Can you hear the bells?

As we walk on our work breaks along the shore trail at Onondaga Lake Park, we’re reminded day by day … Yes, the entrance booths went up on Friday. Soon it will be time for the annual Lights on the Lake. Thursday, Nov. 15 is the first drive-through date, for those of you keeping score…

Lights and boats

The boats were not quite all gone from the past busy season at Onondaga Lake Yacht Club marina. The lights were not quite all put up for the upcoming Lights on the Lake extravaganza. But this juxtaposition this week made for one heck of an October comparison.

Here’s the orange

My work colleagues and I saw for the first time during our Thursday afternoon break walk from the library, a tree around the path at Onondaga Lake Park that I would qualify as truly orange. Yes, I consider this a late arriving splash.

Looking for that autumn color at Onondaga Lake Park

Not that I’m rushing the coming of winter or anything, but … It sure is taking a long time for the green to go around my part of the world this year. On a work break walk in Onondaga Lake Park in early October, I could hardly find any brightly colored leaves. There were a…

All lined up, the holiday lights

Our work break walks in Onondaga Lake Park surely allow us to see the progress workers are making with the light displays that will be set up for November’s traditional Lights on the Lake extravaganza. I liked the way they looked all leaned up against the trees.

Taking the seaweed from Onondaga Lake

Taking our work break walk from the library recently, we noticed some mining going on in Onondaga Lake. A truck in the Marina announced that the vegetation piling up in the bed was 100 percent natural. I spotted the boat doing the work right in the marina waters. Interesting, I thought. Looks a lot like…

Up batter!

There are rules that must be followed. Ballplayers of all ages must learn that for orderly games to move on, inning by inning. This might be a little confusing at this field at Onondaga Lake Park.

Where the lake meets the trees

At Onondaga Lake Park, the shoreline has some stately trees. This specimen here embraces my spirits every walk past. It seems to have every angle covered. The felled log even appears to lie in tribute. The monthly Pokemon crowd is now adding to the proud history of the park, and the trees will stand tall…