Here comes boating weather

I snuck down closer to the lake after I bought my morning cup of coffee at Nichols earlier this week. No boats yet at the marina. But it sure looks like their time is coming.

A lake view without ice

With the weather working hard to take us into spring at last, the slice-of-lake view outside A Bitty Better in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville has taken on a nicer blue, too. Gone is the ice on top of Onondaga Lake. It makes me feel better, seeing the snow melt and the signs of things…

Trying so hard to sprout

Outside the front door of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, there are signs of spring trying hard to overcome the late snow of March. The contrasts of season capture my fancy. I think you know which I am rooting for after this stretch of cold and bluster. I am ready for…

Ready for the long rake job

I know how hard my colleagues who handle the custodial work at the Liverpool Public Library work to keep the building in tip-top shape. When I saw the size of the roof rake after the last big snow, I pictured how hard it must be to get that thing up there and scraping. Bravo, Annika…

Can’t do a thing to rush spring

And so I wait for a warm up. Even at work, my mind lingers on the harsh end of winter. My saying has been that March came in like a lion and is going out like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Making the most of the stairwell

My dear wife Karen had a great idea for another wall at A Bitty Better. She picked the photos we’ve know we’ve wanted to hang up for a while. They’re a collection of great places and things from our life together. We’ve even received three more taken by George Three on our Summer of 2017…

I’m getting tired of these big snows

They say the Northeast may get hit by another snowstorm Wednesday. I’m not over last Friday’s slam. This yo-yo effect, melt-and-more, is getting to me. Our vehicles were covered, and good, when I got the text the library would be opening Friday until noon instead of 9 a.m The view from my desk to the…

Enjoy some Sunday jazz from the library

A couple of Sundays ago, I got to take photos and videos at the concert by a combo show by two of Central New York’s finest at my library job. Ronnie Leigh on piano and voice and Marcus Curry on guitar earned standing ovations in the Liverpool Public Library’s Carman Community Room. I had to…

Snowhenge, perhaps?

My imagination runs wild as I walk with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle around our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. I picture these snowmen in a thaw standing like rock on a mountain across the big pond …

Winter’s last stand?

The kiddies built some stuff outside their playground across the street from A Bitty Better in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I liked the way they stood up to the latest melt.