At least the contrast looks lovely

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I caught an eyeful when we doggedly decided to walk the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville despite the big November snow. We saw what can happen when all that white stuff comes down before the trees have decided to relinquish their autumn leaves.…

Here it comes again

What we woke up to at mid-week: It was daunting around the covered pool. The overhang over the side door didn’t block much. The clearing I made for my dear wife Karen to get to the driveway did not last long after she pulled away to her job at the eye place. Out the front…

Georgia finds the right karaoke stage for her voice

On our second trip to the Syracuse-area karaoke Mecca with our great friends Georgia, Burt and this time Chris back up from Florida, the folks at Singers opened up the big back room. And, wow, did Georgia sound and look great on that big stage. The DJ complimented her after she was first-person up with…

Syracuse looks fine from up high

My job at the library last week took a few carloads of us to downtown Syracuse and the very top floor of a big building on Warren Street. Before the presentation began, we pressed our faces to the window to soak up the view from floor 15. Having worked downtown for many decades during my…

Happy Thanksgiving! Let there be Lights on the Lake

I promised to walk through Lights on the Lake last week to share photographs of the festive displays after night fell. I chose Wednesday, which was the night the display on the shores of Onondaga Lake was open to dogs and their walkers. I was between my main day and a night obligation two blocks…

The piles got high pretty quickly

Some folks love the first sign of winter. The white stuff comes down in a big way, and they are thrilled. Me? Not so much anymore. I think it terms of snow brushes for the cars and shovels for the paths and clearing both in time for my dear wife Karen to get to work…