Last night we headed to Raleigh's Lincoln Theatre to see Anberlin in concert. I've been a fan for several years and we've missed several of their appearances in the area. In fact, about two years...
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2012 Books: October
Absolutely no books were read this month. I think it was a combination of reading ahead for book club and extra work. Will try and do better in November... We did take a trip to Chicago and hiked in...
2012 Books: September
Neverwhere This book is a must-read for Neil Gaiman fans. It's a magical and sinister fairy tale about a young man who helps a distressed girl and his life is forever altered by the...
2012 Books: August
Blackout The final installment of the Newsflesh Trilogy was probably my most favorite book of the three. Everything comes together in this novel and like the previous books, some characters get...
2012 Books: July
The Curse of the Pharaohs It took me quite a bit longer to get into the second Amelia Peabody mystery... not sure if I just wasn't feeling the story or if it was so completely different than the...
Duke Gardens, July 2012
Last weekend we went to Duke Gardens to check out the summer flowers and to exercise my macro lens. The flowers were as impressive as ever, but the insect life was also quite interesting: notice the...
A new entertainment center
For the past ten years we've had an entertainment center that has survived two moves, successively larger TVs, and its share of scrapes and dings. Last Thursday we cleaned it out in preparation for...
2012 Books: June
I have been on a roll lately with my 24 books a year goal, so I upped it to 30 books. Challenge! Pure While I would never have picked this book up on my own, once again I am branching out do to my...
Late June garden
This weekend North Carolina is experiencing the same heat wave as most of the US, so our plants are bit thirstier than normal. Before this we've seen great weather so our flowers have been quite...
Revamped waterfall page
This past weekend we made some long-needed updates to our waterfall site. We've got a better google map listing most of the falls we've visited, several errors/bugs were fixed, and we added new...
outdoor living is easy
We've really been enjoying the screened porch the last several weeks. Even when it's been warm and muggy, we can turn the fan on and there's an instant breeze. Add a glass of wine and a good book...
Early June garden
We've had a stretch of excellent weather in NC with cool evenings and periodic rains that have given our garden a boost of growth. In particular, our lavender has been blooming like mad and you can...
2012 Books: May
Feed My book club book for this month, Feed was a quick and interesting read. Normally Eric is the one reading zombie novels (in fact, he read this after me) but I was intrigued by the news aspect...
quick backsplash project
Back in November, we E&L Gallery with a new water saver toilet, new floors, new vanity, fresh coat of paint and new hardware. before and after Last weekend, we picked up two mosaic tile options...
a backyard landscaping weekend
In March we had a landscaping company come out and do most of the heavy lifting to get our backyard in shape. To finish it off we needed to add new plants and more mulch. On Friday, we had 5 cubic...
2012 Books: April
All That Lives Must Die I read the first book in the Mortal Coils series last year on our trip to Thailand and was waiting for a good time to break open the sequel. The story centers around twins...
2012 Books: March
The Sense of an Ending I read this book on our recent trip to Chile after hearing about it on NPR. The hardest part of the book for me was getting over liking the main character. He's just not a...
yeah, I’d say she’s better
Nearly 4 weeks ago Riesling had her shoulder surgery. Besides the scar that is mostly healed, she's doing quite well as the following video attests: Her paper shredding was followed by a two+ mile...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)