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…
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…
A Hydroponically Watered Gardenr Near Gorham, NY
Summer Gardens in the Finger Lakes
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…
Summer’s Bounty in the Finger Lakes
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…
Easter Flowers for the Table
Will April Showers Bring May Flowers?
It has been at least six weeks since we have been quarantined to our homes here in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. For those of you who…
Let the Easter Celebration Begin
Who could have imagined that our daily routines would be all turned upside down; that we would be quarantined to our homes by some kind of virus that most of…
Have a Happy New Year
I do sincerely wish everyone a Happy New Year. Celebration of the New Year has been a happening that has gone on for thousands of years all around the world…
Fall Reflections at Deep Run
Fall Reflections in the Finger Lakes
The Fall season in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New york seems to have two opposing effects on me. On one hand I want to stop whatever I am…
Bare Hill at Vine Valley
Where Did Summer Go?
Bare Hill, Middlesex, NY It’s hard to believe that we are into September already. Where did our summer go here in the Finger Lakes Region of NY State? We have…
A Summer Evening at Vine Valley
Vine Valley, located in the Town of Middlesex, NY, was the summer home of the Iroquois and then later the Seneca Indians. The Seneca Indians had a village on South…