Onondaga Lake can set a scene

Five minutes after this, I was taking photos and videos of kids and caregivers sitting on blankets, sharing songs and stories for the library’s Storytime in the Park. Yes, this place can set a mood. Thank you, Onondaga Lake Park.

Stretching it out at Onondaga Lake Park

I take the five or so minutes to walk when I travel from the library to the site of our Tuesday morning Storytime in the Park. It would take me that long to drive and park, anyway, I figure. Plus this way, I get to take out my iPhone 6s to snap photos. The yoga…

We can’t quite see the fireworks from A Bitty Better, but close

There will be events that bring fireworks over Onondaga Lake. My dear wife Karen and I were wondering how far we’d have to wander from the property around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville to see them. Not bad, we’ve discovered, this perk in our first summer since moving from the Syracuse…

First lunch down by the lake is pretty darn early

Mark it down. I picked my lunch bag up from under my desk yesterday and walked the two blocks down from my job at Liverpool Public Library. And it was good on the sunny noontime of Monday, April 10, 2017. Many folks were enjoying the spring day, with the sun shining and temperature well into…

Seagulls and a boat signal spring at Onondaga Lake

A quick walk down the block from my job at the library reveals that spring indeed is settling in over Onondaga Lake. The grass looks a little greener once I crossed the threshold into Onondaga Lake Park. A worker had aligned three picnic along the marina’s edge. Closer still to the water, the sound of…

Happy dogs at Onondaga Park stay on the leash

Midway through our return leg on our stroll with cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle at Onondaga Lake Park this past glorious Saturday, a woman ran past going the other direction on the inner trail path with her unencumbered dog trailing her. I turned my head and shouted at her. “Leash law!” Indeed.…

A lot of folks enjoy the Stroll at Lights on the Lake

This was the biggest crowd my dear wife Karen and I ever encountered during our now traditional walks along Lights on the Lake. We knew it from about a mile down the road from A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville on Monday night, after she tooted her horn in the driveway to…