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St Vincent (Day??)

I have to tell you, I was beginning to have issues with this cruise.  Did you ever see that old film “If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Belgium”?  It’s about a bus tour in Europe that sees like 10 countries in 7 days (or something silly like that).  Well, that is how I was feeling [...]

Good bye old life, hello new life

Today I’m saying good-bye to my old life and welcoming my new one.
We arrived at our new home-town safely on Friday evening.  We have spent the weekend trying to keep cool – the temps have been around 115 (give or take a few degrees) and because it’s the desert, hardly any humidity.  This is such [...]

Beautiful days

Last night I was on my new porch and was watching the hawks soar.  I grabbed my camera and snapped a few.  I had the 24-70mm lens so they aren’t up-close-and-personal, and you’re looking around the electrical wire, but they were gorgeous anyway:

Here’s another, which I cropped;

And here’s my wonderful porch.  Care to join me [...]

Well…

What a weekend we had. Ms C developed a tooth ache, and try as we might, dental care is not to be had on weekends. The few places that advertised emergency treatment, and that responded to phone calls, indicated they didn’t see people on the weekend and if the pain got too bad [...]

Inside maintenance

This morning I was reading Patti’s blog and she was saying that she’s doing some inside maintenance – new window treatments, new rug, rearrangement of furniture – you know the drill. And as I was reading her post, I found myself listening to the quiet that is the way of life in the country. [...]