Piling on

Around about. Not only has it been cold, it’s been snowy, I thought as I got to final decision time during my morning stroll in the Village of Liverpool. I could still feel my extremities.

Oh, the sun

I identify the object. We’ve been having a lot of snow and cold on my part of the world lately. And then I looked our back door in the morning and spotted an unfamiliar sight. The sun had made an appearance. And the snow had given us a day’s break. Also of note to these…

A Federal Espresso case

Once in a while … Some of my former co-workers at the library really liked to lug coffee from Federal Espresso back to their desks, I recalled as I stopped at their corner during my cold morning Village of Liverpool stroll. Me? I brought friends there for a morning-break chat once in a while. Great…

Not this early

First Street. A recent visit to the library led to a cool, quick stroll through the Village of Liverpool. Make that cold, I thought, as I got to the corner of Tulip and First and glanced at the red front door of The Cobblestone to the right. Haven’t been in a while, I mused. Wow,…

Shed some light on her steps

Carefully. Our cherished rescue mutt stayed on the straight and narrow taking care of her morning business during this winter morning trip to our backyard, as her steps I discovered indicate.

Those darn cats

Holiday road … Over at Elisabeth and George’s house, new family members Izzy and Vinny (left to right) were quite happy to make the most of this holiday season. My how the rescue kitties have fit right in so quickly with their cute ways and daily learning.

Chilly dog

She plops down. Our cherished rescue mutt stared at the foot or so of snow that had fallen on our back deck on Saturday and asked my dear wife Karen to pretty please let her out the back door to the yard. Did she have to take care of business this late afternoon? Eventually. First,…

Snow covered

Winter protection. The tarp we bought for this season is doing its job so far, covering the furniture we enjoy out back in spring, summer and fall from this January snow.