Ellie B’s big homecoming

For that day trip to see the New York Mets play the Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field on Saturday, my dear wife Karen and I had to drop Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle off at the Shop City Animal Hospital before we picked up Steve and Kristen to start the journey. And they don’t staff…

One last look at Cape Cod, because I can

Of course not every picture I took while hanging out with my dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle the pre-touring explosion week in and out of the Happy Cottage on Cape Cod fit right into my posts-of-the-moment. That’s what these ruminating recaps are built to encompass. And so I give you one…

Well, what do you know?

It started with the desire to snap a picture of the pretty orange bushes. Click on any gallery photo for a description. Click and hold on the photo to the right for an enlarged slide show. So as our pre-tourist boom week in the Happy Cottage of Cape Cod wound to its close, we gently…

The latest label in our tour

While shopping for other things as our Cape Cod pre-tourist-rush June week in the Happy Cottage wound down, my dear wife Karen and I had to pull down one more newbie to sit next to the Dark Horse Cab Sav that I brought from home. So we threw it in with the bag of Blue…

In Provincetown, the tide is out

There was more to our trip to Providence than the great Straight from P-Town T-shirt door-knocking venture. This tip-of-Cape Cod city is a fixture on My Dear Wife Karen and I’s Traditions List for our pre-tourist-boom June week in the Happy Cottage. It’s dog friendly. So we took a left from the main street and…

Dogamous takes to the paddle

The first year we decided our beloved rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle was better off with us in the Happy Cottage in Cape Cod rather than a week boarding somewhere in Syracuse, we fibbed to our year-plus pup. We told her a mucky nearby dog park pond was the ocean. The second year…

Cape Cod adventure begins

Rain. My dear wife Karen and I don’t mind much waking up to this sight out the front deck of the lovely cottage we’re renting from our dear friends Juli and Lisa. The vision that awaits out in the backyard is pretty sweet, too. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle obviously agrees. So it’s cloudy with…

The vet’s just like a doctor to a dog, right?

I spend half my life humanizing Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. I admit it. Our beloved rescue mutt is so dang smart. If she could talk she’s freely engage my dear wife Karen and I in conversation each night about the shows we watch, the Mets games. She’d discuss the merits of wine vs. beer…

A beautiful Friday in May this second

The weather guy is calling for a record high on this Friday, May 8, predicting that it will reach 89º F here in Syracuse, N.Y. On “Today,” the stories from Al Roker and crew are of early tropical storms coming toward Myrtle Beach — first of the season, in particular, by the name of Anna…