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…
The Canandaigua Lady Awaits Riders
A Precious Gift on Father’s Day
A couple of Sunday’s ago our minister announced that he was turning over the service to the Boy Scouts on June 20. I instinctively reacted, “But that Sunday is Father’s…
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…
The Bupp Family Farm, Cira 2014
The Old House on the Hill
It looks lonely, that old house on the hill. Not long ago there were children playing in the yard, Playing pitch and catch or perhaps stroking a purring cat While…
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 –…
New Crop or Old Crop?
Year-around Gardening in the Finger Lakes
I have to admit that I am a procrastinator. When the first snow of half an inch came last fall on November 17, 2020 here in Canandaigua, NY, I put…
MERRY CHRISTMAS
There’s Peace in the Valley
Judging from the feedback that I received from my last blog, there are others who are searching for peace at this Christmas time. Yesterday on the 19th of December I…
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…