A warm welcome to the Salt City Grille

My colleague and friend at the library, Sara, pulled me aside in the big room and said that I just had to take my dear wife Karen to dinner at the Salt City Grille. She talked highly of the food, ambiance and service. Good call. We both liked what we used to get when the…

So very unique. And odd

Our new neighbors in the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville continue to amaze Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I as we take our post-work walks. My cherished rescue mutt allowed me to stop and take my iPhone 6 out of my pocket for this eccentric sight. Bunnies abound.…

What are playsets, boats and big porches, Alex?

On one of our after-work walks around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I picked a new street this past week. And this stretch of houses offered my cherished rescue mutt and I some different perspectives on our new neighbors. Ellie B was sad that the…

Pinwheel type of weather

As I was walking the streets surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle, my cherished rescue mutt and I spied some neat spring decorations. We appreciated the spinning pinwheels. April wind had them going. And after a flurry of tree faces, it was refreshing to spot…

Wow, our pretty little tree has white flowers

We’ve been wondering what color the tree smack dab in the middle of our front yard of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville would be, this being our first year here. We found out. White, it is. Deep, true white. A good match to the deep purple of the leaves we saw…

It takes all kinds to get the job done at the library

There’s a tradition where I work that I got to experience for the first time this month. Staff Development Day falls in April. They close the library to patrons and get all the staffers in the big community room to share the workday and learning sessions. Our presenter this year taught us well about time…

From shaggy to well-cut in one swell push

I wondered how quickly the grass around A Bitty Better in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville would go wild in spring, this being our first season of revival here for my dear wife Karen and I. Hover over a gallery photo for a description. Click on an image for an enlarged slide show. The answer:…

We’re always thinking roses

We left our roses in the yard of The Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood when we departed for the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville in October. My dear wife Karen will not allow the grounds of A Bitty Better to remain rose-less. Of that I am certain. So I made sure to…

Solid like a rock

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I have been trying to make the best of the above-freezing move toward better days here in our new Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. We enjoy the new stuff we take in during our post-work walks in the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better. Last week a few neighbors on a…

Life imitates art imitates life

I received the text above from my dear wife Karen. She thought the dog involved looked an awful lot like Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle when she perches herself by the kitchen window of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville when she hears my car pull into the driveway. I chuckled. Loved…