The inevitability of outliving a beloved pet doesn’t make it any easier when the time comes. Neither does understanding that nearly 13 years, just over 12.5 with us, is a pretty good run for a large dog. For us, that’s … Continue reading
Another first snow of the season post, almost exactly a year to the day from the last one. This time, it’s more snow than we sometimes get in an entire season, all in one day. It’s lovely to enjoy a … Continue reading
An old dog with deteriorating rear legs gets to keep playing in the lake with the help of a doggie life vest:
Not much posting around these parts lately. First, its supposedly spring, but we are getting some awfully late season snow flurries. Its not sticking today, so here are some prettier pics with a sunset, and some deer visible from my … Continue reading
First snow of the season! (Remember, click on the photos to see them full size).
Happy New Year! Obviously, our new house is not complete by the start of 2017. (Its ok, I promise). The latest estimate is that we’ll be able to get the CO in mid-February. After that, there will be many punch-list … Continue reading
Updates in house construction for the past two weeks: Last week- Siding – FYI, since there seems to be some confusion on this, the siding is NOT painted yet. What you see is just primer color. It still needs paint, … Continue reading
Grayson Highlands State Park in VA is a place we’ve ridden by, and sometimes to, several times on the motos, and have said for years that we should visit to go camping and hiking. Its an incredibly beautiful place. So, … Continue reading
Lots of exciting progress on house construction this week. They framed the garage, and on Thursday, the garage roof trusses were installed, two semi’s arrived with our pre-cut SIPS, and Duke installed our meter and turned on the power (yay:). … Continue reading
House construction update for this week: The noticeable progress includes the sub-floor for the upstairs, and we have a pine T&G ceiling on the second floor as well. We noticed other details like hurricane straps, and other small changes made … Continue reading
Does the first night at the house count if its in a tent? The weather is really warm for March right now, and we seem to be finding any excuse to be outside. Also, we’ve talked about camping on that … Continue reading
Here are a few foundation prep photos from January 31. Lots of earth moving work and gravel happened during the first week of construction. Seeing the foundation laid out and new section of driveway created was really exciting. Since then, … Continue reading
Its almost hard to believe at this point, but I think its finally happening. As of January 26, 2016, we have officially broken ground and started construction of our new house. These are the earliest pictures I can find of … Continue reading
Just a handful of pics from today’s outing:
Avoid this intense heat by going up into the mountains! Pretty fun for a first camping trip and visit to the mountains for this Florida boy; campfire and hot dogs and smores, a hiking trip the next day with family, … Continue reading
We finally broke down and bought an infrared camera (its for work, I swear). The Seek thermal camera is (I think) the first to market for android devices. You just plug it into the usb port, and use the app … Continue reading
It was a beautiful warm and sunny NC winter day today. Highs in the upper 40s are nearly moto riding temperatures (for me, Kevin is good to go), but Cody was really glad we decided to put cabin fever at … Continue reading
This was our view for lunch on Saturday on a little hike at Hanging Rock: Sunny weather in the low 60s makes for very nice hiking. A little further down the trail was this view: Cody was happy we finally … Continue reading
Cody caught a turkey yesterday, and it may have been the highlight of his life. At least, it was very exciting. It seemed like he knew that this what what he was born to do, to fetch injured and dead … Continue reading
First hike for 2014 on Saturday. Temps in the 30s seemed a bit cool at first, but it felt great after we got moving. Otherwise, it was a brilliantly sunny and gorgeous day. We even stayed warm sitting at a … Continue reading
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Get ready for lots of dog pictures taken with a new camera. Snow on Christmas eve gave us a beautiful white Christmas for 2013 in Syracuse. Here’s a few pics from the many hours in the car. I think Cody’s … Continue reading
Whether you actually wanted rescuing or not:) No training necessary, just genetic compulsion to retrieve things (or people) from the water. (I love how just getting them to shore wasn’t enough. He had to try and pull them all the … Continue reading
A couple of years ago, my parents adopted an adorable mutt of a puppy as a rescue. (Seriously, look at this picture of her from early 2011). The rescue group had seen the puppy’s mother, and said that this puppy … Continue reading
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