Another painting, with my dear wife’s twist

Last time, we picked up the brushes together and painted our own halves of a project that now adorns the bedroom wall of A Bitty Better. This time, my dear wife Karen’s friend Marie asked if she’d like to go with her to Painting with a Twist. They took in a night of fun at…

Greetings to Miss Ava

Meet Miss Ava, said the text from my terrific daughter Elisabeth. There’s a new cat in the family. Yes, she explained, my daughter and sensational significant George Three took a trip to the Rome (N.Y.) SPCA. They rescued Miss Ava, and Miss Ava will hereafter also rescue them. Hover over a gallery photo for a…

OK, I’ll let the label define me

Hover over a gallery photo for a description. Click on an image for an enlarged slide show. It is a nice feeling to look in the fridge and realize that you have those craft beers that your co-workers gave you for your birthday ready to go for a Syracuse Orange game on TV. Yes, I…

Blue sky down to the lake

I do not get tired of looking down the road from A Bitty Better in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville in different seasons, times of day, weather situations. I look down toward Onondaga Lake, and like it.

The flat-top look

Yes, my mind wanders during a winter walk in the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. I spot a set of snow-covered hedges, and I wonder … … do they look more like a cool set of drums or a group of friends who all have the same haircut? Or…

Whatever floats yours

In the summer, my neighbor near A Bitter Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville throws a tarp over his boat. In the winter, there’s no hiding his colorful little craft.

Don’t you touch that dirty snow

There is a certain sight that tends to, ahem, blemish the snow that may hang out too long in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Even when it’s sunny with blue skies you can spot … .. the dreaded dirty snow piles on the side of the road. Unsightly, they are.