Outdoor living
Parking where they’re comfortable. Four lake birds show they’ll hang out over the private lot a block up from the water no matter what the man says.
Lone holdout
No give-up. Yes, retired-guy-I smiled to see a holdout boat docked in the Onondaga Lake Marina at the tail end of November. They can still fish, I imagined.
Joyful sunset
’Tis the season. I walk out the front door and look to the left to spot an orange glow, and I’m glad that my phone is in my left front pocket. The sky is the limit for a good mood.
Pails in comparison
Just right. Even the garbage pail end of our driveway gets prettier come sunrise time and a dusting of late fall snow.
My brush stayed in the car
Not yet. The executive decision: This amount of snow on my car roof was not enough in the morning to bring out my snow brush before the morning drive to get my dear wife Karen to work.
Bound to arrive
What we call a dusting. Before heading down the road to take my dear wife Karen for her morning shift at the eye center yesterday, I grabbed my iPhone to capture the measurable white stuff that had arrived on our front lawn since we’d gone to bed the night prior. The TV weather folk were…
Quite a game to pick
No Coach Babers. I had no inkling how much drama my dear wife Karen and I would watch unfold at the JMA Wireless Dome when I looked over the ticket availability online before the first Syracuse University game this season and selected the last game Wake Forest as our one visit this season. Summoning good…
Fall walks
Ahoy, there. Yes, keep the rain and snow away and folks will make use of the walking trails at Onondaga Lake Park as November nears its conclusion. Retired-guy-I even encountered two friends and former colleagues on break from the library. I joined Edina and Laura for the remainder of their walk, chatting quite happily, like…
Anchoring the holidays
Color coordinated. Cheers to the folks at the Onondaga Yacht Club for the green-and-red choice for their lawn anchors at this time of year, retired-guy I notes on a photo-taking stroll.
Get in line
Right time and place. Down come the leaves in time for Lights on the Lake in Onondaga Lake Park, retired-guy-I notes on a photo-taking binge. Calming. Oh, I do miss the frequent doses of symmetry when I visited for tranquility on my library work breaks.
Mark Bialczak 