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…
Poppies At Deep Run, Canandaigua
Understanding Comes With Age
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…
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 –…
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…
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…