The Bupp Family Farm, Cira 2014
The Old House on the Hill
It looks lonely, that old house on the hill. Not long ago there were children playing in the yard, Playing pitch and catch or perhaps stroking a purring cat While…
Retreating Ice On Canandaigua Lake
Winter Has Lost Its Icy Grip
Today the temperature was 50 degrees and it was a real treat to get out of the house, breathe some fresh air, and check out the head of Canandaigua Lake…
Sunday Morning Geese Gathering At Deep Run Park, Canandaigua
We Are Not Very Adaptive To Sudden Weather Changes
We have just been reminded that modern man is not very adaptive to any kind of environmental change such as the bitter Arctic Vortex of cold air that swept down…
First Seed Catalog
Where Is All That Junk Mail When You Need It?
I wonder if I am the only one that misses all of the seed catalogues that used to come around Christmas time? This year I only received one catalogue –…
New Crop or Old Crop?
Year-around Gardening in the Finger Lakes
I have to admit that I am a procrastinator. When the first snow of half an inch came last fall on November 17, 2020 here in Canandaigua, NY, I put…
MERRY CHRISTMAS
There’s Peace in the Valley
Judging from the feedback that I received from my last blog, there are others who are searching for peace at this Christmas time. Yesterday on the 19th of December I…
Wishing You Peace at Christmas
This past year has been anything but peaceful. I am a firm believer that those who hope that our society will somehow return to “normal” are delusional. Our understanding of…
Vineyards Near Seneca Lake
Giving Thanks
With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, it’s natural for everyone to start thinking about the events of this past year and to begin to speculate on what 2021…
Canandaigua Lake at Vine Valley
There’s Peace in the Valley
Saturday October 17, 20220 was our first “killing” frost in Canandaigua. The temperature dipped to 31 degrees and the clear blue morning skies offered an ideal time to take a…
When Only the Biggest and the Best Will Do
Fall’s a Knocking at Our Door
I could use my last blog of summer to vent about the many disappointments that the Covid 19 virus has brought to me and my house and how the quarantine…