Sunrise over a new fence

Great greeting. The hard-working fence crew mostly finished their work before sunset last night. That allowed me to catch a beautiful spring sunrise over their backyard work this morning. Happy dog. Last evening, our cherished rescue mutt was allowed back out in her yard unleashed for the first time since they began work Wednesday. The…

That’s a boathouse

Ready for rowers. On a warm day recently, I decided to take a stroll on the extreme west end of Onondaga Lake Park, a stretch I visit least frequently of the big trail next to our local lake. This segment sits next to the boathouse set up by Syracuse University for the use of its…

Tidying up

Brush collected. Upon exiting my stroll through Onondaga Lake Park via another lane, I noticed the remains of a major sweep up on the street.

So this is spring

After the second visit from the plow company. This sure has been some start to spring. My dear wife Karen and I woke up this Saturday morn to TV weather folks telling us about 3 to 6 inches that had come this way since we’d gone to bed. The backyard rail says 3. Another 3…

Everybody walk

A fit day to be out for people and critters. The sun and warmth brought out walkers, two legs and four. The squirrel at right decided the path to the lake was more fitting at this moment than all those leafless trees.

Weather or not

Split sky. The sky toward the east caught my eye when I returned home from driving my dear wife Karen to the eye center to start her 7 a.m. shift. Would the snow stop or start anew? It’s been that type of weather as we bridged winter to spring. Have a good trip. Just a…

Home and Garden show stroll

Midway to state fair time. Terrific daughter Elisabeth texted with an offer of free tickets to the Home and Garden Show at the New York State Fairgrounds. Her boss had a handful to distribute. Yes, thank you, for my dear wife Karen and I. Show us your stuff. So we met Elisabeth and George for…