More color or right to the ground?

What next? I wondered, as I looked across the street from under our side alcove as a slight October morning drizzle still fell, will more color show up in that pretty tree on the town offices lawn, or will those leaves go straight to the ground as is?

Not really in my cards

My pink smudge. Terrific daughter Elisabeth called dear wife Karen, excited with the news that she was across the street, chasing the Northern Lights. We suited up the cherished rescue mutt and joined her in the parking lot of the town offices that offered a clear view to the northern sky. I snapped with my…

OMG quite the season for our Mets

Root root root. Terrific daughter Elisabeth texted that I had to come over to pick up a gift that couldn’t wait until my birthday. She was so right that the OMG T-shirt was perfect for this stretch of New York Mets playoff baseball. Dear wife Karen was so enthusiastic at first sight that I immediately…

Happy days for us

Day drinking allowed. My dear wife Karen waved goodbye to the full-time working world. She deserved that step back so darn much. What a hard worker she is! From the days we met while both making our career paths at the big daily to her following that up with a direct 180 into the medical…

Concluding the Parade of Homes in a big way

Two levels of comfort. Five houses to look over outside and in is the perfect amount, my dear wife Karen and I decided as we finished our stroll of this year’s Parade of Homes at Baldwinsville’s Timber Banks neighborhood. Your own bottle service. The open main room included a very snazzy, double-sided wine fridge. Outside…

Back to bigger

Two stories of everything. Some people have big families and a lot of friends, my dear wife Karen and I surmised as we looked over the fourth house in the Parade of Homes. Not really a basement. All the levels impressed us. We could fit independently in each. Game time! As staged, the lowest level…

Still more with less

Wide less than tall. My dear wife Karen and I appreciated house three on our Parade of Homes stroll, thinking its size was about right, too. Great backsplash. The lighting in the open main room and the size or the island impressed me. Hand it over. A big pass-through to a covered porch with a…

Smaller makes us smile

Beautiful to us. Let’s go left-to-right down the block for House Two in our Parade of Homes march, my dear wife Karen decided. Less bedroom, less baths, plenty of smiles for us. You betcha, And it wasn’t just a cheeky sense of humor in the wall decor. We liked the layout on this one, too.…

Appreciating the Parade of Homes

Plenty of room. My dear wife Karen and I picked a lovely early fall day in Central New York to visit the annual Parade of Homes event, a tradition that allows builders to construct a new pocket of their best work in an attractive new block in hopes of prospective buyers to like the work…