Hail, yes. Frost and snow, too

At the start of our loop around the blocks surrounding the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood yesterday afternoon, the skies decided to spit upon us. Aw, heck, I thought, I’m wearing shorts! Then I coaxed Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle onto the blacktop outside the Dish Network offices at the end…

A ‘shroom with a view

It’s been an odd and off growing season around our Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. The roses that bloomed were too few, and far later than usual. The hydrangea refused to flower. Even the lawn gave me two weeks off between cuttings. Now, this. Wild mushrooms are sprouting out of nowhere,…

Still not much pop to the leaves, but there’s orange to be found

I’m still lamenting the lack of color in the changing-of-the-leaves in my Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Hover over any gallery photo for a description. Click on the bottom right photo in any gallery for an enlarged slide show. Too much green still, and way too much brown in what has decided to give up…

The sounds of fall at Norwood Park

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I came across the Eastwood Bears as we circled the blocks surrounding the Little Bitty in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood last Sunday morning. The day was bright. Both sidelines were filled with parents and friends rooting on the home team and visitors from Central Square. I rather…

Dishing with the dog about home sales being for the birds

With the temperatures finally falling to match the calendar, I hooked the leash upon Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle, and off we went from the Little Bitty around our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood neighborhood. We spotted a gray house for sale two blocks over. Did they add another realtor since our last time by,…

She: Wheee! We: Whooa!

Text pictures have been traded while my dear wife Karen is enjoying her annual Girls Getaway on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. From the south, a sunset during dinner. Gorgeous. Another night, another happy dinner. Equally beautiful. And I am grateful to receive these as I am typing blogs and comments and reading the…

But things go better with Diet Pepsi

My dear wife Karen received the above photo with a text from our D.C.-area friend Carolyn today. Glad to see our beloved rescue mutt is on her mind down there in our sweltering nation’s capital. And also that her name makes the Coke folk’s bottle label game grade. As for me, no thank you to…

Skunk Patrol, continued

Upon return from our less-than-a-week trip to the thin air of Colorado, we were quickly greeted by the thick, familiar and awful scent in the backyard of the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Syracuse. A day back, and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle showed too much interest around the shed and back…

In search of the Blue Moon over Syracuse as a skunk cloud lingers

The dreaded skunk made its late July appearance in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood last night. Fortunately, Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyke was safely on the back porch when I caught the first whiff, and I was able to shut the door before she raced to investigate. So — knock on wood — no…

Here comes that rainy day feeling again

Sometimes I don’t want to believe my ears. Sometimes Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle doesn’t want to believe her eyes. But as she jumped up on the bed and rustled me as my sun’s up alarm clock this day in mid-July, I knew what I’d been hearing. And as I let her out the back…