Trying the angle

Part of the cast. Meanwhile, over on the jetty across the inlet, a couple other nice weather fans were wetting lines. I know not what they were hoping to land, nor how they were doing.

Beauty of the bridge

Take our turn. Go either direction on Long Branch Road and you’ll find a very important traffic light well in front of the skinny bridge. Take heed. The rustic green bridge spanning the creek-width portion of Onondaga Lake is one-lane wide. And so each lane of Long Branch enters the funnel upon green to take…

Extending my fun at Willow Bay

Ramping up the beauty. The recent warm weather prompted me to visit the west end of local park on the shore of Onondaga Lake. The Willow Bay area welcomed me with a new metal jetty extension and plenty of pretty photo opportunities. Happy landing. The gull perched on the tippy-top of the extension at the…

Waiting on the west end

Wanted: players. My walk to the Willow Bay section of the big Onondaga Lake Park reminded me that families who life out that way don’t have to make their way to my part of the community to find a nice playground for the young ones. There were no takers at this snippet of time, though…

Too big for cherries or crabapples

A recent trip to Willow Bay revealed this stately tree. The fruit caught my attention. Too big to be a cherries or crabappples for sure. When I air-dropped a photo for my dear wife Karen to try her app, it suggested an American Cherry. We don’t think so.

We joined the crowd for the crew at Lakefest

The big party down at the shore of Onondaga Lake drew in my dear wife Karen and I this past weekend. They call it Lakefest. We called it a nice chance to grab a bite and watch people out on the water. A lot of people obviously worked hard to get ready for this shindig.…