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…
In Search of Some Christmas Joy
The Gazebo at Kershaw Park, Canandaigua, NY 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…
A beautiful Sun Set Over Canandaigua Lake
Enjoy Your Freedom
A Beautiful Sunset Over Canandaigua Lake I must apologize to my readers for not posting as frequently as I should and I thank you for your patience. Summer is here…
The Migration of the Canvasback Duck
It’s a picture that I have been hoping to take here in the Finger Lakes for the last ten years, but I could never get close enough to really identify…
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
In my last blog, I showed a picture of our neighbor towing his children behind his 4-wheeler. For some folks here in the rural part of the Finger Lakes Region…
January is a Test
January 17 Snow Storm January is our coldest month here in the Finger Lakes and after the snow storm that we had on January 17 and the ensuing single digit…
Thoughts for the New Year
The holidays are now passed and here in Canandaigua, NY we are in the middle of a January freeze. The temperatures are in the teens during the day with wind…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The Joy of Christmas The darkest days of winter are now upon us. As humans, we want to hibernate like the animals of the fields and forests, waiting upon better…
The Reason for the Season
Our national news is filled with all of the shortages that the news puppets perceive we Americans are facing this holiday season. There is a shortage of gasoline and gas…
Changing Seasons
Our fall seasonal change here in the Finger Lakes was punctuated with many days of rain, overcast skies, and days of waiting for the sun to dry the grass just…