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…
Canandaigua Lake at Vine Valley
There’s Peace in the Valley
Saturday October 17, 20220 was our first “killing” frost in Canandaigua. The temperature dipped to 31 degrees and the clear blue morning skies offered an ideal time to take a…
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…
Searching For the Last Flowers of Summer
Labor Day is upon us but summer’s exit here in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State is running about two weeks behind schedule. Our unusually dry summer has…
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…
Canandaigua Lake
Don’t Let the Covid-19 Virus Ruin Your Father’s Day
It’s really a tough job being a father in these troubled times. If you are like me, my “time of duty” for being a father has long ago ended as…
May is Here with its Own Surprises
In my last post “Will April Showers Bring May Flowers” I was hoping that we would be cheered by the arrival of May’s beautiful flowers along with a reduction of…
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…