Browsing at Ballantyne Gardens

Maybe next season … My dear wife Karen and I happily visited our Liverpool neighbors at Ballantyne Gardens for this year’s crop of annuals. We quickly spotted some Gerbera Daisies and more, but of course wandered here and there to admire Tim and Lisa Ballantyne’s wonderful 2023 collection. Will look good in the ground. Terrific…

Clean away, pool robot

Yes, underwater Roomba. Move over, easy-does-it house vacuum. Our pool now can be cleaned by a new, handy-dandy automated brush-and-remove climber. My dear wife Karen’s co-workers gave their’s a hearty endorsement. An extension of technology. We carefully went over the manual, then down it went. Plenty of room to wander. This initial voyage gave it…

The Stingray remains sharp

Pretty lovely. My eyes and iPhone were drawn to this orange Corvette. The other-shade-of-orange vehicle behind it for this year’s Syracuse Nationals car show set the frame up pretty darn good, I thought.

Now that’s a vivid green

What might this one be? I know what I like, even if I don’t know what I like. You know? While admiring the classic cars collected in the official lot for this year’s edition of the Syracuse Nationals car show, this so-green baby jumped out at me. Part car, part truck, kind of old, sort…

Ready for a parade of cars

Slow procession. Car-watchers have claimed good spots just outside the main official Syracuse Nationals car show lot off Solar Street. It’s normal around these parts for spectators to line area streets to watch the classic cars drive after New York State Fairgrounds goings-on during the three days of the event. This appears to be a…

Classic cars look cool in the new location

The big mall looms. The Syracuse Nationals car show is set up for its new wrinkles. Central New York’s long-running summer event was purchased by Galaxy Communications between after last year’s edition, and the official hotel on Electronics Parkway closed, too. Registration and car-parking long reserved for that stretch of Liverpool is now entrenched across…

Waiting for the cars and the crowds

Seeing the ups and downs. The Syracuse Nationals car show weekend is knocking at our door. Since I scooted over to the nearby hotel parking lot to capture and share photos of parked classic cars last summer, that joint closed its doors. The official hotel for the big car show will now be the Embassy…

What’s a little rain on the course?

Damp but smiling. It poured all the way down Route 81 and for most of the first few holes earlier this week, but what the heck. I’m glad I said yes when Tater texted early that morning and said the folks t Vesper Hills told him the course was relatively dry despite the good amount…

I believe we’ll miss Ted Lasso

My cup of … coffee. That one has a present for you, my dear wife Karen declared about the latest Amazon box. My very own <em>Ted Lasso</em> slogan coffee cup! Yes, we both were fans of the Apple TV show that this spring wrapped up its run, satisfying us with a finale that both tied…

A happy birthday bash indeed

We found them! My dear wife Karen and I are always glad that friend Georgia includes us on her invitation list for the big family and others birthday bash. Can’t beat the scene. The short drive to nearby Jamesville Beach allows us to mix, mingle and, sure, eat plenty. That’s Georgia far right, in blue.…