I’m still amazed at all the stuff there is to do around here, if you just look for it. In Thursday’s paper each week there is a listing of the activities in the area for about a 50 mile radius. I read it thoroughly.
When Bruce and I first started dating in the late [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Heavens – What Grit
Posted in food, travel on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where Oh Where?
Posted in pets on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve already written about the major renovation on the former septic system and new sewer hook-up here. It had us busy keeping up with the progress with the sound of machinery grinding along and dirt moving with trenches and pipe everywhere.
In the midst of all of this, Bruce and I realized we hadn’t seen our [...]
Turning over a new LEAF
Posted in camping, music, travel on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We got back from our latest camping adventure earlier in the week. Overall, the trip to North Carolina was fun; we were able to set up our camp during a beautiful day, had rain and cold nights, were able to strike camp and move an hour further up the mountains to Hugh’s neck of [...]
Exciting Movie
Posted in movies on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The new film Angels and Demons came out yesterday and we, along with a theater full of other folks, were there. I liked this book by Dan Brown more than The DaVinci Code. I think I understood it better. Anyway, we’d read a review in the paper that panned it, as usual. [...]
Soon – A New Mrs Flusher
Posted in home on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we finally decided to bite the bullet and to connect the not-functioning-very-well septic tank/system to the city sewer system. It took a trip to the city utilities office and a hefty fee to a week or more of trying to get businesses to come out and give us an estimate (a Herculean [...]
Leaving for LEAF
Posted in camping, music on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re off to the Lake Eden Arts Festival in Black Mountain, NC. This will be our third trip up there. Mountain air, lots of music, nights in our new tent, coffee and tea under the stars, Spam and grits for breakfast and fried egg sandwiches for lunch! Then we go further up [...]