We can lead our dog to the pool water, but …

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle loves frolicking in the water at the lake and ocean during our trips to Cape Cod. She’s a champ at chasing her ball when we play our backyard games at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Our cherished rescue mutt absolutely adores anything and everything to do…

So much rain this summer of 2017

It’s been hard to make plans this … April, May, June, July. Wet it has been in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville for our first spring and summer since moving into A Bitty Better. See the water on the leaves and house? See the puddle where the Town of Salina needs to fix the street…

(Love)birds on a wire

Sometimes I look up when Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I are walking the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. And I’m rewarded greatly. This day I spotted two birds enjoying the blue sky and bright sun side-by-side. I was only able to snap one shot with my iPhone…

It doesn’t quite fit, but it sure fits in

I at last took the drive 35 miles or so east from A Bitty Better to a very cool shop in Oneida. It was time to claim the piece my dear wife Karen and I had commissioned from an artisan at the Liverpool Craft Extravaganza. Kym’s Art Pallet was all set up for business on…

Long-day sunrise, sunset at A Bitty Better

The angles to catch the long-day sunrises and sunsets from A Bitter Better aren’t that great. I got up early and wandered out late to catch the hello and goodbye. The arrival, before 5:30 a.m., comes at an extreme angle to the left from our back door. The departure, after 8:30 p.m., takes it down…

We can’t quite see the fireworks from A Bitty Better, but close

There will be events that bring fireworks over Onondaga Lake. My dear wife Karen and I were wondering how far we’d have to wander from the property around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville to see them. Not bad, we’ve discovered, this perk in our first summer since moving from the Syracuse…

Do your work, sun

The pool guy took a long look at the heater that’s attached to our inground pool at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville and gave us his opinion about why it is not working in this first season of our ownership. It could be the heating coil. It could be that the…

A different route, a cool new sight

I overcame a main-street fear on a recent stroll through our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. I decided to shorten my grip on the leash and take our beloved rescue mutt for a short stretch along Old Liverpool Road. Just between the next-block-over and our street. There’s a cool and…

Opening up a new canopy

The first time we looked at this house, there was a fabric canopy over the structure covering the back patio. We thought it would be left for us with the rest of the furniture, per agreement. Not to be found. So my dear wife Karen ordered one online, opting for a pretty beige. We put…

Shopping the Regional Market for flowers

We haven’t yet taken our spring trip to the Regional Market, my dear wife Karen reminded me. I agreed. And I knew what she wanted to spend our Saturday morning doing. Up and down the sheds we walked, searching for just the right ones. Hover over a gallery photo for a description. Click on an…