July 25, 2012

Things of Import

As we think of the multitudinous 'things' that are important in life, such activity obscures 'The Thing" that is important above all things.  What is it? This is a post to inspire reflection.  So the "it" will be savored for a time in the future. So the present moment is left with the contemplation...

July 23, 2012

Master Bath

The master bath at the SR project was completed this weekend.  It is really, really beautiful.  I'll get some pictures, but I'm not sure that I can get a good vantage point giving the small bathroom.  My tile man had to do lots of extra work to ensure that everything fit well--to include...

July 20, 2012

Return to Normal

My daughter came back a day early from the beach.  Last Saturday, our guest, Blaze, the ebullient English Setter, departed.  While he was happy with his vacation pack, when he saw my daughter...

July 20, 2012

Picking....err Scounging.

While I'm not American Picker, I do enjoy finding a good deal.  In the past few days, I've scored a few good deals.  I picked up these chairs, replete with new pads, from Colonial Harbor Antiques. ...

July 12, 2012

Blaze

In addition to describing our recent weather, it is also the name of my daughter's not quite one year old male English Setter.  She and her beau are off for an entire week at the beach.  We...

July 11, 2012

The Sound of Silence

I'm in one of Dante's 7 circles of hell of the internet...Sound.  Some plug-in zapped my ability to play sound in Firefox. Despite my bird-dogging a solution and trying them (perhaps incompetently), I still have no sound. My internet Explorer works just fine.  Because I'm tired of the frustration...

July 10, 2012

July 5, 2012

July 1, 2012

Mother Nature

Mother Nature has shown her might yet again.  We were spared the loss of electricity for the first and second wind/rain events, but the third one was definitely the charm.  Our electricity...