Stretching it out at Onondaga Lake Park

I take the five or so minutes to walk when I travel from the library to the site of our Tuesday morning Storytime in the Park. It would take me that long to drive and park, anyway, I figure. Plus this way, I get to take out my iPhone 6s to snap photos. The yoga…

Lakeview Amphitheater still looks gorgeous to me

With the weather looking iffy as usual this summer of 2017, my dear wife Karen and I decided we’d go for the lawn-to-pavilion upgrade if the folks at Lakeview Pavilion offered it. I’d called in the morning the day of the Lady Antebellum concert, asking the box office if they’d have that table out with…

(Love)birds on a wire

Sometimes I look up when Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I are walking the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. And I’m rewarded greatly. This day I spotted two birds enjoying the blue sky and bright sun side-by-side. I was only able to snap one shot with my iPhone…

The Stubbs sauce on the ribs was perfect

I knew it was a great gift from my wonderful daughter Elisabeth. The ribs on the grill proved it. I chose the Stubbs sauce from the array of bottles given to me by she and George Three, and my dear wife Karen soaked them up good before I got them on the new Weber grill…

The best fireworks (shots) ever

The fireworks display after the Syracuse Chiefs game on the Fourth this year were awesome. My iPhone 6s was in fine form. Maybe it was the angle from our third-base side seats that came with our four-for-$60 deal. Maybe it was my timing. Whatever the reason, I’m glad to share this year. My dear wife…

A beautiful night for a Chiefs game

It took a while to get back to the stadium this season. No Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle with my dear wife Karen and I this time around at NBT Bank Stadium for the Syracuse Chiefs. My bowling league team buddy Steve thought it would be a great idea for us to go with our…

It doesn’t quite fit, but it sure fits in

I at last took the drive 35 miles or so east from A Bitty Better to a very cool shop in Oneida. It was time to claim the piece my dear wife Karen and I had commissioned from an artisan at the Liverpool Craft Extravaganza. Kym’s Art Pallet was all set up for business on…

Now that’s an arrangement

And so I thought walking into Nichols in the pretty Village of Liverpool for my morning coffee before reporting to work at the library: Where’s Jack? Yes, the folks at Ballantyne Gardens who set up the supermarket’s front display went all out with this flower arrangement. It’s quite the stalk. OK, I may have manipulated…

Long-day sunrise, sunset at A Bitty Better

The angles to catch the long-day sunrises and sunsets from A Bitter Better aren’t that great. I got up early and wandered out late to catch the hello and goodbye. The arrival, before 5:30 a.m., comes at an extreme angle to the left from our back door. The departure, after 8:30 p.m., takes it down…