Lights on the Lake takes on a different feel this year

The Lights on the Lake stroll is scheduled for Monday night. The dog walk comes Tuesday. Wednesday night, it’s open for vehicles until the New Year. This I was assured from a quick lunchtime walk during a crisp noontime this week. The past two years, my dear wife Karen and I have taken in the…

Feeling fallish at Onondaga Lake Park

The green held on for a good, long time at Onondaga Lake Park.’ As I took my latest lunchtime stroll from the Liverpool Public Library, it looked way more like fall had arrived on the shores of Onondaga Lake Park. I had to pull my iPhone 6 from my pocket as I circled on my…

Action, camera, Lights?

My dear wife Karen and I are fans of Lights on the Lake. The past several years, we’ve taken the chance to stroll along the path at Onondaga Lake Park when they’ve opened the annual blazing-lights tradition along the trails on the shore. We’ve even taken Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. Now that I work…

First sign of fall at Onondaga Lake Park

I took a quick lunchtime stroll two blocks down from the Liverpool Public Library this week despite the 90º F temperatures and the fact that I had to return to my desk, oh, a tad sweaty. I saw some color on the trees at last this blistering summer. It’s the first hint of change I’ve…

A garden that bursts with beauty, love and hope

I took the photographs, wrote this post, and scheduled it to publish today before my sister Fran died last week. I’ll return soon to look with new eyes. I’d pass the Butterfly Garden of Hope every time I drove up or down the Onondaga Lake Parkway and think that someday I’d like to stop and…

Catching some monster shots at the Pokemon Safari

My job at the Liverpool Public Library took me to a Pokemon Safari at Onondaga Lake Park this week. While the patrons chased the little monsters on their smart phones, I chased the best photos I could find. (Videos, too, and I think I came up with a pretty good one riding the conference bike…

A group walk in the park

When usual guide Cindy called in sick at my Liverpool Public Library workplace, the hierarchy was in a bit of a fix to fill her slots leading a few activities. The Friday morning Walking Club was one of them. My colleague and friend Martina – volunteered. She was standing near my boss Diane when she…

Getting a leg up in Onondaga Lake Park

I walked through Onondaga Lake Park during a Tuesday morning on the way to take photos of a Storytime for the library when I had to pull the iPhone 6 out of my pocket and squeeze off a few quick shots for myself. All of these folks with their legs just-so caught my attention. They…

Good dog at the park for, oh, 10 minutes

My terrific daughter Elisabeth set up the play date by text. She wanted her wonderful significant George Three’s pooch, Eenie, to meet Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle at Good Dog Park, the fenced-in roaming space with the optimistic title in Onondaga Lake Park. Tell her she has to be good because it’s in the name,…

Now this is the spot to enjoy lunch

It takes me maybe three minutes to walk to this spot from the Liverpool Public Library. There’s a choice. I can spread my sandwich lunch out on a picnic table here at Onondaga Lake Park or lean back on the park bench. It takes maybe four minutes, belly fuller from the Bologna sandwich I’d made…