Happy spring sunrise
Ellie B got me up early enough Sunday to catch a pretty spring sunrise over the backyard of A Bitty Better. Our cherished rescue mutt has been very happy with the warm-up.
Oh, new day, says the dog
Sometimes I know why Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle gets me up so early. And it’s not just because our beloved rescue mutt is hungry. Or needs to take care of what’s built up while we’ve been sleeping in A Bitty Better. More than that. She wants to greet that yellow ball coming over our…
Everything being equal, our fall sunset is beautiful
I’ve chronicled the position of rising and setting sun for the winter and summer solstice since my dear wife Karen have moved to A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Yes, I did so from the Little Bitty in the Syracuse neighborhood of Eastwood before the move, too. I did these landmark times…
This makes it easy to rise in Hawaii
Mother Nature makes it easy to rise early in Hawaii. And I’m not (just) talking about the six-hour time difference. At our Aston Kona By the Sea staying place, the sun came up on the mountain side of our week stay. I chased the magical moment out on the road with my iPhone 6s. Too…
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…
You have to rise pretty early to get Ellie B into the ocean
The nice woman who owns the dog place in Dennis Port had told us about the dog-friendliness of West Dennis Beach before the crowds get there years ago. This year we decided to take Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle the couple of miles down the road from Dennis Port to experience the surf of the…
Appreciating the May angle of the sunrise
Letting Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle out the back door of a Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville this interesting May, I noticed the sunrise. It struck me how far the path had traveled to the left since I shot a photo with my iPad Pro on a cold day in March with…
A Winter Solstice sunrise, sunset preview at A Bitty Better
Those of you with enough patience to have been following my words and images here for awhile may recall that I have a thing for the solstice, both winter and summer. And today’s the day, my friends, when we here in the Northern Hemisphere have the Earth’s tilt that takes us furthest away from that…
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…
On June 21, a full day for the sun
The summer solstice puts an extra bounce in my step. Really, the first official day of the season doesn’t mean much in Syracuse, N.Y. It’s been warm awhile. It’s staying warm awhile. (Knock on wood.) But that’s the cynical way of thinking, and I’m no cynic when it comes to June 21. So this year,…
Mark Bialczak 