Remembering Mother

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 their mother toiled in the garden and their father ...
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A Taste of Spring

Seneca Lake From Anthony Road Wine Company. Here in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate NY, our daily temperatures have been bouncing up and then down – just like an old rubber ball that has rolled down the cellar stairs. One day we experience spring ...
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April Showers Bring Easter Flowers

Daffodils Blooming in Time for Easter. I begin my report on some weather events that occurred in the Finger Lakes on March 31, 2023. It was a grey overcast day here in Canandaigua, NY and even though scattered showers were predicted for that day, they ...
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The Madness of March

March can be a fickle month. On March 10 we received our heaviest snowfall of the 2022-2023 winter season here in Canandaigua, NY. For our neighbors to the west in the Buffalo area and the snow belt south of Buffalo, 5 inches to 6 inches ...
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Where Do Snow Geese Go For Lunch?

In my last post, I talked about the huge migration of snow geese that I saw on Canandaigua Lake. Shortly after that post, our temperatures dipped to a negative 6 degrees Fahrenheit on February 4. On that bitter cold day, we did not see the ...
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Snow Geese on the Move

I have been waiting for a nice sunny day to take some pictures and then one morning a few days ago, I spotted a very large group of snow geese on Canandaigua Lake. Their mostly white bodies were in stark contrast to the vivid blue ...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It’s a phrase used in almost every holiday greeting card, personal letter, or at year end parties wishing all of our friends and family a happy New Year. The new year is one universal celebration that is shared by all human beings and seems to ...
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In Search of Some Christmas Joy

What happened to the Christmas’s that we used to celebrate? There just doesn’t seem to be any joy that used to be connected with the season. Instead, it is my perception that there is a lot of nervousness and apprehension in the air. Some Beautiful ...
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Take Time to Be Thankful

Those of us who dwell in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York have so much to be thankful for this year. Our beautiful Fall weather lasted through the first couple of weeks in November while some of our friends and family members in ...
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