WELCOME MAY, A MONTH WHERE WE CELEBRATE MAY POLES, MOMS, MEXICO, AND MEMORIALS.
We also find May 14th as the day the Smallpox vaccine was invented, and May 21st when the American Red Cross was founded — both of which have saved millions of lives across the world. Read More
NATURE IS APPARENTLY TESTING OUR SENSE OF HUMOR THIS WEEK, YET YOUR OLMSTED PARKS OPERATIONAL CREW REMAINS NIMBLE AS THEY ADJUST THROUGH WINDSTORMS, HAIL, RAIN, MUD AND SNOW.
TYPICALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE ARE WATCHING THE LAST BITS OF SNOW RECEDE WITH BUDS OF FLORA PEEKING UP SLEEPILY FROM THEIR FROSTY REST.
Yet our mild winter has sprung forward revealing an early rise to daffodils and crocus across Buffalo. And while these sunny springtime delights begin to arrive, they do so amidst a time of great adversity and anguish. Read More