Seth’s Sightings

Our somewhat warm weather has encouraged lots of April flowers around the Pocono Plateau. In our yard our pinks are blooming, our lilacs are about to start, and our flowering cherry trees are putting on a show just in time for the threat of frost. So these next few days will be a bit of hoping that our particular flowering plants are spared.

I am planning to do some lawn and yard work, depending on how my chemo is going. So far, it has knocked me back and made me tired, but, I have a week off before it starts the next cycle. Overall, I am doing o.k.

Saturday night has been hockey night for us for these last few months, so with our Penguins out of the playoffs, we are free for other activity just in time for warmer weather. Last week, we attended a fundraiser dinner (won a basket at their raffle, too). Coming up this weekend is a spring celebration, and next is Wine on the River we’ll not be missing hockey much. Also coming up is Knoebels season; the amusement park opens for weekends the 29th & 30th. On the 7th, WVIA members have free rides all day (it’s not too late to join…). Ruth is still on crutches as her broken leg heals, so I’m hoping she’s off them by the 7th.

by Seth Isenberg

In sports, having Aaron Rodgers at the Jets might be a revival for them…Joe Namath all over again. I’m excited as a Patriots fan for the matchups. I still see the Eagles as THE team this fall. I enjoyed the hole-inone at the Australian stop of the LIV Tour excitement, cheers and beers… Also this weekend was NASCAR’s spring stop at Talladega great racing and a memorable crash in the Xfinity race. As an afterthought, NBA and NHL and AHL playoffs are underway, which I follow with a brief internet look for scores and details.

About that internet look, I do use ESPN, which is coming up for a huge staff trimming. ESPN became too big, and it’s too costly, but…I remember its beginnings as a little cable network in Connecticut broadcasting college sports, so it is amazing to see how big they got. They’ll be fine after the cuts, perhaps better.

I hope gas prices have stopped going up. Ruth and I want to do more driving as our area greens up for spring. This week’s sightings only included a single wild turkey, rabbits invading our fenced back yard where our dogs roam, newborn lambs at a local farm, and a woodchuck making a home under a neighbor’s porch which should be a surprise for all concerned when they come home.

The Pocono Air Show is to be held May 27 and 28, Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Pocono Raceway. I have some Sunday tickets to give away send in a card or drop a note off at our office. Include your phone # and e-mail.

Mark your calendars, the Weatherly HillClimb is June 10 and 11, the Celtic Fling is June 2325, Briggs Farm fest July 6-8, and Pocono NASCAR weekend not too far in the distance on July 21-23. Best wishes for good health to you all.