, I’d aim up the stairs as she worked at her arts/crafts table. Complicated, yes. Beautiful, definitely.

That’s a birthday dinner, by George

Pasta and more. Where do you want to go to celebrate this year’s birthday, I texted to George Three. He deliberated. Pondered. Thought it over. Figured he wanted to try someplace he’d never been. Francesco’s Cucina, he decided. My dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth and I had appreciated the Italian place on Syracuse’s north…