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

 In our pursuit of outdoor activities we had earmarked the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens just north of Richmond in Virginia. The land had o...

  I am suffering from a certain lowness of spirit after the debacle at Old Trafford today (please don't mention football to me ever agai...

 It's nearly time to say farewell again to western New York.  Another road trip south with sister-in-law beckons. Thanks to You Know Wha...

 Fist pump or face, I wouldn't like to meet this spud down a dark alley. Amazing what you can find at the Farmers' Market. It would ...

 ...... great and small - well mostly small, came to get a special blessing outside the Basilica on St Francis' Day. Luckily the rain ob...

 Another summer day, another mini road trip, another elegant courthouse full of spidery handwritten records - Belmont this time, in neighbou...

It's always fun discovering the hidden corners of western New York, with its dusty old houses, relics of former grandeur,  as yet undisc...