Looking good at The (former) Little Bitty

Michelle needed a refresher on getting the split duct air conditioner ready in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. We were taking Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle over to her vet’s at Shop City. It seemed like a good day to go check out The (former) Little Bitty for the first time since we moved…

Don’t worry Ellie B, you’re coming with us

After we got the keys and poked our head into A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, my dear wife Karen drove the two miles down the road to leave me back off at the library to finish my Friday work day. Then came three days of packing up our lives at the…

These sales take time, and then wham!

Before moving into the new place in the Galeville section of Liverpool, we had to move out of the old house in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. My dear wife Karen and I had lived there since 2004. It was a great dozen years. It never dawned on me to leave. After all, this…

Drip, drip, drip goes the faucet

It’s more than a bit disconcerting when you turn the faucet to the right for your morning ritual, and all that comes out is the merest of a trickle. That was my situation after my iPhone 6 alarm sounded at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday in the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. And…

Tim catches a swallowtail butterfly … with his camera

My dear wife Karen and I have been waiting patiently for a butterfly spotting in our backyard garden in the cherished Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. I have more hope now than ever. Good Neighbor Tim sent me two great photos from just his side of our shared fence. He did…

Behold the Northern Flicker

Good Neighbor Tim is always on the lookout in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. It’s one of the things I love about having him and his wonderful wife Lorraine next door to the Little Bitty. His latest discovery was … I’ll let him tell it, from his email. “Another creature you might appreciate is…