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…

On to a small brace for my dear wife Karen

Good news came again at the last checkup for my dear wife Karen. The recovery from her fractured wrist continues with the implementation of a truly portable brace. Her doctor says this latest version only needs to be worn when she travels out of A Bitty Better here in the Galeville neighborhood of Liverpool. So…

A Winter Solstice sunrise, sunset preview at A Bitty Better

Those of you with enough patience to have been following my words and images here for awhile may recall that I have a thing for the solstice, both winter and summer. And today’s the day, my friends, when we here in the Northern Hemisphere have the Earth’s tilt that takes us furthest away from that…

Snow turns Ellie B into a happy Dogamous Pyle

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle took this trait with her from The Little Bitty to a Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. It was obvious to me when I made my way home from my job at the Liverpool Public Library through the squall late Wednesday afternoon and accompanied my cherished rescue mutt…

Photo bonus day

Good and shots I think I’ve collected during my first four weeks walking around the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville and haven’t found a place for in any other post so far: I love the lines of the one above. It hardly looks like a suburban block. The one above screams of a well-kept house in…

Ellie B can be a good guard dog

I must admit I poked a bit of fun at our devoted rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle in yesterday’s post, what with her, er, relaxed couch pose. To be fair, she is a rather good guard dog, too, always ready to protect A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, as witness…

Ellie B likes the new look, same old feel of her couch

My dear wife Karen and I got new chairs to appreciate the living room of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle got to keep the couch she loved so much. She did, however, have to get accustomed to its facelift. The new slipcover and comforter to better…

Our new little tree makes us smile

Little by little, my dear wife Karen and I got the inside holiday decorating done in A Bitty Better exactly the way we wanted it. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place with a trip to Chuck Hafner’s Garden Center, just down the road now from our lovely new home in the Liverpool…

Let there be more lights for A Bitty Better’s first holiday

At first I thought I’d buy enough strands of lights to decorate the evergreen tree to the left of the front of A Bitty Better. In fact, I told my dear wife Karen that was the plan for our first Christmas in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Then I took a good look up. And…

All that snow can’t stay on the deck of A Bitty Better

I could not just sit and wait for my dear wife Karen and I to walk over to our friends Georgia and Bert’s house one block over from A Bitty Better to partake in a wonderful Thanksgiving bird and all the accompanying treats. No. All that snow that had fallen a few days in front…