Somebody needed a haircut in the worst way

Ten inches of rain in June. More on July 1. A whole bunch of writing and working on my busy schedule. I could practically hear the grass growing in the backyard of our Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Into every life a little rain must fall … yeah, right. The Lush…

A slice of near-Solstice sun for Dogamous Pyle

One day from the Summer Solstice in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle knows exactly where to go on her 7 a.m. get-out into the backyard of the Little Bitty. Let there be light, indeed. Lots of light. According to the charts in The Post-Standard, our sun rose at…

While we were away, birds ate, waste was hauled and new blooms emerged

Meanwhile back at the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood … Remember I reported that just prior to departure to Cape Cod and our annual pre-tourist rush week in the Happy Cottage that I noticed red fruit on the branches of our just-transplanted front-yard Snow Fountain you all helped name Cherry Cherry?…

I spotted something red on Cherry Cherry

Before we packed Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle as the last item to fit into the car Friday night in the driveway of the Little Bitty, I took one last walk around the grounds to admire what my dear wife Karen and I had come up with this near-summer of 2015 in the Syracuse city…

Love-Hate Challenge, from my heart

Joey from the most excellent blog Joeyfully Stated tagged me last night in the Love-Hate Challenge. I must have sent some sort of aura out into BloggyVille yesterday. First lilrant tagged me in the afternoon with Freestyle Writing, and then came this. Because I only carry great affection for Joey’s peculiar Indy language trotted out…

Happy Looney June from Syracuse

Happy June 1, world. Ready for anything, are you, in this month meant for warm thoughts and summer play (up here in the northern hemisphere, anyway)? Well, my friend Paul over at The Captain’s Speech was not content leaving it remain merely any old June. No, Paul, this Canadian fellow who lives even a bit…

Pow go the peonies

It hit the 80s yesterday here in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Today they weather guy is calling for a high of 88º F, a record high for this May 26. The peony is front of the Little Bitty likes it. A lot. Almost 3D, is this shot taken a few moments ago not?…

Peony power for Memorial Day Weekend

They call Memorial Day Weekend the unofficial start of summer in our part of the world. It got down to 44º F last night, more fit for another season. Nevertheless the peony standing proudly in front of the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood has pushed out its pretty fuchsia flowers. My…

Our little cherry tree now has a name

The results are in. You voted with your feet. Well, no you didn’t. It wasn’t the kind of poll where you actually have to drive there and pull down the lever and hang a chad or anything like that. No, a week ago I decided to ask the world with a poll what my dear…

I couldn’t hedge my shaggy thoughts any longer

Two of the front yard shrubs had already gone out of control standing guard at the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. So as my dear wife Karen tidied up the hourglass garden and spread red mulch, I grabbed the battery-powered Black and Decker hedge clippers and went to work. One of…