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…
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…
When I was a small boy growing up on a farm out in Ohio, May 30 was known to me as Decoration Day. It was a time for families to…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
I derive a lot of pleasure raising some of my own vegetables in the back yard. My mother taught me how to garden in the fifties as she raised all…
Our summer here in the Finger Lakes region of New York State has turned hot and very dry. Only a few occasional showers have brought us just a little relief…