Good morning all. This will be brief as the family will be arising shortly. Melanie and I wish to you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It’s been a full year for us, the first complete year of retirement. I’ll go into the years activities in a New Years post in a couple of days. But for now, we’re hoping you are having a wonderful holiday.
In June, Jourdan and Stefani came over to spend the weekend with Melanie and me for Father’s Day. They had proposed a trip to Agecroft Hall in outside of Richmond as a nice day out. Having never heard of Agecroft Hall before, I investigated. It’s a fascinating story of an English manor which fell into disuse and was purchased by T.C. Williams Jr in 1925. The usable parts of the building were disassembled, shipped across the Atlantic and reassembled overlooking the James River in Richmond. It’s an interesting story, and we like old buildings, so it was perfect for a day out. The camera used for these images is the…
Hi de ho all. Well, tryin’ to get back on the horse a little bit, posting more frequently. Anywho, last year, before our scheduled house move in, Jourdan and Stefani invited us to come down to Durham the week of my birthday, and we would go to the Carolina Renaissance Festival. This was to be a rather tumultuous time in our schedule as we were literally planning to move from Fairfax to Williamsburg the week before. Unfortunately the house wasn’t quite ready yet (no occupancy permit, and as of this time no gas), so it was going to be a bit of a juggle. To add fun to the mix…
On the 19th of April, Meghan called the house. Melanie picked up the phone and Meghan asked to get me on the line as well. Of course my first question was “are you ok”, and she said yes, but I have to tell you that we lost Bently today. He had collapsed in the back yard and wouldn’t get up. Meghan got Rob to help her pick him up and take him to the emergency vet clinic. An ultrasound indicated some definitely un-natural things going on inside. They said that they could probably save him with emergency surgery, but at best it would only extend things a couple of months….
Firstly, apologies. The blog has gotten left by the wayside of late. No good reason other than lack of desire. That’s pretty pathetic if’n you ask me. We’re still in “transition” at this juncture in the new house, which we are coming up on 5 months of occupation. Life has been full of honey doo’s of late. Most of the general moving in, getting settled stuff is complete at this juncture. We finally got the last of the blinds installed last week and now, pretty much I’m tweaking things. I’ve replaced three light switches with motion sensing switches, in the garage, laundry room and stairwell. After instantiating Home-Assistant, I realized…
Firstly, let me wish each and every one of your a Happy New Year. May your New Year be filled with new adventures and good fortunes. It’s been a tumultuous year for us. Lot’s of transitions in our lives. The new house: After some 6 months of to-ing and fro-ing, construction began in December of 2022. One year ago, this is what our house looked like: Now, a year later this is what it looks like: My, what a difference a year makes. Melanie and I travelled down from Fairfax to Williamsburg weekly to keep our finger on the construction process. We became good friends with the I-95 corridor in…