A clear look at our foggy backyard

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle delivered an extra woof when I let her out into the backyard of A Bitty Better Sunday morning. I looked out further from the back door, brushed the sleep out of my eyes, grabbed my iPad Pro, and stepped out the side door. Our cherished rescue mutt wanted me to…

A tree still colorful in Clinton Square

A trip to downtown Syracuse to meet my dear wife Karen at the end of our last work week brought me a surprise as we walked past Clinton Square. The city Christmas Tree not only still standing, but the lights were still shining as well. The date was Jan. 20. The skaters taking advantage of…

It’s a dog park, too, when no kids are there (and we bring bags)

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle adores the Children’s Playground behind the Salina Town Hall. My dear wife Karen discovered that when there are no other people present, the totally fenced-in area out back make an excellent faux Dog Park. Yes, I tucked extra supermarket plastic bags in my pocket in case. The dog likes her…

Pretty little Galeville playground

Living so close to the Town of Salina Hall can spice up the walks around our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville for my dear Karen and I. Will the spot be jumping or quiet? On weekends it tends toward the latter. And so we investigated the kiddies playground tucked way in the back. There are plenty…

Side by side, we paint our own twists to hang on the wall

All those folks making their own messes with paint and brush on a recent episode of Undercover Boss caught my attention. This, I told my dear wife Karen, looked like something I could get into. And so we pulled up to the Liverpool Painting with a Twist this past Saturday night, signed up and psyched…

Two blocks down from the library, the lake is looking icy

Taking a hike to get coffee during a morning stretch this week from my job at the Liverpool Public Library, I decided to take the route two blocks past Nichols, the way so familiar to me during lunch time in the warmer months. What would Onondaga Lake look like with the stretch of brrrrr, I…

A new try with 19 Crimes

We broke into one of my presents from my dear wife Karen. She knew I enjoyed the 19 Crimes Red Blend. And so the new Banished had sat invitingly on our little rack since Christmas. Deep red the color was, meeting my tastes, which have traveled in the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Free Range Red…

We’ll go there with the shampoo bottles

We completed a bathroom project at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. And I’m so glad we didn’t have to drill into the tile inside the tub/shower enclosure to do it. When our dear friends Theresa and David gifted us with a card from the new At Home store in Syracuse mega…

Battling the big wind

It really gets windy up here on the hill around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. The other day Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I were sitting in the living room listening to the gusts that the weather folks told us were topping at more than 50 mph. As we waited…

A nice New Year’s Eve at a couple of different spots

It was tough to give up the old New Year’s Eve routine. For a couple years in a row, my dear wife Karen and I enjoyed dinner at Rico’s Ristorante and drinks at Chadwick’s. Then we moved in October from the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood to A Bitty Better in…