It’s yours for now, birdie

My dear wife Karen pointed to a burly knot up in the corner of our covered side porch. Yes, I saw the bird flying out of it toward me a bit later on. Yes, we’ve seen tiny birdies peeking out at us, too. I do not have the heart to pull it down. I’ll wait…

Moving toward the big dip, maybe

My dear wife Karen is out in the backyard of A Bitter Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville working on the in-ground pool. She listened carefully to the instructions from the man who took the cover off and explained the pump system. She’s watched YouTube videos. We went to a nearby pool store to…

We may have found how to cover that awkward shelf hole

My dear wife Karen and I have been wondering what to do with an awkward space we inherited in the first-floor hallway of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. I guess this hole above the second bedroom door could be called storage space. But it does not have a door to hide…

Now we see a purple tiger stripe

Of course my dear wife Karen and I both hold our breath after putting the new plants into the ground at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. I do not think we need worry much about the tiger lily chosen by George Three for her Mother’s Day present. Soon after we put…

The Chinese Lantern Fest sheds new light at the State Fairgrounds

My dear wife Karen and I bought our tickets for the Chinese Lantern Fest a while back. And when my terrific daughter Elisabeth and terrific significant George Three told us the new shindig up at the New York State Fairgrounds over in Geddes had caught their eyes, too, we purchased a couple for them as…

In The Edge of Seventeen, life teeters on all the realistic emotions

Remember high school? There was kid who had to be liked and that kid who didn’t want to be liked. Sometimes they were the same kid on different days. Sometimes, maybe, that kid was even you. At the center of The Edge of Seventeen is Nadine. As written by and directed by Kelly Fremont Craig…

Hey, you, don’t just sit there

My work friend and colleague Dave told me after a little photo session that I had to take a look at the passenger side of his car before I went back up to the second floor of the Liverpool Public Library. I spotted his Versa in the underground parking garage and strolled over. Holy cow!…

We found the Olde Oak

We found the Olde Oak. OK, the golf course with the extra ‘e’ is far out there in the Onondaga County countryside of Kirkville, but KP and I have sniffed it out since the days the layout was called Towne Isle. So should say that this time out, we found the old oak. It was…

Soon to be swimming?

My dear wife Karen is carrying on with her late springtime mission at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. The cover is off our in-ground pool as our first summer since moving from the Syracuse neighborhood of Eastwood approaches. She located the man who closed the pool right before we moved in…

So many new plants to color A Bitty Better

My dear wife Karen’s weekly food run to the local supermarket got sidetracked. I’d had my suspicion as the clock ticked on, but the text I received from Ballantyne Gardens over on Hopkins Road cemented the deal. I admired the plant in the photo she sent over. Little did I know how much more there’d…