That darn cat

I’ve come across the first animal problem for Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle at A Bitty Better. If you recall, at The Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, our backyard was roamed, in turn, by skunk and and a hedgehog, both of which drove our beloved rescue mutt – and, subsequently, my…

Up or down for the boot leggings?

My wonderful daughter Elisabeth gifted my dear wife Karen with a piece of clothing I’m not quite familiar with as part of her Christmas collection. Boot warmers. Leggings. Tops. Something like that. In any case, these pretty white knit things go on top of boots to make them look cool and keep your legs extra…

New bowling shoes are a wrap

My dear wife Karen can be so tricky. The shoe-sized box was wrapped so nicely on Christmas morning. I saved it for last. I smiled like a kid and pulled out the bowling shoes I’d requested and proclaimed: Just like my old ones! Her reply: Look closer. They were my old ones. She’s removed them…

The Cowboy joint opens at last in Destiny USA

It seems like forever since Toby Keith’s place closed its doors at Destiny USA and other Cowboy joint hung a shingle with the promise to bring some yee-hah back to the pahdnahs of Syracuse. In fact, it was sway back in February of 2016 when I wrote and posted photos about the pending new place…

Happy New Year, and may things look up in 2017

The Christmas tree at the very center of Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA caught my eye on the one day I rushed around to complete my shopping for my dear wife Karen. I was hit hard by the angle above, and knew I’d hold onto it for the first day of…

Piling on

Who knows how long the melt will last. The weather folks say lake effect may move back to the Syracuse area as soon as Thursday night. So I had to point the iPhone 6s toward the backyard of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. A two-day warm up had melted every bit…

Ellie B shows excitement about the present

The 5-year-old was excited on our first Christmas morning at A Bitty Better. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle had her nose in everything. She had plenty of presents to open, thanks to my dear wife Karen, who seemed to not pass up anything that she thought our cherished rescue mutt might like in this first…

Santas from Around the World shout out Merry Christmas

The nine Santas from Around the World have been greeting patrons at the Liverpool Public Library for almost a month now. They are a proud bunch up there on our DVD/Blu-Ray shelves, with the Wise Men and camel watching over them as well. And today’s the day to show them together. Merry Christmas to all.…

I can still see your boat

While walking with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle around our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, I noticed a boat put away for the winter. My cherished rescue dog and I both greatly admired the camo tarp used for weather protection. Yet we saw the boat. Easily. Plainly. Obviously. Ellie B wanted to get closer, even, but…

A smoky lake view

The tiny slice of “lake view” we get on our street in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville figures to be constantly changing. I think it will be different, depending upon many factors. What’s up with Onondaga Lake that day? The weather? And, as I discovered on a morning, the doings on the far shore factor…