TURKEYS ON THE SUNLOUNGER: the America I didn't expect.....

    Meanwhile back on Lake Erie, we managed to snatch out of a soggy, cold, July, a beautiful afternoon's sailing.  Which woul...

the story continues....    When, in 1958,  at the height of the Cold War, workmen started excavating a hill behind the Greenbrier H...

 As I don't often get the chance to experience it...   The Greenbrier, nestling in the West Virginia mountains, was built in 19...

  It's really grand. As a little diversion from western New York, where we're currently living in a swamp, here's a small...

I have seen some extraordinary things on my travels. This morning I was wandering around our local farmers' market in Olean, looking fo...

It's pouring with rain again but.... OK the peonies have long gone but they're still some lilies hanging in t...

 It's wet, wet, wet. Heavy rain and thunderstorms interspersed with muggy sunshine. As a result we have a new family in the front garden...