City connecting, indeed

Wearing it proudly. Our visit to the Thousand Islands village of Clayton was the perfect opportunity for me to show off my Father’s Day gift from terrific daughter Elisabeth. She knew I’ve been admiring the design and colors of the New York Mets’ version of Major League Baseball’s City Connect uniform series. I wore it…

The kids just had to, they declared

The agreement declared that all the work it took my fantastic daughter Elisabeth and terrific fiance George Three to fix the quite broken shed doors while my dear wife Karen, cherished rescue mutt Ellie B and I were on our annual Cape Cod getaway would serve as this year’s Father’s Day present. I didn’t want…

Solar shine will light the garden come spring

Terrific daughter Elisabeth and son-in-law-to-be George know how my dear wife Karen works hard to make the backyard gardens so special. This gift of solar-powered flower lights will look delightful among the blooms of spring and summer, we are certain after Karen hung them for the rest of winter at the flanks of our kitchen…

I happily growled

Terrific daughter Elisabeth and son-in-law-to-be George heard us when we said how much we liked the Blonde Ale from Hamilton Brewery Good Nature. Our Christmas gifts included a growler of that draft ale, cold from their fridge and short trip in their car. Does not that pour look lovely? Karen, George and myself shared a…

A personal finish for the Advent beer present

Our final four Advent beers started off with a new style of Polish beer for me. My Zywiec certainly went down smooth. My dear wife Karen got a Fruit Fight light ale that day because Elisabeth and George knew she’d prefer that over Polish beer. Christmas Ale and Waschusetts Blueberry happily set us up for…

Fifth advent beer segment means it’s going fast

Twenty beers sampled, four to go. I texted terrific daughter Elisabeth that this year’s advent beer present has gone by in a flash. This four featured another day in which Elisabeth and George Three decided that my dear wife Karen and I should have different beers to try. Mine was the Golden Nectar; she had…

A local beer adds cheer to Advent group four

When I texted terrific daughter Elisabeth to inform her about how much dear wife Karen and I both enjoyed Good Natured Blonde to start off our fourth batch of four samplings in our Advent Beer gifts, she delivered some surprising news. It’s a local beer, brewed in the adjacent Madison County. In Hamilton, to be…

Third round of Advent beers includes a change-up

On round three of our Advent Beers 2021, Elisabeth and George added a curve. Day nine of 24 had different beverages for myself and my dear wife Karen. I thoroughly enjoyed the OK Beer, as they self-slogan Polish beer Okocim. My terrific daughter and George know Karen isn’t much one for Polish beers of any…

Another good year for Advent beers

I made it widely known how much I enjoyed the gift of Advent beers from terrific daughter Elisabeth and George Three last year. Earlier this week George dropped off not one, but two boxes into our front alcove before he got to work. Yes, my dear wife Karen has 24 beers to sample from them,…

Gifts from the kids that keep giving

Terrific daughter George and sensational significant George Three arrived this past weekend with gifts for my dear wife Karen. They know the right stuff. A photo of them on the living room entertainment center is perfect. They took part in a photo event with siblings and others. Perfect. Next from their car came a white…