tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53353262953112535352024-03-18T22:00:19.679-04:00The Road Goes Ever On...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com. Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.comBlogger4235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-2042540755219710432024-01-22T10:10:00.000-05:002024-01-22T10:10:49.297-05:00In Hibernation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwi3JvUQmpUdPkgmmQ0TvTfMLC9Jn2fTD95ci1AWhe1FP7bffLC9CE9uZzK3jGD0dB2bTlaD8Sg2aZkcEsR8RQh6oNsccVTvclp6Qw9fqsXASS9MGWoIjNYDD6gUmgpGbqH4qHTNTeMrHq0HOEJDl-sYCbeI4UbITWrKHK0rCnJIQHYO7KjS7UB1hYRGe7/s500/free-photo-of-bears-in-snow.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwi3JvUQmpUdPkgmmQ0TvTfMLC9Jn2fTD95ci1AWhe1FP7bffLC9CE9uZzK3jGD0dB2bTlaD8Sg2aZkcEsR8RQh6oNsccVTvclp6Qw9fqsXASS9MGWoIjNYDD6gUmgpGbqH4qHTNTeMrHq0HOEJDl-sYCbeI4UbITWrKHK0rCnJIQHYO7KjS7UB1hYRGe7/w400-h266/free-photo-of-bears-in-snow.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-53321177573051422922024-01-16T11:44:00.004-05:002024-01-22T10:11:27.942-05:00Fun Old-Fashioned Family Christmas, 2023; And Aftermath<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBizuJ9knaA3xJQ52tXgiECRBGPBfTj-0n4WkpCkp6ULZZAvgUWPq20420heZmtd9DxrHFKnKPtXx7w-kYbTChfL7a9_pBLLUGhioZxbNLtgNruH87s5mtZL9Ay_bTLa7PA-wYrv7fld2vQQWm3Rz6ZADdYwXlfb4x12tuf6P4secKfnRWtUmRGxZ121T-/s1329/PXL_20231225_150323471.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="997" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBizuJ9knaA3xJQ52tXgiECRBGPBfTj-0n4WkpCkp6ULZZAvgUWPq20420heZmtd9DxrHFKnKPtXx7w-kYbTChfL7a9_pBLLUGhioZxbNLtgNruH87s5mtZL9Ay_bTLa7PA-wYrv7fld2vQQWm3Rz6ZADdYwXlfb4x12tuf6P4secKfnRWtUmRGxZ121T-/w300-h400/PXL_20231225_150323471.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Stockings stash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xaX1FqvWNIKfVCm0z5ycPd5TJ3Yy1aHhvv4diRf_AsxD0azaKoTzRbyMmvcwGrCbDaDS9jROrT5Iti9K9gzgeeG4QLl5UKpF5wTrqfF4jn9CDrUVOyMWiik5MYGXOhfB520TyjhFC4ECxukJXnXDZ_mAqncja3Cheg9j8dGzfXXff2zONzO2ch3P1PvI/w400-h300/PXL_20231225_144318958.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Vicki's traditional poteca</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7NJZfVxEOXGisBZ_pYdq6ZpfkMDSoum7aTAsxMrLhWbmVYQsQN4d3xB7cJD9_KRgrLEZcj9A37e-eIUc-Cj4rCSvBpWFaCdWH-8AOaldTbp6cDAe83q3ncZ0ZRKc2PQpfqrCVqOaE5nVRwpk7uYH3FGNK4IVlXzMZhEmCauYcbvucedD95JDB40GG4NS/s1329/PXL_20231225_230210227.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1001" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7NJZfVxEOXGisBZ_pYdq6ZpfkMDSoum7aTAsxMrLhWbmVYQsQN4d3xB7cJD9_KRgrLEZcj9A37e-eIUc-Cj4rCSvBpWFaCdWH-8AOaldTbp6cDAe83q3ncZ0ZRKc2PQpfqrCVqOaE5nVRwpk7uYH3FGNK4IVlXzMZhEmCauYcbvucedD95JDB40GG4NS/w301-h400/PXL_20231225_230210227.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">That evening we had a look at the downtown Christmas<br />decor and especially Cary's new downtown park, ice<br />rink, and so on; not pictured (!): the traditional chocolate<br />fondue (!)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaA7xtUvYxY3-d9FTN94L9XIPUi-ibCfAizL9i0QX1ADPgdHQuK4Q-_XEuzVR1zxVE2tKzul7OgxOWMQvkp41ZHwLdoeRhKWNEfPMPG6PzHetkPzuiEv19MRHPw_x0lmwqCeH-JUoask-KGjfEfo88I95Paw-mW14OIipJHcra8fpSIPPMQo_5k9aK05w/s1329/IMG_0242.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="997" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaA7xtUvYxY3-d9FTN94L9XIPUi-ibCfAizL9i0QX1ADPgdHQuK4Q-_XEuzVR1zxVE2tKzul7OgxOWMQvkp41ZHwLdoeRhKWNEfPMPG6PzHetkPzuiEv19MRHPw_x0lmwqCeH-JUoask-KGjfEfo88I95Paw-mW14OIipJHcra8fpSIPPMQo_5k9aK05w/w300-h400/IMG_0242.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Twelve days later, Epiphany, or Theophany (if you're of<br />the Eastern persuasion), at our apartment, we did the French<br /><i>Galette</i> <i>des</i> <i>Rois</i> thing, substituting cupcake for the galette; <br />P got the <i>feve</i>...<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-46894199045501361252024-01-15T17:31:00.004-05:002024-01-16T08:56:21.448-05:00Fun Old-Fashioned Family Pre-Christmas Events, 2<p> Continuing through Xmas eve...</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQ2vFVnggn2CpHxGUcOvWh1ziLmtPjgSDuDCJG_6KRliJ9qbT8AXgQ6M6JGhgzx2Vgvfvxopy_wHhRxJHj4G7D69UrY9jW3QNbrdEWpiHyUvhyphenhyphentKxe7ziroY2WkZl3RBYM3PD57_lsKG6bSgxE-o7t-xgJ9h7RBpdZ_9gmZSa6YCKd8auOSI62TmgNesV/s1304/PXL_20231224_175319546.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQ2vFVnggn2CpHxGUcOvWh1ziLmtPjgSDuDCJG_6KRliJ9qbT8AXgQ6M6JGhgzx2Vgvfvxopy_wHhRxJHj4G7D69UrY9jW3QNbrdEWpiHyUvhyphenhyphentKxe7ziroY2WkZl3RBYM3PD57_lsKG6bSgxE-o7t-xgJ9h7RBpdZ_9gmZSa6YCKd8auOSI62TmgNesV/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_175319546.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The only surviving photographic evidence of our traditional cheese<br />fondue, which figured as lunch this day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW1EarfCwkyz_ejBAfG8YkvvS4CZ9WwuF5AQfWvVBk_UNdwNTH4Q8AwMSyu80vKsE6M7zwFVlljA-q8Wb8H029_YYexEBguXzpdklOOCWuC7EAuHK24aEA6IQ08GKVnghfOmQF3fWDej9nY58QzCfOknQBBCiVMmBdl6WyrMTHpixUuBz_6U3SoQ2m_tg/s1304/PXL_20231224_202317512.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW1EarfCwkyz_ejBAfG8YkvvS4CZ9WwuF5AQfWvVBk_UNdwNTH4Q8AwMSyu80vKsE6M7zwFVlljA-q8Wb8H029_YYexEBguXzpdklOOCWuC7EAuHK24aEA6IQ08GKVnghfOmQF3fWDej9nY58QzCfOknQBBCiVMmBdl6WyrMTHpixUuBz_6U3SoQ2m_tg/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_202317512.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Afternoon cookie decoration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFDY2YgB18Cuj9YykA88ow-Xfj3bLHikuEiWS3ML6zbKnWlMb_ZhbfIjARJkjeNwNxk8gkep806pxtyNH-bJ9AagA41G3lZ3Lw8edzPHnEO-Je6dElpp9Gis39umTMe3-Jf9fMfkYE3j42mME-DsPUs-A35UhCHuNWqcsz2dnE3CTUpm6wTlhB9yOhzyM/s1304/PXL_20231224_204555082.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1304" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFDY2YgB18Cuj9YykA88ow-Xfj3bLHikuEiWS3ML6zbKnWlMb_ZhbfIjARJkjeNwNxk8gkep806pxtyNH-bJ9AagA41G3lZ3Lw8edzPHnEO-Je6dElpp9Gis39umTMe3-Jf9fMfkYE3j42mME-DsPUs-A35UhCHuNWqcsz2dnE3CTUpm6wTlhB9yOhzyM/w400-h239/PXL_20231224_204555082.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The best ones are P's; she apparently inherited the artistic gene,<br />whatever its source</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATNx2_AyP7HtkyIEF9bobbTfr3iwNM7ezLVHuTQhwTV2NijDRd5oQEw4MzDnIxr2QDNAXvzkXmcr9Sasgcj7u94YtJF8rgvb7NuGJi03Q1Yr2Ims_hjswnnQlpEuNSkt87aQq5kRpoRC-7-aXmKWboLeODub6OcM1PR-IIwYqWzCsLc0LHTGx2YZhvADq/s1304/IMG_0031.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1304" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATNx2_AyP7HtkyIEF9bobbTfr3iwNM7ezLVHuTQhwTV2NijDRd5oQEw4MzDnIxr2QDNAXvzkXmcr9Sasgcj7u94YtJF8rgvb7NuGJi03Q1Yr2Ims_hjswnnQlpEuNSkt87aQq5kRpoRC-7-aXmKWboLeODub6OcM1PR-IIwYqWzCsLc0LHTGx2YZhvADq/w400-h276/IMG_0031.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I won the Participation Prize for my Pierrot</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlh943t9G0kjJvK72JfM1rS8BbJUlBA6yZX7SvJQr8ilWIknEf8BimnfykaZvRhcVvueZjREST4qY7gPhc81Zh1-IqNF8uaztWFQSl4Qn2TYyeBEMG47U6G531YW2wOalxcW-mnLFgDW9yTfEf0-lEmpIDxaqv7z1eZ-TvjWaDLpZPoa6EUwtuiLeQdXFl/s1304/PXL_20231224_214147716.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlh943t9G0kjJvK72JfM1rS8BbJUlBA6yZX7SvJQr8ilWIknEf8BimnfykaZvRhcVvueZjREST4qY7gPhc81Zh1-IqNF8uaztWFQSl4Qn2TYyeBEMG47U6G531YW2wOalxcW-mnLFgDW9yTfEf0-lEmpIDxaqv7z1eZ-TvjWaDLpZPoa6EUwtuiLeQdXFl/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_214147716.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">In the afternoon things return to normal</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUPzPRD9riWinnHP3s2b75hu3RdC2yh1z-KaH04D-densRAu8TIoKuwa6XEifbzBc8sgeHxNTVEbTJspywj-kTuSadtIKfyY9LHDGFUJ-rVRJ7viquHxUxESkp8ATThSj-VRjeDircqEkl-pszIvNrp6phJyVnzhfIuvUDl842ReHcCB5yx2jqWjlAI4N/s1304/PXL_20231221_155400211.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUPzPRD9riWinnHP3s2b75hu3RdC2yh1z-KaH04D-densRAu8TIoKuwa6XEifbzBc8sgeHxNTVEbTJspywj-kTuSadtIKfyY9LHDGFUJ-rVRJ7viquHxUxESkp8ATThSj-VRjeDircqEkl-pszIvNrp6phJyVnzhfIuvUDl842ReHcCB5yx2jqWjlAI4N/w300-h400/PXL_20231221_155400211.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">But they picked up for the inaugural showing of the<br />Sherouse Family Christmas slide show, for which Vicki <br />and I had spent hours collecting, editing, ordering, <i>etc</i>.;<br />copies available (1 gig; provide flash drive or other);<br />inquire within</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTTqocDPRAT_yrAGa-xJYU9UOHfwEw_e9wiT9f4GW3nqmR2tRULWBsK7CpRSbDJauS5k_qQF6ad2uDqb5YU1SBu0X5ePmvduUn78KLadGNAGPkR2GKFxHxuEeSR15FTkdb2MW3PrvpPx37F8k_cndPlgWaOC61l1SkFoR22nuc2nptbS4-owe8nsIbo4u/s1304/PXL_20231224_221516094.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTTqocDPRAT_yrAGa-xJYU9UOHfwEw_e9wiT9f4GW3nqmR2tRULWBsK7CpRSbDJauS5k_qQF6ad2uDqb5YU1SBu0X5ePmvduUn78KLadGNAGPkR2GKFxHxuEeSR15FTkdb2MW3PrvpPx37F8k_cndPlgWaOC61l1SkFoR22nuc2nptbS4-owe8nsIbo4u/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_221516094.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">On a walk around the Riggsbee Farm neighborhood...Vicki and I</div><div style="text-align: left;">have watched the movie every year since 1989, and we still look forward</div><div style="text-align: left;">to watching it with P, who then will be able to comprehend our many</div><div style="text-align: left;">references and allusions...we watched it again in 2023, the two of us,</div><div style="text-align: left;">and figured, yeah, maybe <i>another</i> year or two</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrwqS2tZjhC7xI3iWeM55R4-fiS2jEzESNU-Knfmr0wAcC7D64wG1E93EXnc6ib7_ZUmgBTpPoPJL1GwPPGo6WdHsgQRVBPFdekvcyQS5jHqnPgAdnWCEOiGzjNMjEwfaqiks5EjPkviAZuVk3SZgzn5o5VH3jZryqk0GFhsygE09Ewn3lfi346y9Zv99/s1304/IMG_0035.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrwqS2tZjhC7xI3iWeM55R4-fiS2jEzESNU-Knfmr0wAcC7D64wG1E93EXnc6ib7_ZUmgBTpPoPJL1GwPPGo6WdHsgQRVBPFdekvcyQS5jHqnPgAdnWCEOiGzjNMjEwfaqiks5EjPkviAZuVk3SZgzn5o5VH3jZryqk0GFhsygE09Ewn3lfi346y9Zv99/w400-h300/IMG_0035.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The traditional Christmas eve meat/seafood fondue; participants<br />adorned with traditional silly cracker hats</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPex6niXNS02aSgfiq0bg1JHTkUbUiNPs1PFgD2ixx2YnjZtV5xzrZcwGzHpS94oPRg6jrRqlHZh8NNXVnBgBVJmpsS2KUmZo8bD_tcPVdfUHbPJbi-fRywRnuXUooJtfuwxDHCZ-q2TnSPkMWs8Q7kijAA7snwRFnOWuuj57U-7nR1rmVgZTlcdODYHnp/s2907/image1.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2907" data-original-width="2081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPex6niXNS02aSgfiq0bg1JHTkUbUiNPs1PFgD2ixx2YnjZtV5xzrZcwGzHpS94oPRg6jrRqlHZh8NNXVnBgBVJmpsS2KUmZo8bD_tcPVdfUHbPJbi-fRywRnuXUooJtfuwxDHCZ-q2TnSPkMWs8Q7kijAA7snwRFnOWuuj57U-7nR1rmVgZTlcdODYHnp/w286-h400/image1.jpeg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Among our traditions is that of everyone<br />opening <i>one</i> present on Xmas eve...here is P:<br />2023 will be remembered as our Taylor Swift<br />Christmas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QZAaIwDzHctdFO1Ccoo0y18ZrDrjTiReTmyBF0hafOkoyZGl5nHCQchn8UUeUcb6FmoaqZzICgJjJPho4EbIaT4DRaH7PFPV8EfiqnfnbKpRLm3t5XZYbrRRFIjzQY-FLgL5-wEyXZ1_b6UaDma8lxl8L1qFjIvqt-Uto8b7QKoye1wmezaBC0IIshq1/s4032/IMG_0056.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QZAaIwDzHctdFO1Ccoo0y18ZrDrjTiReTmyBF0hafOkoyZGl5nHCQchn8UUeUcb6FmoaqZzICgJjJPho4EbIaT4DRaH7PFPV8EfiqnfnbKpRLm3t5XZYbrRRFIjzQY-FLgL5-wEyXZ1_b6UaDma8lxl8L1qFjIvqt-Uto8b7QKoye1wmezaBC0IIshq1/w300-h400/IMG_0056.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And <i>moi</i>, with my Duolingo Duo <i>stuffie</i>, commemorating<br />my (now 740-day) streak of internet French lessons: I now <br />have the linguistic skills of a 10-month-old native speaker... <br />(note traditional Dude sweater)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wrdh0jsiVckxEg5A8fDLeO2UdHnWSPUy7HC6UPMdabDoqaQzQRZ8UGu5iv4t5HvHq4BtX1vdRlZ7BFsGh71vOzYOzC1YwO-v9SC_4LcvK8_oNKieOE23DcKk7uzyaf7chBqMvZetEpfd28TKRfhIDaH0x6kJQp-xTxsqcLscjt6JRwXh98Doueal19ew/s1304/PXL_20231225_011946897.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wrdh0jsiVckxEg5A8fDLeO2UdHnWSPUy7HC6UPMdabDoqaQzQRZ8UGu5iv4t5HvHq4BtX1vdRlZ7BFsGh71vOzYOzC1YwO-v9SC_4LcvK8_oNKieOE23DcKk7uzyaf7chBqMvZetEpfd28TKRfhIDaH0x6kJQp-xTxsqcLscjt6JRwXh98Doueal19ew/w300-h400/PXL_20231225_011946897.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And the table is set (Royal Doulton <i>Canton</i>) for Xmas<br />brunch the next day...</td></tr></tbody></table>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-59980209900699556762024-01-15T12:50:00.001-05:002024-01-16T08:52:48.464-05:00Fun Old-Fashioned Family Pre-Christmas Events, 1Cary has a number of interesting Christmas-time traditions and celebrations. Last year I documented the very considerable <a href="https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2023/01/christmas-2002-inedible-parts.html">downtown Cary Christmas decor</a>. This year we visited the North Carolina Festival of Lanterns, held annually in Cary, a few pix from which appear below. Also documented in this and the next post are a number of other events in the run-up to the traditional fun old-fashioned Sherouse family Christmas, which we enjoyed yet again this year at Rebecca and Jeremy's house in Cary. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAbo_sN0_ekRGN9GvpdAK7foFw0sM66y1jOCQbyIG9lyNk2mZAsXXxb3rIklhC2GqlUClZ5Fq8x3ZfW6uDMGQqQjkQdAxfU0_XvH_QUeypyouh0I66DsS9ZJ9plir9fifKVIzqt7PCJGA_34S_WDYFM6XO3KCJCw5VC0krZ-ojPOfwcOUTxHGVqWhSBHg/s640/IMG_9408.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAbo_sN0_ekRGN9GvpdAK7foFw0sM66y1jOCQbyIG9lyNk2mZAsXXxb3rIklhC2GqlUClZ5Fq8x3ZfW6uDMGQqQjkQdAxfU0_XvH_QUeypyouh0I66DsS9ZJ9plir9fifKVIzqt7PCJGA_34S_WDYFM6XO3KCJCw5VC0krZ-ojPOfwcOUTxHGVqWhSBHg/w400-h300/IMG_9408.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The festivities began with Penelope's appearance in <i>Young Sherlock</i>;<br />theater and stagecraft are now her favorite extra-curricular activities</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRnq44lkRyJxOfXD-79S1vgnN897t3zICeP1r368YIuVLCodXQ8ZfxbkOZKMAwsK6x17mMuZAT0dDS41PsRZC5ZLT0FTLTzpWS6IzuNNBlUCN8_ezZZgDleD5NtvMPN4bS5_Qv4xBTVB6zUFbYH3thoShRChn6VU8iZ-U1-4MiPx8I3Yhx9cz9LTp_akA/s1304/IMG_9792.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRnq44lkRyJxOfXD-79S1vgnN897t3zICeP1r368YIuVLCodXQ8ZfxbkOZKMAwsK6x17mMuZAT0dDS41PsRZC5ZLT0FTLTzpWS6IzuNNBlUCN8_ezZZgDleD5NtvMPN4bS5_Qv4xBTVB6zUFbYH3thoShRChn6VU8iZ-U1-4MiPx8I3Yhx9cz9LTp_akA/w400-h300/IMG_9792.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A Raleigh tradition is Christmas at the Angus Barn restaurant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LEh53X5TeyoWD_r8E4O2zbnMKVsJjfwzld0S2ZmB1WfpN_ifeWd8a0LB6TcKgSPnVf7ywOv9d-n9BmAkkV4u7Yn-plYnF8zSkd791Tr5sGpiWBwy7-mH8gQY52h9Tl8T9FTqsPabXaIQdxIv4Vpc5HIJcKNZKk573AxNXmIcOELP6LuRJtty7NuhvjzZ/s1304/IMG_9801.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LEh53X5TeyoWD_r8E4O2zbnMKVsJjfwzld0S2ZmB1WfpN_ifeWd8a0LB6TcKgSPnVf7ywOv9d-n9BmAkkV4u7Yn-plYnF8zSkd791Tr5sGpiWBwy7-mH8gQY52h9Tl8T9FTqsPabXaIQdxIv4Vpc5HIJcKNZKk573AxNXmIcOELP6LuRJtty7NuhvjzZ/w400-h300/IMG_9801.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKG6G_97amgIsfehcN91-8jZsGVZNjagWgNHgGI2e-Dbjch0V4sy0TmM7niUHe0xJP0EEjLJz3nArmxtTXsUNHquugtqdL1YfgD-8PX4_7kpOBtvnQk_kJGjr9tuTshe27bUL9nWr7AaMMjYuR5YrDG55CYRrB1C323ZE4tFq8vvrIJeD4YT-5e9_Y3wl/s1304/PXL_20231210_224256710.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKG6G_97amgIsfehcN91-8jZsGVZNjagWgNHgGI2e-Dbjch0V4sy0TmM7niUHe0xJP0EEjLJz3nArmxtTXsUNHquugtqdL1YfgD-8PX4_7kpOBtvnQk_kJGjr9tuTshe27bUL9nWr7AaMMjYuR5YrDG55CYRrB1C323ZE4tFq8vvrIJeD4YT-5e9_Y3wl/w400-h300/PXL_20231210_224256710.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Imagine room after room of such Christmas decor; the food, mostly<br />steak, was good too</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSR_ZYMYvzrpOaa_qAx-7WQDfzmPDbGuzHc0wPPYVa_qI9Nl5VxLKc-GqoZ8luzYEntcXVI5k0o4Q_zuE78EmNQZR4BCqKlPmt_Aco-4VjKOUKaNFYcD1iEBVpHf-zOwlpN5hXqy3xKPGliPJGLsiqWXUUZjVnikpPZgY2bOWRbbIByD4KB9HStRcFikf/s1304/PXL_20231214_004210687.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSR_ZYMYvzrpOaa_qAx-7WQDfzmPDbGuzHc0wPPYVa_qI9Nl5VxLKc-GqoZ8luzYEntcXVI5k0o4Q_zuE78EmNQZR4BCqKlPmt_Aco-4VjKOUKaNFYcD1iEBVpHf-zOwlpN5hXqy3xKPGliPJGLsiqWXUUZjVnikpPZgY2bOWRbbIByD4KB9HStRcFikf/w400-h300/PXL_20231214_004210687.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">P at her Jazz Dance expo</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznwSolVy6kJkfMdfLWVl2JAsjcs1RKtzjjJDn1r7cijK3yrGQj4mmCMJ-mU1ArN92o98jH4G6efF6Athjsg9QJC40VqNVoD7K4yQ-t646OjVTz-4G8KOJIBlAp1Oe6zCjjCZYc3OErzDIku4fkj6v7QvDWdkx6MBqqmeRhMFGyivW8GswayLeabG9Nv1g/s1304/PXL_20231222_141500487.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznwSolVy6kJkfMdfLWVl2JAsjcs1RKtzjjJDn1r7cijK3yrGQj4mmCMJ-mU1ArN92o98jH4G6efF6Athjsg9QJC40VqNVoD7K4yQ-t646OjVTz-4G8KOJIBlAp1Oe6zCjjCZYc3OErzDIku4fkj6v7QvDWdkx6MBqqmeRhMFGyivW8GswayLeabG9Nv1g/w300-h400/PXL_20231222_141500487.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Christmas decor at our apartment (thanks, Marie)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHv0jI3moNFfUY3UX2TuC0KEbldzZ-YsUZJmzkZQpMKAVJr6MXhZpHFFUVOXn6hIdMPSPxnotjEpUnL_DwFeLeQPsXYD9QVE-v8-jMo-TrbrVLMxxI-b5oa78uj7R4rsLYpNLnoLR3LUv1pVNtR643_KLdrd5hlz-XzNPflA_NYRrCEdoXxqCoEaWYFE-x/s1304/PXL_20231221_234612732.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHv0jI3moNFfUY3UX2TuC0KEbldzZ-YsUZJmzkZQpMKAVJr6MXhZpHFFUVOXn6hIdMPSPxnotjEpUnL_DwFeLeQPsXYD9QVE-v8-jMo-TrbrVLMxxI-b5oa78uj7R4rsLYpNLnoLR3LUv1pVNtR643_KLdrd5hlz-XzNPflA_NYRrCEdoXxqCoEaWYFE-x/w400-h300/PXL_20231221_234612732.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On December 21st, P and I baked brownies, hoping to offer a Stonehenge<br />replica for the solstice; though tasty, the brownies were architecturally<br />unsound, and I later characterized our creation as a replica of Stonehenge<br />after a 1940 air raid...</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4WnYPu9G8NX5h5E-hQXRqMQnC5tLtLBXM7oQKd14I0Mh9OeNIlkgE0gF2qnqn5lv9JCZ8VpMrJZ2oxBACURzykthASf889151P3ZXejfFq7aRYlGUs6UAA2nVb5qzYAxKUJ7IbFJ9hCDcT-PmN9AXD63A0s_QFnO7Rtb0OEElM9L4VKpq-wszwMIv3EK/s1304/IMG_9975.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4WnYPu9G8NX5h5E-hQXRqMQnC5tLtLBXM7oQKd14I0Mh9OeNIlkgE0gF2qnqn5lv9JCZ8VpMrJZ2oxBACURzykthASf889151P3ZXejfFq7aRYlGUs6UAA2nVb5qzYAxKUJ7IbFJ9hCDcT-PmN9AXD63A0s_QFnO7Rtb0OEElM9L4VKpq-wszwMIv3EK/w400-h300/IMG_9975.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Auntie Rachel arrived from DC and we all toured the North Carolina<br />Festival of Lanterns</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtp1lHcqlzSK-3QHDJdkhd9V7m8Ef2YoiqbnBszzyQf7YAXBZ2Y8Tgz3ob9_qHJZ4YU3VEjNabOBMrltM2QDo1GdZtPmr44wNqkZojcnWOx9fBgSWFXVL3e00oZro7_1dZyLNhrJG8RO1Ee5azcs7VnLT5YVsta3Uhrn5sY6pbLJPdPHJeRrbDi_HJvUjg/s1304/PXL_20231224_002031249.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtp1lHcqlzSK-3QHDJdkhd9V7m8Ef2YoiqbnBszzyQf7YAXBZ2Y8Tgz3ob9_qHJZ4YU3VEjNabOBMrltM2QDo1GdZtPmr44wNqkZojcnWOx9fBgSWFXVL3e00oZro7_1dZyLNhrJG8RO1Ee5azcs7VnLT5YVsta3Uhrn5sY6pbLJPdPHJeRrbDi_HJvUjg/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_002031249.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">It's an extensive and visually stunning take on the Chinese lantern festival,<br />a very old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Lights">festival of light</a>, a tradition in most religions...this of course is <br />a very 21st century version in materials and exterior illumination...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNHg67aVY0ad9Rgz5psnRuDRXKCk45OgVFukpB82XsNBYdcQqhBJh602OmX4ux7ER1OrlYUI57GJf7a05cD3vHBdePjW-_KW98mRfrMXXTGJEpL9zr3sKTTzEp_uelQ95aQwPvXCZkc7JlH2IxCcWupcR478uBYf3hyJZH4TR6m0KqTFF1LhZptHMJ8GK/s1304/PXL_20231224_002315683.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1304" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNHg67aVY0ad9Rgz5psnRuDRXKCk45OgVFukpB82XsNBYdcQqhBJh602OmX4ux7ER1OrlYUI57GJf7a05cD3vHBdePjW-_KW98mRfrMXXTGJEpL9zr3sKTTzEp_uelQ95aQwPvXCZkc7JlH2IxCcWupcR478uBYf3hyJZH4TR6m0KqTFF1LhZptHMJ8GK/w400-h233/PXL_20231224_002315683.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Still pretty stunning...brought to us by <a href="https://tianyuculture.us/">Tianyu Arts and Culture, Inc</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6LK58M7HfgTa_OrnHBY46E58Jgg_9nlOfnQE-2OCcz_uTlSFSYYIWwk8nidNWfiQZBjQ12XWslFue095YMI-suuZWms_4qVOavUKRpaDsviAa-UOD5PvpfIYt121OENdfMeiFw9bovemdR5IvmgPf3OK19pWPuVP6WSxYYQ4HJknyFNAVK7I0PWnz4Ga/s1304/PXL_20231224_002624907.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6LK58M7HfgTa_OrnHBY46E58Jgg_9nlOfnQE-2OCcz_uTlSFSYYIWwk8nidNWfiQZBjQ12XWslFue095YMI-suuZWms_4qVOavUKRpaDsviAa-UOD5PvpfIYt121OENdfMeiFw9bovemdR5IvmgPf3OK19pWPuVP6WSxYYQ4HJknyFNAVK7I0PWnz4Ga/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_002624907.PORTRAIT.ORIGINAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Excellent signage; and in English too, although most visitors,<br />including yours truly, are pretty completely ignorant of the <br />relevant Chinese characters, myth, legends, etc.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfku_zq2Hq6mi39m8db5eC9z1srD_df1Jt0getrdsMvEnTnrgv8Y5NKZx1nrOuqMEB6bUWiSXKhfPSu91k090WoUcQ55DFbmPg4vBi5vxnNXjbYhFsin0oP-TwEiK1dKAM6sNOinTaMGsDowvszSV_ZpD9jSg0phcnPGfW5qyJF9yIflGSFWVslUGZrsJb/s1304/PXL_20231224_003215441.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfku_zq2Hq6mi39m8db5eC9z1srD_df1Jt0getrdsMvEnTnrgv8Y5NKZx1nrOuqMEB6bUWiSXKhfPSu91k090WoUcQ55DFbmPg4vBi5vxnNXjbYhFsin0oP-TwEiK1dKAM6sNOinTaMGsDowvszSV_ZpD9jSg0phcnPGfW5qyJF9yIflGSFWVslUGZrsJb/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_003215441.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Absolutely nothing to do with Christmas, nor even Chinese New<br />Year...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtre-Awuu4i1NuIefA3Z6pZ0-oCFC1DVbVKQfxO3DyyWrspV9rSb5InlrjIIG9SdsAvy8hWAVe3FExuLeUSxq0logV-pjUm4UIAYd6YQaFqR22ZO_MYzetVb9jPC8yWXyH_UWuc7-YXCCgeQ1bgAbzDe_WO3IKHs3O625UbHBfG5AW20bvyHyukztq7MfH/s1304/PXL_20231224_003231773.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtre-Awuu4i1NuIefA3Z6pZ0-oCFC1DVbVKQfxO3DyyWrspV9rSb5InlrjIIG9SdsAvy8hWAVe3FExuLeUSxq0logV-pjUm4UIAYd6YQaFqR22ZO_MYzetVb9jPC8yWXyH_UWuc7-YXCCgeQ1bgAbzDe_WO3IKHs3O625UbHBfG5AW20bvyHyukztq7MfH/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_003231773.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Stage performances too</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QWKfekCfWOOjJpOwPrq6Min5HUntIsQJnWmpm_GBW-CYYmS2SMfkytRmqK0Wvc1AvWQ5XtzgGokUPnsjUAsPCB0yqz9Qa3RqgJedSRQV2xfqjzVu2Jzy2aCAQq8iaPt1YzQcarzTcxNNDMoXqTPnLKXbrEMkKUHrfUazyzRQmhCiPYmsjKOBeoouDbeQ/s1304/PXL_20231224_004157678.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QWKfekCfWOOjJpOwPrq6Min5HUntIsQJnWmpm_GBW-CYYmS2SMfkytRmqK0Wvc1AvWQ5XtzgGokUPnsjUAsPCB0yqz9Qa3RqgJedSRQV2xfqjzVu2Jzy2aCAQq8iaPt1YzQcarzTcxNNDMoXqTPnLKXbrEMkKUHrfUazyzRQmhCiPYmsjKOBeoouDbeQ/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_004157678.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Rudolph? Bambi?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeSix2_wFKobY0hW0GgDaqP7ZELkppsHZZz_Q9ulid4Xk5pNERKZeW_-KfyHApniE5IYcTwjEXDDo65ringCKKGXh1rZ7wAi967pPZdtJ_3m-RB-YpoSKp0bBR5UGbbPlzEgrzOW5dOW7ZLwjG0J05_rj-tsOY5_xP-4PkIgHK24TCjg3h-TSTZ3NBA7B/s1304/PXL_20231224_004211535.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeSix2_wFKobY0hW0GgDaqP7ZELkppsHZZz_Q9ulid4Xk5pNERKZeW_-KfyHApniE5IYcTwjEXDDo65ringCKKGXh1rZ7wAi967pPZdtJ_3m-RB-YpoSKp0bBR5UGbbPlzEgrzOW5dOW7ZLwjG0J05_rj-tsOY5_xP-4PkIgHK24TCjg3h-TSTZ3NBA7B/w300-h400/PXL_20231224_004211535.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Santa? Gandalf?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGAVtP0v3QyW-c9nNqivG6FNJFepF8DIHfXakKMW1t-S6julLJ44gtrwpOjol2r4x-RhIJ57QbbkGur0jSYW_Ggktfw57gocz-VhD_33Bu6dWTQ-hhXS8jIgjCuT81912_CAQXiY02zkBZzxN3oL-fslrs7VrAz6orTFcyoxJtafcw-a9AwRyd9jWKW6B/s1304/PXL_20231224_004234235.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGAVtP0v3QyW-c9nNqivG6FNJFepF8DIHfXakKMW1t-S6julLJ44gtrwpOjol2r4x-RhIJ57QbbkGur0jSYW_Ggktfw57gocz-VhD_33Bu6dWTQ-hhXS8jIgjCuT81912_CAQXiY02zkBZzxN3oL-fslrs7VrAz6orTFcyoxJtafcw-a9AwRyd9jWKW6B/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_004234235.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Disney princesses? Rhinemaidens?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-ZFeWScZXK6D58ds_dBh74GwgA44DxzriRUtkQ-mbqYMMlWVGyFOV0-fsq4Q_n3Ia30ofzRseXlfRUf7qSvA4XF4v7I_Jq7zgMHcK_GKKivVPRhEFbGGs0UU49dJaQ0L8aCfLzdyPaVWhke0K1VdOZQO83QTUgHlSv4CyToARbeH9Nk-sFj_jdFthXw1/s1304/PXL_20231224_004802594.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-ZFeWScZXK6D58ds_dBh74GwgA44DxzriRUtkQ-mbqYMMlWVGyFOV0-fsq4Q_n3Ia30ofzRseXlfRUf7qSvA4XF4v7I_Jq7zgMHcK_GKKivVPRhEFbGGs0UU49dJaQ0L8aCfLzdyPaVWhke0K1VdOZQO83QTUgHlSv4CyToARbeH9Nk-sFj_jdFthXw1/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_004802594.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The Dragon Ship that later (in January) was sunk by a windstorm,<br />shutting the whole show down a few days prematurely; Divine Wind</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5AU1eg8eHLTylQEFKKSsUg9DPZPE8jO0XDq0iXAl2VrHO8YIhMxU0Ah2R3l1V5xuzIGJ4CMZcZgN0C4vAfEVQ_zT8YhFep4JRQjCsGqAh0tldUff1VXr3racsN_ynvIwONEVrenDpEUK8dReXEpO4-bpITI_paIW7hdYExCwqYihYu3hObEJG59cal6T/s1304/PXL_20231224_004851890.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5AU1eg8eHLTylQEFKKSsUg9DPZPE8jO0XDq0iXAl2VrHO8YIhMxU0Ah2R3l1V5xuzIGJ4CMZcZgN0C4vAfEVQ_zT8YhFep4JRQjCsGqAh0tldUff1VXr3racsN_ynvIwONEVrenDpEUK8dReXEpO4-bpITI_paIW7hdYExCwqYihYu3hObEJG59cal6T/w400-h300/PXL_20231224_004851890.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">One wonders whether they will do similar shows in Taiwan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<br />I'd first seen one of Franklin's Armonicas in far-away <a href="https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2011/07/musee-unterlinden.html">Colmar</a>, but <br />had never heard one...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1UXm3VzKsy-2DjKpDZNCecTfMoJpP5LlMMkL7ciMfFSBX8NRRgoqAO8rjhca6XqCALKSab8bZyM73l0tr_aIn4OC-LMJK6IlpWZCgNLAQaP-3U2gHv35sO7peatBxM-gkSkIVlJFgZXpZNm91Le5-dNuXfMfGhdv9JEhDnERdyV_hGIkfQaJhyphenhyphen5go25C/s1310/PXL_20231206_205412830.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1310" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1UXm3VzKsy-2DjKpDZNCecTfMoJpP5LlMMkL7ciMfFSBX8NRRgoqAO8rjhca6XqCALKSab8bZyM73l0tr_aIn4OC-LMJK6IlpWZCgNLAQaP-3U2gHv35sO7peatBxM-gkSkIVlJFgZXpZNm91Le5-dNuXfMfGhdv9JEhDnERdyV_hGIkfQaJhyphenhyphen5go25C/w400-h300/PXL_20231206_205412830.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Touring another house...as owners of a roomful of Statton Oldtowne<br />cherry Queen Anne we really enjoyed seeing all the OBF (old brown<br />furniture)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0dU0J-7KBsDMd5Mibx-aE5qipxj6160SXhA1zZ_14-V57NmRcBzdPdapuXz7n6BU909HqBY_W8WO7LAZ8AXrRnI5XwwOswdRxcS8v5UBPt63sG7XJcWt49B4dyb66dg-GqJpPKb_fw1YwQu_0Yi9KO8ybKy13h0WvHg20yvi2Q8LPcdiGMowCEA7HVPF/s1310/PXL_20231206_210337876.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1310" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFcoqNUkH89h41HPdcaKJ8DGvPFiHDHFq0xuApuFeKOGkXwbydIeho92yqrZA9zjq9pE5Lmg6UPoWqFMqWO17Dtd2B8aOTwJ6-W7yZPwJjE7Eb9hQx8JIwsiHmgPLuANM8lrxWLMg_lF16HQAAVYY6W_R4BZZjd3zhOgilfEnaR3fFn9DQfiDRnZGgXHa/w400-h300/PXL_20231207_190827097.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On the way back to Cary, we took a short-cut, the ferry across<br />the James River estuary; perhaps the world's only free ferry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTgl_2-DiaZzp2F-iIfM9JNO7KvfQchZ3tv5bKWJeXaha4ORad_gl2iWQbiAKeU14FYJ8831mr_Q6p6OpibZu68t89C3-9w3zidv4fRKu0e4fDUMFmNbYiz-JrpFD_6R0pZsjPd5g1swtLMVfZhGO25X0E60Lkf26jrmWXxrN_nYhrsj4YD1GBIVb1qfS/s1310/PXL_20231207_191111023.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="983" data-original-width="1310" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTgl_2-DiaZzp2F-iIfM9JNO7KvfQchZ3tv5bKWJeXaha4ORad_gl2iWQbiAKeU14FYJ8831mr_Q6p6OpibZu68t89C3-9w3zidv4fRKu0e4fDUMFmNbYiz-JrpFD_6R0pZsjPd5g1swtLMVfZhGO25X0E60Lkf26jrmWXxrN_nYhrsj4YD1GBIVb1qfS/w400-h300/PXL_20231207_191111023.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Nonetheless reminding us of similar boat-rides in Norway and New Zealand,<br />even<a href="https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2010/10/nemrutland.html"> the ferry not taken in Turkey</a>...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-51060295874755893762024-01-06T12:24:00.003-05:002024-01-06T17:52:14.167-05:00Colonial Williamsburg, 1<p>Not long after we arrived in Cary, college friends Susan and Ken invited us to accompany them on a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. What transpired in early December was one of the best short trips we've had, in part because of the company but also in part because of the exceptional place we visited. We'd been to Colonial Williamsburg years before--day visits with kids--but now we had the opportunity to spend three off-season week-days there, with ample time to interact with the "re-enactors" (more anon), to really savor what is a fine research and educational institution, indeed the largest living museum there is. BTW, we found nothing candy-coated about the place...the negatives as well as the positives of the society and times were well evident.</p><p>Colonial Williamsburg has a fine website, with many pix, much commentary, and several virtual tours as well (<a href="https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/virtual-tours/?from=home">https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/virtual-tours/?from=home</a>), so I won't attempt any more here than posting some of our better pix with relevant commentary. Vicki and I thoroughly enjoyed the visit and are certain to return. Thanks, Susan and Ken, for rousing us from our down-sizing doldrums!</p><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb_XLYrx4KLHCojDdd5c5BHQW1IF6fiwQme-W75ocNw0IWCY9WE4fKDxesxNnPsRBKXiKEeOxS1jDczGRykvpvSy39ZEk-4fO4wVJ8V_NQLhGAZQTJKiK8FComs4wXkkcSgrnK4aJLLMqbMwFJNRBUWc1BjQ36-vAnsScpjzbX5gogzN6oWdEHtGkZiM_/s1329/P1060584.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="998" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb_XLYrx4KLHCojDdd5c5BHQW1IF6fiwQme-W75ocNw0IWCY9WE4fKDxesxNnPsRBKXiKEeOxS1jDczGRykvpvSy39ZEk-4fO4wVJ8V_NQLhGAZQTJKiK8FComs4wXkkcSgrnK4aJLLMqbMwFJNRBUWc1BjQ36-vAnsScpjzbX5gogzN6oWdEHtGkZiM_/w300-h400/P1060584.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We stayed at the Colonial Williamsburg Lodge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWmquJXL9imLT7vnhzNTScWthCS9IW9h8IaWZmLB4ng_WZUAw2EyAiXtv11pWr5DxkM6d7CdWier3-pPXenZEPHMkTHl2tO6EDQngYn6_gRwPNOL4utaJdUbpTaVD4LncWp5AUqtWy_gGQo3WwcbqWWPM1cbPygTRdHgOVUV6iBfyxamwFtbSbjAuDolD/s1329/P1060590.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1329" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWmquJXL9imLT7vnhzNTScWthCS9IW9h8IaWZmLB4ng_WZUAw2EyAiXtv11pWr5DxkM6d7CdWier3-pPXenZEPHMkTHl2tO6EDQngYn6_gRwPNOL4utaJdUbpTaVD4LncWp5AUqtWy_gGQo3WwcbqWWPM1cbPygTRdHgOVUV6iBfyxamwFtbSbjAuDolD/w400-h318/P1060590.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On one of the several house tours</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zgmKtIdxtU3KpagC0i6vlk8nruLaNdtyupI1ZofS4VqKdGIRxw-O5VE-xucIU9eaSQZj-uMzDXKOHf5Cb2po7JiOpxD09SfauXvd-CyN1tjjCim9JuAg_yE9UUCBpTFGbdMTrN16mriLd6dmg3kOWmf8zj7-Bm3F4viKPNZv6HjxzgrElBILSLS-zrA4/s1329/P1060627.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zgmKtIdxtU3KpagC0i6vlk8nruLaNdtyupI1ZofS4VqKdGIRxw-O5VE-xucIU9eaSQZj-uMzDXKOHf5Cb2po7JiOpxD09SfauXvd-CyN1tjjCim9JuAg_yE9UUCBpTFGbdMTrN16mriLd6dmg3kOWmf8zj7-Bm3F4viKPNZv6HjxzgrElBILSLS-zrA4/w333-h400/P1060627.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Street scene; the foregoing and immediately following by Ken</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAd1QE7Qo4n7d03p-ali3tPIkd5iL_vW77i95QNU-jsBOAkQJs-JxetBL3hrCoVYGwdioFxTTYjzWO5fmUm35-LSjIDhW5g03DaPRkYaPBOIV-t87ZKLGGU-iI7XLWfjdKwBpGeqFnEkz4mZ9ML9fUWrLHwLfC93x00pNPiZSlbsSSJl1cPMUgJZcrC5Q/s1329/P1060738.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1030" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAd1QE7Qo4n7d03p-ali3tPIkd5iL_vW77i95QNU-jsBOAkQJs-JxetBL3hrCoVYGwdioFxTTYjzWO5fmUm35-LSjIDhW5g03DaPRkYaPBOIV-t87ZKLGGU-iI7XLWfjdKwBpGeqFnEkz4mZ9ML9fUWrLHwLfC93x00pNPiZSlbsSSJl1cPMUgJZcrC5Q/w310-h400/P1060738.jpg" width="310" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Posing our last day there in front of the Governor's palace</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3xuLvVzSH-H-wO19MAPyhpGjKVwwUlkH8MRy-NqelR2WgQLyrQMOg6myldAaKpNT83TpEDj-4EhMN0I9j4HYchHa_D8p5f04MWcy6_CHjntU0CAatJtcAUp5NvFTUOtbgkjWNNpEyXytLMbEl5cewSQua0YNlWhzAXiODkAogKPKd7Hdk6_VL7K2T7iO/s1329/PXL_20231205_004930464.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1018" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3xuLvVzSH-H-wO19MAPyhpGjKVwwUlkH8MRy-NqelR2WgQLyrQMOg6myldAaKpNT83TpEDj-4EhMN0I9j4HYchHa_D8p5f04MWcy6_CHjntU0CAatJtcAUp5NvFTUOtbgkjWNNpEyXytLMbEl5cewSQua0YNlWhzAXiODkAogKPKd7Hdk6_VL7K2T7iO/w306-h400/PXL_20231205_004930464.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The plan: Ken and Susan are <i>very</i> organized travelers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfUrtExjk6I8qNckBhip1-la_4ONIjvlMcAx0kC-_LtoY9cF_uRXkUUDXIbcGs1H2NPU5KV4FXl19OYhgXV-r3ZoKWT-zCtS0nCbnYwkpyIzF6mfBXZOoNSt-WBasGMGmmOSDM1IugAUmaqG6AFFkpR7T3qZZhFKt05tgymGDiwRndG3nmCHKGehRD90a/s1329/PXL_20231205_015403262.NIGHT.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1329" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfUrtExjk6I8qNckBhip1-la_4ONIjvlMcAx0kC-_LtoY9cF_uRXkUUDXIbcGs1H2NPU5KV4FXl19OYhgXV-r3ZoKWT-zCtS0nCbnYwkpyIzF6mfBXZOoNSt-WBasGMGmmOSDM1IugAUmaqG6AFFkpR7T3qZZhFKt05tgymGDiwRndG3nmCHKGehRD90a/w400-h353/PXL_20231205_015403262.NIGHT.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At the witchcraft trial our first night there</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_kS-c-1NV2BagT_l2PW1a86oVXAi8DhGyFI9I_1tMnFAxe3eZ8YuvUHjNebNRF1mhtjcfFWBvCYkQ6AXicsev5PnH0ugJv1cI6TaAz7FYa7eAg4apgb-Obdq_O31FH2_BF522SEsIJXoNvKZjTJV2wSBGcK-iI3-3n9sPDs478JfABOB7hM-oVIOw0us/s1329/PXL_20231205_152711299.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii_kS-c-1NV2BagT_l2PW1a86oVXAi8DhGyFI9I_1tMnFAxe3eZ8YuvUHjNebNRF1mhtjcfFWBvCYkQ6AXicsev5PnH0ugJv1cI6TaAz7FYa7eAg4apgb-Obdq_O31FH2_BF522SEsIJXoNvKZjTJV2wSBGcK-iI3-3n9sPDs478JfABOB7hM-oVIOw0us/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_152711299.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At the blacksmith's shop: these are no mere "re-enactors"...they<br />are really practicing the trade as it was done in colonial times and<br />appear free to come and go out of character as the circumstances<br />warrant...they all have a canned intro for the casual or hurried<br />visitor...but if you stay a bit, you can have a long, detailed, and <br />edifying conversation...we saw this in every house, every workshop...<br />the intersection of technology and science is always fascinating...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IQIVuGygkg5Tcymi2OdPo-lhWPOWAEcHC6km2TyAVceiy3YvEPyyrZi3K-Bsi5Y7MWtKyC_nNscOOiA9jIt-iv3-J9wZPOYFuD8Ps5hZZhc9BVGIs2ieczUZGw-uaR6lMvL95FjSYyFr8dS-bmv7xPmn-tmJdaEXhXZ9npvrabKx3TVl3H7eGazN9XNM/s1329/PXL_20231205_164845691.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IQIVuGygkg5Tcymi2OdPo-lhWPOWAEcHC6km2TyAVceiy3YvEPyyrZi3K-Bsi5Y7MWtKyC_nNscOOiA9jIt-iv3-J9wZPOYFuD8Ps5hZZhc9BVGIs2ieczUZGw-uaR6lMvL95FjSYyFr8dS-bmv7xPmn-tmJdaEXhXZ9npvrabKx3TVl3H7eGazN9XNM/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_164845691.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Revered in Virginia because of the tobacco thing, I suppose;<br />executed as a traitor long before there was a colonial Williamsburg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwALv2fY-0FYqUnFRkcTMdNA6qSH2-JLMbi4kcL2b1jM1b9OeTlawf0qzzeWj2_m9g6V2BvTBxARmiovQgVbGWVoysVp-u0CRbO-dFYNADWivAMgltcpv9Shg4UjFthKZf5h55Dfh07QgOnlMQYBN56YyY6THGphPOgTQ8zLrBQiV0Mu2_NcxXd36cnVVu/s1329/PXL_20231205_165150765.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwALv2fY-0FYqUnFRkcTMdNA6qSH2-JLMbi4kcL2b1jM1b9OeTlawf0qzzeWj2_m9g6V2BvTBxARmiovQgVbGWVoysVp-u0CRbO-dFYNADWivAMgltcpv9Shg4UjFthKZf5h55Dfh07QgOnlMQYBN56YyY6THGphPOgTQ8zLrBQiV0Mu2_NcxXd36cnVVu/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_165150765.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">In the apothecary shop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyU5gz_8BuGLcaDcFhWVyUwWbDVBThu8fp2pKd_qd_kNkGK603zONjnEhftXTnXVDYI7Zj1gynSQR0Cg1l_Kvet9iDmU9UyL7i1K4Y9ph8ukSPVmghRweQizYwuzCuHqFqqMYU_JvxyorvwOEahixAnux-J9DXpTUApyr3DaJSnQq0yv1OwxgrlR6QUEe/s1329/PXL_20231205_171351080.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hfjsc-RqAz-jOuebop_tOmxpb8eyG-HE8gD0Hg_x0R7Bg4fXgbuvDVKoYZumxsUEB2c4ED36dXbNx5jseMHqIcX2yk5ILrPECJcOFB4OrGC_P8Au8Y84rPGHlYgyb2iuPWMUVa031Mdu2dkPZuqb_Gu0zYzPdKTScuLT7gaPo8j-pqXQuCfSBj5Q47b_/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_171526585.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Susan and Vicki approach the capitol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnm_RYZTDqT4SD3Q-5trSdkWKiP5iVNBCfyMRxOjhSGua_EHSdvOqMAK6oeIedZMNatMtl1__QXwZkkU6FRffvGNlt4ckeZM6CQbQ5oTYkCl0mqwNWWgK789wJjsXdLQ3XHXDGficpyvoZNND4jSLuHCZjZPqTcvaDzGuXJT1sIT6sK-Qp2eTZQt2AgHc/s1329/PXL_20231205_174914564.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GixRrL12_GC3AMZn4cfSc0rY70Me0kyVDz4hw0ldV4n51FTJhaITPMehORP2n-Ip4KozMOcVyvCNHf5jnyiEoSisda2_8gVbbSWYXKeE7On92sGAIAaO4U3f_QhuTkFh5TYS6lV2SSgEKDhFO1ynzcZn8kGe77mBlmxYyW1j3NZVXpcTe541vCzS87Jf/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_175041936.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Getting educated about colonial governance</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkZCQHaAzJkfK-N1QUTgBwjfOhyx4PMIJG2yhij8ndSzJFy6DAQLnElTpqtwTp-2x04SkrTEcI6ySVRFuGbQrsjCEXdqET4M2ImQ6UqD5ayLdSi6kxMQr-9feDkoVl1sTJukCHHA4IUCbqUpF-bPZMDJ9Iktcq3L1xKnEs6QWiNP26yquoefm13jTadhZ/s1329/PXL_20231205_182526654.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4F05pjaYaZvtNVUSbZCjpHVctEDC9z6vZ7hTgJwxhJlQVKBrY9Ek2tySiBtB300bJdL3-tpYUyWCXv8MJBPKSO1o_oAXtwxQPU9wIyyLcOnJoAnvwhj2fA15RplPMfZyZbkk_zKEn9GgelM7suacy_6Cht8I5-EBhmsdXMCer9Wf_mbAYXyRRxDjGGrD/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_183508780.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Street scene; OK, this is not what it would have looked like in<br />1760, but some concessions have to be made...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2WmwHdodCNwMyaPwr2uGQPGkRvnOBIKVr7Gx0d9u10CvaoaGH5FLu3tDLCunHRE2XHgSGqxYaHrPIzKmssb0zA8ehen3H9E6VQTvZVt4zRY91-IwhkXr2r4rR5A4An8bNY4v3C3YGZnT43Z-8rO956iF7HvrDLEZa4Fg6j5dEZd3w4p556jJkyvE8C69/s1329/PXL_20231205_183547981.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="997" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2WmwHdodCNwMyaPwr2uGQPGkRvnOBIKVr7Gx0d9u10CvaoaGH5FLu3tDLCunHRE2XHgSGqxYaHrPIzKmssb0zA8ehen3H9E6VQTvZVt4zRY91-IwhkXr2r4rR5A4An8bNY4v3C3YGZnT43Z-8rO956iF7HvrDLEZa4Fg6j5dEZd3w4p556jJkyvE8C69/w300-h400/PXL_20231205_183547981.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Christmas decor competition (appetizer foreshadowing)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-P-gLlhLfHQ_z6G1rtHWZtDS70g3VPPUzfMl40l-17vE_edkcwkTQI1dHer8UsFJtUacbXJx8A0n0rX43bo0XJVfrxLUOJhyphenhyphen7QVX8pe8n51fejRHV0rOGJVkVZsP3JsfAleh_qMGPwIQBkDIcAuvA2AY0CZ7AIKDx_P2hwa69QceGmU-Q90OUpQe0iEt5/s1329/PXL_20231205_183932368.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-P-gLlhLfHQ_z6G1rtHWZtDS70g3VPPUzfMl40l-17vE_edkcwkTQI1dHer8UsFJtUacbXJx8A0n0rX43bo0XJVfrxLUOJhyphenhyphen7QVX8pe8n51fejRHV0rOGJVkVZsP3JsfAleh_qMGPwIQBkDIcAuvA2AY0CZ7AIKDx_P2hwa69QceGmU-Q90OUpQe0iEt5/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_183932368.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At the silversmith's</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOTU3RzuRREH9z9lYo6xPSVAKCtL9qahMnHB4gbXgzbKGBcJZuYoe6yW7tNJ2Gefbgi3ifhJnZlQZVpx7E1WznmL4NQMHwlg7El4PeLHScA1Ms4bsXFIugofsXNW9dLpQ-FhU0oiQPrbgEBtZV0KzeQPCYE2cxHkcFL06PskE3BIepe72FXll14INziBs/s1329/PXL_20231205_184855025.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="997" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOTU3RzuRREH9z9lYo6xPSVAKCtL9qahMnHB4gbXgzbKGBcJZuYoe6yW7tNJ2Gefbgi3ifhJnZlQZVpx7E1WznmL4NQMHwlg7El4PeLHScA1Ms4bsXFIugofsXNW9dLpQ-FhU0oiQPrbgEBtZV0KzeQPCYE2cxHkcFL06PskE3BIepe72FXll14INziBs/w300-h400/PXL_20231205_184855025.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Wigmaker</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMl3l2eFuH58vYYILTM3Ek0EiKMZuKJUhyphenhyphenBTn84FVqc5l78w4nV0rRVe6ZOlEp-C5eTSHkPrWReZ-u452RF9TEadHkZWKOuZfx92rJ5HNwzYSn71m2G3-7U4mYDzDn4zf0O8D26Seg6B7-oHhza5d-EPeDe0Qxh_fjsHueny6C6BOPShhdp1dJ0lL4CDY/s1329/PXL_20231205_185759135.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMl3l2eFuH58vYYILTM3Ek0EiKMZuKJUhyphenhyphenBTn84FVqc5l78w4nV0rRVe6ZOlEp-C5eTSHkPrWReZ-u452RF9TEadHkZWKOuZfx92rJ5HNwzYSn71m2G3-7U4mYDzDn4zf0O8D26Seg6B7-oHhza5d-EPeDe0Qxh_fjsHueny6C6BOPShhdp1dJ0lL4CDY/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_185759135.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Champion wreath</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVpUrYd3urU6ESJao-NxC8vykZHPuYHUhmusn7dFlseacPR3NIHZ1-RJ7TvBtpP6WAgbJG1GKRkP1LrlvnnQm2sRJGSHJ7QNoTPRik5BFJIp5b4BImPi-poBR4Jf_ACaT6OLkElqwGG132dfHyYV8L5ccFqiSn4Tis4eH0ZGarV1EtcMYi56GnXTOwuaZ/s1329/PXL_20231205_193008810.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TgWc13dHlRZgXDNtAUmVLAqYLNJKLFZ-fVMhMtbhD5K36QLApsbxkyNiqeitw94b3COjfHzsoXi3clVLd3ZWEdSFfYBGMQ86yqg0fBSXQAybZk2F3013g0zv83QiiUcbUMYqFgY44n0Dz4Tndb9GtfEsG7Ywka4wMTcobUgrxEy5jYOlOwfwhzdlkEXl/w400-h300/PXL_20231205_210156844.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Among our several visits to the excellent museum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wuoTgjKei9bDIFLSZetIh4n3CbWVhr-5c4UtYJyCYb9aubJ-H8XfzbiCk5OFlTwbWtTaWvUM-LcfNYjqyqaa2EqdgyZ3ADtdQTl2bpk2KXTjBEAdMnH0ip8iVC6Bt71KzmRepZlC7QgXahRXRHnHbc2B3sjNL5MH6cyia2rfUVu_6wxihFxm5L5HHsvE/s1329/PXL_20231206_002154242.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wuoTgjKei9bDIFLSZetIh4n3CbWVhr-5c4UtYJyCYb9aubJ-H8XfzbiCk5OFlTwbWtTaWvUM-LcfNYjqyqaa2EqdgyZ3ADtdQTl2bpk2KXTjBEAdMnH0ip8iVC6Bt71KzmRepZlC7QgXahRXRHnHbc2B3sjNL5MH6cyia2rfUVu_6wxihFxm5L5HHsvE/w400-h300/PXL_20231206_002154242.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Eating well, as often as possible...a great captain's plate at Berret's;<br />preceded by the cheapest oysters I've had since France, as foreshadowed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPPepbsoOak5unfYMNLSkrjtDUaQ_sf1qQbqMhF6NApwrHqRgrKbm7XhEnABcxNlfNuMaxZrq8RrUM5EkTe2gd49axJbmeqbTpiB94fDwHHOF28y11nuMWhDlw_jn-MGSO9T34VcmIIHX3YO7oEhasYw3i2Cp_gVDwx7hbewK6URMWSWELNuPB-5Ma5Ji/s1329/PXL_20231206_014533032.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPPepbsoOak5unfYMNLSkrjtDUaQ_sf1qQbqMhF6NApwrHqRgrKbm7XhEnABcxNlfNuMaxZrq8RrUM5EkTe2gd49axJbmeqbTpiB94fDwHHOF28y11nuMWhDlw_jn-MGSO9T34VcmIIHX3YO7oEhasYw3i2Cp_gVDwx7hbewK6URMWSWELNuPB-5Ma5Ji/w400-h300/PXL_20231206_014533032.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Goodwin preached at the Bruton Parish church as well as other<br />places in the East; was an unrelenting advocate for the preservation of<br />Virginia's historical buildings and artefacts; hit the jackpot when<br />he interested Rockefeller ("Praise John from whom oil blessings<br />flow") in the project; we found ourselves sitting beneath the plaque <br />during a concert at the Bruton; erected by "friend and fellow worker" John D. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXSRRj14UU47d-3LB6MspZuB5R_UYJQHpr0D42_4Dh5yVZYbCnxLWiINV3_49mXccntFvjx5Kitc2pvCkh6EdxKPOU9c3VN_Pgqlq1PbQ77LM2wu-cMydSkXOYR334MFhMc9h88lSSMSNJSTrgpWG9Nsg0plz4miJ36omax33WS-45dyc-hUFaHSpBi0s/s1329/PXL_20231206_145923911.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXSRRj14UU47d-3LB6MspZuB5R_UYJQHpr0D42_4Dh5yVZYbCnxLWiINV3_49mXccntFvjx5Kitc2pvCkh6EdxKPOU9c3VN_Pgqlq1PbQ77LM2wu-cMydSkXOYR334MFhMc9h88lSSMSNJSTrgpWG9Nsg0plz4miJ36omax33WS-45dyc-hUFaHSpBi0s/w400-h300/PXL_20231206_145923911.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Weaving</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhf1-vveOYHWWH1Fdw2KUgXnBFLZuxToY9Ecfqhn6pSWe7JKvdALBStayHzqgZEfah_mhlJ5Vh1dzzAOTSkVeG_C641LJmg-ioq5uWml6yYm_j6xKDnXoD6mn81-1hQmYaQeoVGggslQaYCqp_HOTJ5-r9BCvlristMKQqV0-ZVf1r1wJxyOWUeK5giwE/s1329/PXL_20231206_151844266.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhf1-vveOYHWWH1Fdw2KUgXnBFLZuxToY9Ecfqhn6pSWe7JKvdALBStayHzqgZEfah_mhlJ5Vh1dzzAOTSkVeG_C641LJmg-ioq5uWml6yYm_j6xKDnXoD6mn81-1hQmYaQeoVGggslQaYCqp_HOTJ5-r9BCvlristMKQqV0-ZVf1r1wJxyOWUeK5giwE/w400-h300/PXL_20231206_151844266.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Several of the Founders did time in Williamsburg, Virginia's<br />capital until the Seven Years War (aka the French and Indian<br />War)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCZzJL5Fr_kQoGsfi3gIwoVCkOWhhzhIGZjoRPwvMsI8k8cHHk49oUgWoDtyRNTYx7GxFl9n11_4iHVtFJoOoj9h9BLeMfs97CKvh9M-3Rj1acJ21cZN16zkK4FRUq-1_t71xE2wKqh2JxnKoipdy1AHjPuHvpG-GgWpGXOfoSKSM7ZO2LkeWl6so8in6/s1329/PXL_20231206_152532037.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1329" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCZzJL5Fr_kQoGsfi3gIwoVCkOWhhzhIGZjoRPwvMsI8k8cHHk49oUgWoDtyRNTYx7GxFl9n11_4iHVtFJoOoj9h9BLeMfs97CKvh9M-3Rj1acJ21cZN16zkK4FRUq-1_t71xE2wKqh2JxnKoipdy1AHjPuHvpG-GgWpGXOfoSKSM7ZO2LkeWl6so8in6/w400-h300/PXL_20231206_152532037.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">It would be another two generations before Thomas Crapper <br />was born...yes, I enjoy perpetuating the "over-statement" of <br />Wallace Reyburn's playful biography <i>Flushed With Pride</i>...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-18742052656209080552024-01-03T18:21:00.001-05:002024-01-04T09:09:30.457-05:00Asheville And The Biltmore, 2, By Guest Blogger Penelope<p>A continuation of our visit to the Biltmore and a chocolate factory in Asheville.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tE5kCyWFAWlDGPkxarojZJPzlZ_pGRZ-9wy7vUyaa02Tpsb3uquq1dChZTLlzTjpz1mDB0KXxNhevYFE69Lscuq1uY2lKgMwJYsiOUjiJo3yUTZlP2ejgq8oLyXJKpMhPy94-qNlcknG8FS0o6hozmE3siLb7tSJMPS5aanONwlQEcaVwiZNV6nDr0TK/s1354/PXL_20231126_192940889.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tE5kCyWFAWlDGPkxarojZJPzlZ_pGRZ-9wy7vUyaa02Tpsb3uquq1dChZTLlzTjpz1mDB0KXxNhevYFE69Lscuq1uY2lKgMwJYsiOUjiJo3yUTZlP2ejgq8oLyXJKpMhPy94-qNlcknG8FS0o6hozmE3siLb7tSJMPS5aanONwlQEcaVwiZNV6nDr0TK/w400-h300/PXL_20231126_192940889.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The tea menu at a high tea, where you can smell the teas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGuEpo8mp2WWsS1VimO5sCHllqXklw1i3q1PK__1HoFXqu66b8A0NfHaAWmP0ryksYQLkbQRqTGiFeESNdFuYPIkkaIiH7OuqC69wf0AaK1d4JyfSN2dUHb2uaBEPp1D6EIh_fenvPSFUn3531c_uodX_9Axm6Ad4s5wcFeAjZdEhSflsiEmOCK7MtAll/s1354/PXL_20231126_192948707.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGuEpo8mp2WWsS1VimO5sCHllqXklw1i3q1PK__1HoFXqu66b8A0NfHaAWmP0ryksYQLkbQRqTGiFeESNdFuYPIkkaIiH7OuqC69wf0AaK1d4JyfSN2dUHb2uaBEPp1D6EIh_fenvPSFUn3531c_uodX_9Axm6Ad4s5wcFeAjZdEhSflsiEmOCK7MtAll/w300-h400/PXL_20231126_192948707.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">After much deliberation, I picked Masala Chai, my mom <br />picked an apple tea, (which was later discovered to have no <br />tea in it whatsoever, a running joke, as my mother usually <br />doesn't like any tea) and Grandma picked a tropical blend</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoTlz8Tfzkqfnb79SzE6zVbuPISBH6JXmHwxXjWwWhEdW2YXNM2D8nYrFwLikuJveaRk_-lwrF0OV2Kwyfg08u0KPXJnJuxS9nF0ljmA9SmZv7R4bo7ze9AsDf3araJRUpYy_jPYFU1M478JpBpEkT6nnkHrQ7TkR6AiQoKW9W23f3BPk9QyYxXx1vQhc/s1354/PXL_20231126_200954616.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZMq13bRtk7H33ht7AEwcVtm7_ISJlR3CKN4piBOjzLfzu8nxe8G13bT5nWNxgkG7QnWagdnW8tJ9mchkf9TEcBnzHai5r_-abFHS5M5MeDt_7lZiBl-i28pFhtCjhBGW_qpmTdyKUsqLypZZp7B9EBNtQKkk5fcsHXY0Via6TF3k_BknuvrBCwsFNFOK/w300-h400/r.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Me holding a real cocoa pod; in case you were wondering, <br />it sounds like a large baby rattle when shaken!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-59115889470485420662024-01-03T18:20:00.000-05:002024-01-03T18:20:03.933-05:00Asheville and The Biltmore, 1, By Guest Blogger Penelope<p>On November 26-28, my grandmother, my mom, and I went to Asheville and the Biltmore. The Biltmore is a 19th century home that belonged to the Vanderbilt family before being turned into a museum by descendants. Biltmore is famous for its beautiful Christmas decor during the holiday season, and we came for the nighttime Candlelight Tour, when the house is lit only by hundreds of Christmas lights and candles. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtabYksl8NIK2fIVwnppQRvXmKVNJKFMsIo9lJ6ThPhDWMnWY5awanj3ERcNMbNdx0hqsENyo7edX9mi7LAprlcivVTMzq4X4-IW7PzTLFKD4pBna8h26WoSeqYajA4C7bIiOZMEw0ReHb0lO72nNDjDiZKZNntS_9zoEZKwjYakVaFpLO1aSYeTXt7qez/s1354/IMG_9545.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtabYksl8NIK2fIVwnppQRvXmKVNJKFMsIo9lJ6ThPhDWMnWY5awanj3ERcNMbNdx0hqsENyo7edX9mi7LAprlcivVTMzq4X4-IW7PzTLFKD4pBna8h26WoSeqYajA4C7bIiOZMEw0ReHb0lO72nNDjDiZKZNntS_9zoEZKwjYakVaFpLO1aSYeTXt7qez/w244-h400/IMG_9545.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Having an old-fashioned strawberry soda with Grandma</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_SKCwQm9DJlQm6IIsL0_Za63mka9gTvy9GhcT6eFCtrkx4-5Juw8eVs9katPFJCN1NSXBWtrPz9Bha4o-Bbz8oKW3kJTsHGlmtdwBrStw_yAtvLSikN9-du9bo2YUD2BOvjyTnjk7-LAGN7YVTkP3U5vkP_Fvc9bVzAUR-8sUFYBwmmBrXjyFSm9T4Fx/s1354/IMG_9563.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_SKCwQm9DJlQm6IIsL0_Za63mka9gTvy9GhcT6eFCtrkx4-5Juw8eVs9katPFJCN1NSXBWtrPz9Bha4o-Bbz8oKW3kJTsHGlmtdwBrStw_yAtvLSikN9-du9bo2YUD2BOvjyTnjk7-LAGN7YVTkP3U5vkP_Fvc9bVzAUR-8sUFYBwmmBrXjyFSm9T4Fx/w400-h300/IMG_9563.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"> Grandma, my mom, and I on the terrace overlooking Biltmore</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzGrSKNx5u9RG1f-J4JsecLI8xXNS-zrovSlqBfv0Y5Yl73gNU9W2J1YZ2ogR9wiyP9aTA1WNGtAc-_7EVZYvXLrUN3NX5_KZBrclkHPQzSr5iG500wmRTA7bYGVvjZHGdYYwLV3Az3czN7XgSE3xll-36Re2kYXGzfFQAQqJKG-CytipuA2bt3wXG-O6/s1354/IMG_9572.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzGrSKNx5u9RG1f-J4JsecLI8xXNS-zrovSlqBfv0Y5Yl73gNU9W2J1YZ2ogR9wiyP9aTA1WNGtAc-_7EVZYvXLrUN3NX5_KZBrclkHPQzSr5iG500wmRTA7bYGVvjZHGdYYwLV3Az3czN7XgSE3xll-36Re2kYXGzfFQAQqJKG-CytipuA2bt3wXG-O6/w400-h300/IMG_9572.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Inside the expansive greenhouse in the gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkQA2Qt4sG_zqqCOlbo4mPM1TtEG3dTLteFMzTxqBq0Log-8nIr_8plO4k_-fRXtWsWWbK5Sawa_-Ub2Ya03AZyNICVifC0moO0S0TbtZR1znKmPNFzP1OGatTNyPiZ_Xuvfaf-0mzvbjloihBwACUlryW6qJuNPgq5noZ4L0fMV1rNlLe_IwnjK7hnMS/s1354/IMG_9586.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkQA2Qt4sG_zqqCOlbo4mPM1TtEG3dTLteFMzTxqBq0Log-8nIr_8plO4k_-fRXtWsWWbK5Sawa_-Ub2Ya03AZyNICVifC0moO0S0TbtZR1znKmPNFzP1OGatTNyPiZ_Xuvfaf-0mzvbjloihBwACUlryW6qJuNPgq5noZ4L0fMV1rNlLe_IwnjK7hnMS/w400-h300/IMG_9586.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Inside one of Biltmore's hotels, a gingerbread, chocolate, and candy <br />replica of the Great Hall's dining table</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qw7zTJ2FpFKGBkPKpilwZYMpfQccfXaMY5aXb7w-Rdlcc5GeMcC9GOVOLxts-wF0DTsX7Uv5-C6vbEngA66iVXc43VbBVisNlYjbiSejNknoBsUeXHjhZlGLaU2QuVp4sVy-lUp-y4wH2Lm-_rrC-JLY2KguM0h4hA3IbSCr9GJJZZL_boIjIB4G9MNm/s1354/IMG_9587.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qw7zTJ2FpFKGBkPKpilwZYMpfQccfXaMY5aXb7w-Rdlcc5GeMcC9GOVOLxts-wF0DTsX7Uv5-C6vbEngA66iVXc43VbBVisNlYjbiSejNknoBsUeXHjhZlGLaU2QuVp4sVy-lUp-y4wH2Lm-_rrC-JLY2KguM0h4hA3IbSCr9GJJZZL_boIjIB4G9MNm/w300-h400/IMG_9587.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Another view of the gingerbread dining table</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVoELoeSN6_6fVTynrWiWjyGc5SeEBrmpN05kZ8PeVSJSy_pbM1ulTYDtemDuqAn3GEEmgepfSlUeokGZkCtMTehC4w62jbFrA9C5CJIqUJuKqBsUOJsKE4QQL3IdplMvOlH03m26QRQrgLHGyG3bxv6qbv8r9fD7fSqsc8vyVEMTdYMMN1SsV-tRLHlAp/s1354/IMG_9647.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVoELoeSN6_6fVTynrWiWjyGc5SeEBrmpN05kZ8PeVSJSy_pbM1ulTYDtemDuqAn3GEEmgepfSlUeokGZkCtMTehC4w62jbFrA9C5CJIqUJuKqBsUOJsKE4QQL3IdplMvOlH03m26QRQrgLHGyG3bxv6qbv8r9fD7fSqsc8vyVEMTdYMMN1SsV-tRLHlAp/w300-h400/IMG_9647.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">My favorite room in the whole house, the Great Hall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxnSJfqrolX2CoxSin95Eo7iQDVWluFaE2VBpABy62GDSDWw_Ps3yNv1Eo2m2FqKso-GSu4pDyPd_iAF0Nlxdr-3vDyExzEOjcxe4L1vcHff8pScrIT9BVeLBKkHKKlS4a2521cVGBrHFzzGIQI3AA1toYEA-uEFkV4Z0gKLuSbrRr77TU_2W3odXFuE1/s1354/IMG_9652.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxnSJfqrolX2CoxSin95Eo7iQDVWluFaE2VBpABy62GDSDWw_Ps3yNv1Eo2m2FqKso-GSu4pDyPd_iAF0Nlxdr-3vDyExzEOjcxe4L1vcHff8pScrIT9BVeLBKkHKKlS4a2521cVGBrHFzzGIQI3AA1toYEA-uEFkV4Z0gKLuSbrRr77TU_2W3odXFuE1/w400-h300/IMG_9652.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A gingerbread replica of Biltmore inside the kitchens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CXoIoaXwmBh9HqiZtOTYn4Y9fgksgNcbYjPtqOIitr3JkmbkidKnGLM2CVXx3i5G-tO1H4J7atLgm-2_spUXbWRauXoiTY1a6mw8kpuK4kdk75Rl85-LhQ0bVUpCUCt6lizkqp0GYzcrepJM8pXoRXAADX72KUxfPiVT-o6Yj22wEQRj8eoQcG4ZESku/s1354/IMG_9654.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CXoIoaXwmBh9HqiZtOTYn4Y9fgksgNcbYjPtqOIitr3JkmbkidKnGLM2CVXx3i5G-tO1H4J7atLgm-2_spUXbWRauXoiTY1a6mw8kpuK4kdk75Rl85-LhQ0bVUpCUCt6lizkqp0GYzcrepJM8pXoRXAADX72KUxfPiVT-o6Yj22wEQRj8eoQcG4ZESku/w300-h400/IMG_9654.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Another view of my favorite room, the Great Hall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTf27qx_8lPIYY7R7eOQEag0QXkro6ORzt5pkD0FpEDbVG24AbA_rCN7HoFeoFiLqw5iYPSyyOxgRHAzmPkZyksS_vyEdfjHKBB3R8v0EEtfFs0iC4X1gzA-orO_0pvdxqtI3TPSliJ3ZwMjiMQX-HRdOZMWOK_9LavE9KJ9nOqZhpwm2OpQboinxsrLi5/s1354/IMG_9655.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTf27qx_8lPIYY7R7eOQEag0QXkro6ORzt5pkD0FpEDbVG24AbA_rCN7HoFeoFiLqw5iYPSyyOxgRHAzmPkZyksS_vyEdfjHKBB3R8v0EEtfFs0iC4X1gzA-orO_0pvdxqtI3TPSliJ3ZwMjiMQX-HRdOZMWOK_9LavE9KJ9nOqZhpwm2OpQboinxsrLi5/w300-h400/IMG_9655.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A sitting room for guests</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye345iuVI0IF4Wil7CCjHH-65_SAto1tuTTLEkMOnCCmJHRbKRYk7Gslvgh3iucX1nHfJWO0t2k-V01rPxtRnbcAcFhSDU4lOUSDGioNp0ca0v22kf3pIzZbsUG4y5PhnY4ugk3MZqWb9N527KVbOOF-9cAsPxYS6tiZlWDjWLq_t3vj-CjgapxBGmiyV/s1354/PXL_20231126_162313060.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye345iuVI0IF4Wil7CCjHH-65_SAto1tuTTLEkMOnCCmJHRbKRYk7Gslvgh3iucX1nHfJWO0t2k-V01rPxtRnbcAcFhSDU4lOUSDGioNp0ca0v22kf3pIzZbsUG4y5PhnY4ugk3MZqWb9N527KVbOOF-9cAsPxYS6tiZlWDjWLq_t3vj-CjgapxBGmiyV/w400-h300/PXL_20231126_162313060.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Grandma, my mom, and I having lunch at the Stables restaurant, which is actually in the stables!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fOldpNGF4Dha9Bb3eG12qcxYdfjhCaSYuXjqJLKcHWUM_dzdBh1HGF8SFwSWGyoKH3-8PkzOGYalBbluj6lVRezVgVuwRjgig2UmmDxeZasLi3XQhUdanhYuqv70kRuNNWV5Ij8SOdB_XVfIAwIOLd8QabNtn9cyZqE6ETtrrO37pm-UhK8WenJWSU9l/s1354/PXL_20231126_165641896.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fOldpNGF4Dha9Bb3eG12qcxYdfjhCaSYuXjqJLKcHWUM_dzdBh1HGF8SFwSWGyoKH3-8PkzOGYalBbluj6lVRezVgVuwRjgig2UmmDxeZasLi3XQhUdanhYuqv70kRuNNWV5Ij8SOdB_XVfIAwIOLd8QabNtn9cyZqE6ETtrrO37pm-UhK8WenJWSU9l/w400-h300/PXL_20231126_165641896.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Looking up at the roof of Stables</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_w5PNNF1jcu2HCmzsaGBWCD37uUch0rBakNObBlEVCoSRufFRbots2Wsm_ByWJ7K-ndIAbxA8mQbMN17odJc2LRhzHgrSS8rEnljvpkzuWfqSuLGQE3W3n3gPtBY2Uo_R9ztHPacRKr9IP66uBw1ukqP9SC5OCeHF4kdhw1HKEMjlquAid0-w_PNl__e/s1354/PXL_20231126_171858402.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_w5PNNF1jcu2HCmzsaGBWCD37uUch0rBakNObBlEVCoSRufFRbots2Wsm_ByWJ7K-ndIAbxA8mQbMN17odJc2LRhzHgrSS8rEnljvpkzuWfqSuLGQE3W3n3gPtBY2Uo_R9ztHPacRKr9IP66uBw1ukqP9SC5OCeHF4kdhw1HKEMjlquAid0-w_PNl__e/w300-h400/PXL_20231126_171858402.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Beautiful flowers inside one of the greenhouses</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SP0ioEPM1AfrroUlNSCWGaGgDXatdkN36yLoSwny9YUUGCihwj_wpxz413_vDgNZHWyb9QU5hyphenhyphendyHcjKuT1UzagS9tKJW24OZxQ5K1Id5ERo8m-xPSRznYdoo3_Nfcff8gJhyZ7seprQ57qHe2i0v6-bC18GGkc1oU9TS0HsQ5X1lH_yk1c8RVA1PuPC/s1354/PXL_20231126_172035554.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1016" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SP0ioEPM1AfrroUlNSCWGaGgDXatdkN36yLoSwny9YUUGCihwj_wpxz413_vDgNZHWyb9QU5hyphenhyphendyHcjKuT1UzagS9tKJW24OZxQ5K1Id5ERo8m-xPSRznYdoo3_Nfcff8gJhyZ7seprQ57qHe2i0v6-bC18GGkc1oU9TS0HsQ5X1lH_yk1c8RVA1PuPC/w300-h400/PXL_20231126_172035554.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"> My mom and I in front of a poinsettia Christmas tree.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM29C6PBl3M-nIPM6JZTdF0GEUWWEIJbuncQAZ-PkYXE3KVIn4nRAbjWkd4qkmbTq2sWkktondzyfU29pdJ_jq1eoVi9-lW7DjjEL5KVBSk1hyphenhyphenECggXUL5cJzUcBa7AVPrz-5DCHX3w1DekzmEB4XrvdYxXBQjvKwnYsBMKbbAKTkaAWBy9w66Kd61r70k/s1354/PXL_20231126_185652685.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM29C6PBl3M-nIPM6JZTdF0GEUWWEIJbuncQAZ-PkYXE3KVIn4nRAbjWkd4qkmbTq2sWkktondzyfU29pdJ_jq1eoVi9-lW7DjjEL5KVBSk1hyphenhyphenECggXUL5cJzUcBa7AVPrz-5DCHX3w1DekzmEB4XrvdYxXBQjvKwnYsBMKbbAKTkaAWBy9w66Kd61r70k/w400-h300/PXL_20231126_185652685.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On the gingerbread table, everything is edible, even the rice paper <br />replica menus! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzlZ9rDhavQBjMHU3g_omg7ejr3m_14vIPwCdZ7x2MOuFP6GToqAjadvzp3shobEQQS9ROIbVWnAxXxsC3iBoftoAAccPX23PSu5oAsJZZ5_B4Jcw-Fe0EjtDsasby-YH7gvwgmYyTLX4d67bxjdFe8piTXIVzE0PR7x5E6OzH_8ywj4B9LygVSoA0QKg/s1354/PXL_20231126_185657074.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1354" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzlZ9rDhavQBjMHU3g_omg7ejr3m_14vIPwCdZ7x2MOuFP6GToqAjadvzp3shobEQQS9ROIbVWnAxXxsC3iBoftoAAccPX23PSu5oAsJZZ5_B4Jcw-Fe0EjtDsasby-YH7gvwgmYyTLX4d67bxjdFe8piTXIVzE0PR7x5E6OzH_8ywj4B9LygVSoA0QKg/w400-h300/PXL_20231126_185657074.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Cedric, the much-loved mansion's former resident dog, represented <br />in cake form below the gingerbread table</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-22130743607666602762023-12-19T16:23:00.000-05:002023-12-19T16:23:07.503-05:00Preview Of Coming Attractions<p>The Season is upon us, and blogging will slow for the holidays. There is much yet in store for the days following, however. It's been a busy fall...stay tuned.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi096MFkgbRgfqQ1PUbqNa-ktcfUhQts20grcIKC9UE6Q3Ni93Rpg0IUscR69wDZhNoFibhcZAMPA1bRu7_iOeHUG2ruc2LwJ5lDTES4V_3sBx2aeVTZzuZMypByryJgjHPRpZjlPZPrjQDut_IYxwj_aPdbWfjYFLsRiQNUUJkCjq5nnQKKh_qRtGCztow/s4032/PXL_20231126_223628158.NIGHT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2237" data-original-width="4032" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi096MFkgbRgfqQ1PUbqNa-ktcfUhQts20grcIKC9UE6Q3Ni93Rpg0IUscR69wDZhNoFibhcZAMPA1bRu7_iOeHUG2ruc2LwJ5lDTES4V_3sBx2aeVTZzuZMypByryJgjHPRpZjlPZPrjQDut_IYxwj_aPdbWfjYFLsRiQNUUJkCjq5nnQKKh_qRtGCztow/w400-h223/PXL_20231126_223628158.NIGHT.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Asheville and the Biltmore, by guest blogger Penelope</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0AfpWnhka5WArF6zOFM9Z8plwkN82CWkk7cYdfIOws59Oj12W6r1RjkANxCBSqYkcfm1d2gq_iU9ZQGrCe7JIaGPqJ-I7P4WF6VvWwL2rECuLpOIFSYQ53baQuFGqynLpZha_Kt-GksRfCCJ7Ho2Ro2qvBpKropcQdzpSxnUpGaHu_mRGymVUFq67-10/s3448/P1060738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="2586" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0AfpWnhka5WArF6zOFM9Z8plwkN82CWkk7cYdfIOws59Oj12W6r1RjkANxCBSqYkcfm1d2gq_iU9ZQGrCe7JIaGPqJ-I7P4WF6VvWwL2rECuLpOIFSYQ53baQuFGqynLpZha_Kt-GksRfCCJ7Ho2Ro2qvBpKropcQdzpSxnUpGaHu_mRGymVUFq67-10/w300-h400/P1060738.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Colonial Williamsburg, with pix by Ken and Susan; <br />and others</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2BvhkT7NtWgchUo51rtEePWf17hsCszLLxDsjv2QTmXlevyb7eSwBYSgRGkYItOd8I5tQ4WBW6hUyMXWVcAeWwsWB25-zsFVtKPqhuYQzTwb9JOxmKaOlyDMSdVLTiUiFtSNkzB_fX0dl63mgMs_kz3XRsYuRmU3IgT5QI-lXRJ9b6evYhouqpcHgVB5/s4032/IMG_9801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2BvhkT7NtWgchUo51rtEePWf17hsCszLLxDsjv2QTmXlevyb7eSwBYSgRGkYItOd8I5tQ4WBW6hUyMXWVcAeWwsWB25-zsFVtKPqhuYQzTwb9JOxmKaOlyDMSdVLTiUiFtSNkzB_fX0dl63mgMs_kz3XRsYuRmU3IgT5QI-lXRJ9b6evYhouqpcHgVB5/w400-h300/IMG_9801.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced<br />with Danny...Kaye....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw53hICbfQrHwJWzj8djqR_UqqAidj6ExzAmKcwxGnREhl2byR02imvWkrA8LtCis5ufy_7dYmJKAmAi3nZFZGryJRZPHoktiARyAw1hJRD2mVnGSWFcht8oO6k41-5ELFBwg_7ZepD_dhETK1wKXJ_qPhJuHhyBYpZi16nlnqw5-WiCBjeuJZ_6kI_G_Q/s544/IMG_9408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="544" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw53hICbfQrHwJWzj8djqR_UqqAidj6ExzAmKcwxGnREhl2byR02imvWkrA8LtCis5ufy_7dYmJKAmAi3nZFZGryJRZPHoktiARyAw1hJRD2mVnGSWFcht8oO6k41-5ELFBwg_7ZepD_dhETK1wKXJ_qPhJuHhyBYpZi16nlnqw5-WiCBjeuJZ_6kI_G_Q/w400-h349/IMG_9408.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And much else</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-65399820471532106752023-12-12T10:09:00.001-05:002023-12-12T20:11:05.483-05:00A Day In Greensboro<p>November 21st was another outing, Rebecca driving us and Penelope to nearby Greensboro for shopping in antiques and books and records, downtown lunch at Crafted taco restaurant, and a visit to the Replacements, Ltd. complex. Vicki has been a Replacements customer for many years, Rebecca has become one, and I was curious enough to go along. Replacements, Ltd., for those not in the know, collects and sells fine housewares...dishes, crystal, silverware, figurines, artsy things...it is the place to go (<a href="http://Replacements.com">Replacements.com</a>) if your Royal Doulton setting for twelve is missing an espresso cup. Or a teapot. It's also said to be the world's largest collection of said stuff. The complex is beyond stupendously large and interesting; so large as to have its own museum and guided tours. And the company is very employee-, community-, and environment-oriented, very high tech, and very proud of its relatively unique history. We spent a couple hours there and certainly would go back. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f7SLtshPY1gKVIWe6_3UH85n8tghlzxhlwQ2GLvSxqYjoKbEHthQKCwGp_fUpbqHG2wksL9Iq73kyA3LskAnfhjlhMuQGagfi7nDrI5CjoMCj-rgmk-aZeRtqv4Uy4aUR71HT-YecDTBLra5wED1Cuvtadhr2Se6NDu9d9l_bBHktS7pT0yONdw7eVjt/s1304/IMG_9469.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f7SLtshPY1gKVIWe6_3UH85n8tghlzxhlwQ2GLvSxqYjoKbEHthQKCwGp_fUpbqHG2wksL9Iq73kyA3LskAnfhjlhMuQGagfi7nDrI5CjoMCj-rgmk-aZeRtqv4Uy4aUR71HT-YecDTBLra5wED1Cuvtadhr2Se6NDu9d9l_bBHktS7pT0yONdw7eVjt/w400-h300/IMG_9469.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Most of us, there</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_e5bNMIt13frXzzJuT18cAhLPTB21BjTmA2BQNaFbo5Nyjy6uJRRlcJ2IyiW-PejLb1gVkFmV_BQ-lgMLgVBbXFH9yHXUTsysapNO3wvTVfEAU8ArUfG10eesHjsY5ENepoPyGddrqhoxcddGLZVEAZHZ0Ml12ziftikkbi1S45d_FIKNXdfbNZfyPwtT/s1304/IMG_9446.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4Rd0TK8p1m29lPDczFAt-8BaIQDYCfBC5rrfljpyKf19dQvrKo_qLsMty9sRLLld3hpGqDCoRa5JzB_7b2OMoOmtbsIR9ebDUSGTxl3FCRys9-4hP0NjYFbR_cLdpxIP42EY5F5E1C5XwIXkh-0gqYwvk9CJ0JS7bWTMOuY0jUqUc32kEBvTKKpbwVnN/w400-h300/PXL_20231121_150822997.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">In the showroom, a display of the 500 most popular patterns...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLafKEa8LjcySvJr8-ucrYcmNPy7DogNB0gtGE4S50m3Pvt1kXgn1kosMFCIKjpMNzKiQKcwelhfn2fEAh2S1l_cj8Vt3Ka8SLXrEpaYDp3ue2JmAdc_0-4dnBM2jkdsgK_ZRcswdRRvG2Pxd8ujzeQoQclacLiuwqZ4NEFLwI8lLq42onujfW4ypLf_m/s1304/PXL_20231121_150831057.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLafKEa8LjcySvJr8-ucrYcmNPy7DogNB0gtGE4S50m3Pvt1kXgn1kosMFCIKjpMNzKiQKcwelhfn2fEAh2S1l_cj8Vt3Ka8SLXrEpaYDp3ue2JmAdc_0-4dnBM2jkdsgK_ZRcswdRRvG2Pxd8ujzeQoQclacLiuwqZ4NEFLwI8lLq42onujfW4ypLf_m/w400-h300/PXL_20231121_150831057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And there's our Royal Doulton "Canton," as seen with the late<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=paddington+diamond+jubilee&rlz=1C1ZKTG_enUS910US910&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgHECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyEggFEC4YJxivARjHARjqAhiOBTIPCAYQLhgnGMcBGOoCGNEDMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQk2MTI4ajBqMTWoAgiwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d71580bf,vid:7UfiCa244XE,st:0">Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear</a> during the Platinum Jubilee<br />(be very impressed)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCaT9OGmgCaC8WaSwr9z0HFXZieye1i0l2YSgC7NkrB0HpTxQiAtgPzMQ7qKK-1Xc9wDS8DYnyDACFeFfqtAkBdP9-OG9ivk5KiS-FFe-ccZDXgitw5QGHJDOHext9_tvreaadsOJNCpBKX8XnuRCUxj-HnXhxo9EZppNcb8QzHKOuav125VpD1Bkc2SE/s1304/PXL_20231121_150928617.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHn-Yxw1Mw9NlkIsi8SNdYLxSvzNLNtgj8C2p4rspdR2shw2OJTNM7S25osszdjx-76Z1lFyvGt7qoPfl6FMB85bfaC0kl8tBzOkoYAaPJsnGtUZIBD5ZfwALBJ3nV-rtbfjMBA89eIbMUX4jbh-sVSQyXUEgwRhFn-hylhjvaaSKebENAHCMQOx7uacj5/w400-h300/PXL_20231121_204638796.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Lastly, at the Antique Marketplace, viewing the scores of shops <br />and booths; great trip! thanks, Rebecca!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-11951246490372711592023-11-15T10:25:00.001-05:002023-11-15T14:07:31.181-05:00Seeing Silver Springs<p>One of Florida's legendary tourist attractions is Silver Springs. "See Silver Springs" was on bumper stickers, billboards, and everything else that could carry a message in the mid-20th century. And the glass-bottom boats, whereby one saw the silver springs, were world famous, at least in Florida. Of course it was all eclipsed by Disney, as was everything else, declined, but finally was purchased by the state to become a state park, nature preserve, and historical site. Vicki visited it with her family when she was 10, and I am sure I was there with my mother and father on one of our "Florida" vacations in the 50s. It was an activity on Friday at Vicki's mini-reunion in Ocala, and we were there. Admission was a mere $2, the emphasis was on things natural and historical, and on the history of Florida tourism, and we were very glad we went.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7Zy2NoJiOHznsRfmXyUNb9KLHVyXsamfVF6yJVhamxq4bnf5Xay3dhWoVoDnTti2xhOqo8L6aeAI1c_HqxNqWLdLXXZrra2pvrTuBPceCQrjf6ckVLbqn41xS7dbvYeUAXwYroLuM95qYXb155KtybPbTBFWeEToKHEQU9La_gsqrI9PUJHB1_vTJ92S/s1304/PXL_20231110_152121215.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1304" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7Zy2NoJiOHznsRfmXyUNb9KLHVyXsamfVF6yJVhamxq4bnf5Xay3dhWoVoDnTti2xhOqo8L6aeAI1c_HqxNqWLdLXXZrra2pvrTuBPceCQrjf6ckVLbqn41xS7dbvYeUAXwYroLuM95qYXb155KtybPbTBFWeEToKHEQU9La_gsqrI9PUJHB1_vTJ92S/w400-h323/PXL_20231110_152121215.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Old-timey entrance preserved</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTNEpPTFQLjxuejxSkt8X-XJe9s6Ak9F4sZggXxNiNU2kx_P2szPPRQxZ1cgeRqmFbgwl2JFZ2hcxQ7JYLhaudRukLe0QTdHbQfGmgFztLzGZNNC2UChh6NKls2PTSAckcMM2t9Bgur8vVRh_3FxopUVf_2wchm3CxT7AalIuRGHGIdOwvH6gF2EnlbJZK/w400-h300/PXL_20231110_155622153.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The springs come up through the limestone, clearing out the <br />sandy areas...some hundreds of millions of gallons from the Florida<br />aquifer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhd__WU60_-FjlKdZi4SKn6AaC79RQvefWDiBMk4f_S-1OtxP0YBsbPzwDJA5NSc9SlmiFEWDFrWemGqTET6WdYOTe9fTXwwwLXOgER2QVfpoAX76zQV9MgAXqPoq8_gpcRzqRIcoKCoW9vFwqq6dd8P-GHhd2MoSyCaGtCCJPyTit7RnyqnEtN6-T8PH/s1304/PXL_20231110_160112021.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFhd__WU60_-FjlKdZi4SKn6AaC79RQvefWDiBMk4f_S-1OtxP0YBsbPzwDJA5NSc9SlmiFEWDFrWemGqTET6WdYOTe9fTXwwwLXOgER2QVfpoAX76zQV9MgAXqPoq8_gpcRzqRIcoKCoW9vFwqq6dd8P-GHhd2MoSyCaGtCCJPyTit7RnyqnEtN6-T8PH/w400-h300/PXL_20231110_160112021.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Remains of an ancient native American dug-out canoe; so it was<br />said</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgaip1e9fAZtqgKqs_Y_y91ZpqxG6B3lmcS97Dt9g78C55pzJa4TiITKFeex4Z154H6lKFI8KJVgr2yhoUAYLLP-fcLYXnhGeilSxTrtC8lVvA8jGseGjzio3LbokpaHfYWS8lRRjYKgLw0oWrDV0DeP5vcjEmtmccRq9qKbSmF2sIyUgXqL6844qwfcJ/s1304/PXL_20231110_160458684.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgaip1e9fAZtqgKqs_Y_y91ZpqxG6B3lmcS97Dt9g78C55pzJa4TiITKFeex4Z154H6lKFI8KJVgr2yhoUAYLLP-fcLYXnhGeilSxTrtC8lVvA8jGseGjzio3LbokpaHfYWS8lRRjYKgLw0oWrDV0DeP5vcjEmtmccRq9qKbSmF2sIyUgXqL6844qwfcJ/w400-h300/PXL_20231110_160458684.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">A number of movies were filmed at Silver Springs, most notably,<br />for me, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon">The Creature from the Black Lagoon</a></i>, and its sequels, which<br />gave me nightmares as a child and probably explains my reluctance<br />to step into any body of water that is less than 3% chlorine; that, and<br /><i>Jaws</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_Ht9Woq4nqNEaifLrOvBLg-xTyUPk8JdXfJOhmcWHq8w0RXpWWX4XayjBJfYvdHiiiClXkldpN0PKFJsUtye-9LZuOtIwuKKaHHmKJERaApu2wWVDw6240EBgK6l_AoCNxa5b-bKpJ3ZLG_3Uly5RmWbGAhfhqhgcqrtDviNkCV2uszZIijK4XTw061Q/s1304/PXL_20231110_160534305.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7uQjCmdMqXFfa2CB5ZmkxjkrArVRgHGtzXPU6G1nrGP-bxskLcb2OU79jocdUNrM3O_0UNdymgcu8-ap_lO4b9tu9ANn6dgU5hEChiAm2xYp2V8_FUHmQ-7EbN_i8CB-IJMiqMM4740bu-EGDLsVY7oxruZZzm39ZvT4i_8X9krSWPZvnU3FXgIZMGHt/w400-h300/PXL_20231110_161443775.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">An alligator, not a small one, lurks nearby; alas, we did not see<br />any of the manatees</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalGbxd2BkNaT4avLVTzuWe4C8CzyvnLPKaJuZuYWqtTxCCKm4VQAdDwoweE44627nD4VYWBRE7Z2tv0rCq4zaoHD4lRUeb65tx4e3RxeWHeM8WBQ7WmSJNg7qT49q74rEaHgS2J7j2OvEQ4GFhu29sNX_37559Yda_yHS6Ukx99mJ32Cza0vhYA4zJ_iN/s1304/PXL_20231110_161809919.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixELRfkxrSJXMl9tRi6S7W2C4TnIONvddXW8bWzbNxhliUgRLNO_crdFaRiSqOy25nBdn1KWGSeyj-gXpj1vYPnYJYE8Bau9P-XlxHJT_wwf56jncKWXDZhwzRtQ4idvwFZYPmauMkFt_9ZmZmEcHF_HhEcnfaeXGcyH1hLPEaXOG-XFQ2086w26nn_ZTs/w300-h400/PXL_20231110_162617212.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Now we are promenading ashore, being enlightened<br />by the excellent signage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6zBt3h5wGd5N50NvsjZZ-xrHh9jlL45IeNb4sOZcDZ2uqD0X9MDpG2TIDr7HNLU6PkwjCQM4FS3obv2QNBec7IpR-MrPZGW4qH63lbo0jw6e5JYigZSF_2_NhUT7h2ZuwPgjxVzTPGEGYdkg9qhqMjoDnBEKaUleQtlj7bJWqbXPUZ5t3BdQQyIO69zN/s1304/PXL_20231110_163034750.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6zBt3h5wGd5N50NvsjZZ-xrHh9jlL45IeNb4sOZcDZ2uqD0X9MDpG2TIDr7HNLU6PkwjCQM4FS3obv2QNBec7IpR-MrPZGW4qH63lbo0jw6e5JYigZSF_2_NhUT7h2ZuwPgjxVzTPGEGYdkg9qhqMjoDnBEKaUleQtlj7bJWqbXPUZ5t3BdQQyIO69zN/w300-h400/PXL_20231110_163034750.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Statue of Osceola, leader of the unconquered Seminole<br />tribe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JpCfly86B9l3VEIAMeO9UpdijHycXkllF1lbc1HimXftpQuwPVjHXzQJv3FyDvdcRvWaWpj8SXHdZXtVg71jROJl_vcGEgbdBIKuvnzKf9lG9b4JLp9uQufr3yiPys1l6MqKCzdg6B6aa9kM6gUGBeqkf2IbNdJ69PONkdg6nP4NIV5qHh_pGDt3VKvN/s1304/PXL_20231110_163125777.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JpCfly86B9l3VEIAMeO9UpdijHycXkllF1lbc1HimXftpQuwPVjHXzQJv3FyDvdcRvWaWpj8SXHdZXtVg71jROJl_vcGEgbdBIKuvnzKf9lG9b4JLp9uQufr3yiPys1l6MqKCzdg6B6aa9kM6gUGBeqkf2IbNdJ69PONkdg6nP4NIV5qHh_pGDt3VKvN/w300-h400/PXL_20231110_163125777.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">No swimming, currently, although the state has agreed<br />to restore a swimming area; people were kayaking and <br />paddle-boarding all over the river when we were there </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiw2M4Ilyuq_XBQHa4jo04cgfrfhEhhUEYyzxTXPF6-Z5V_0saQ7S2PanDekUcD52ZbSxCm7KOHdrBia2VtNZN-shONjkO5uJS1LWfvHTaQ9p30sRnXx3rK7BmSg-PZaI9mUd1B8OuFueIkla9WPRt91sweuKobisU6-BPdW237hfYROa22q-Io_DUyXF/s1304/PXL_20231110_163304147.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDsewsUXRKVxkrh7zgdZpv86G-2mkoF_y4Or1uUu9qMjmNDHjz_ycinWtORNZX81VXFBEG8iEOR794wRUtKSnp1XyLQm2a9XEJtzYzQydz1BtZ4fI7V0Kn5hEdCCFmgPyt0z8k9Jnqj-UTEdmjYofoNMn4O2xL1w2VZrth4_l3xiX3DpQJt_-KZKUN1ry/w300-h400/PXL_20231110_172035678.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Giant cypresses all over; nice place, we recommend<br />especially for the Florida nostalgia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-44437683202587324082023-11-14T11:41:00.003-05:002023-11-14T16:59:20.115-05:00Nova Class of '66<p>Members of Vicki's high school class always thought of themselves as special--the first class to enter and graduate from an experimental and progressive public high school in Fort Lauderdale--and now, well beyond their 50th reunion, they continue to gather informally every few years. And so, for us, it was another road trip and gathering, this time in Ocala, Florida. Mostly it was meal-time conversations and catching up and also in the evenings around the pool. There was also a day-time excursion to Silver Springs, which will be the subject of the next post.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u0-k-MW_cMNO5u7MRioZQ-ewR_mJ2awW-JGfI3VDSsBSu_lNhJ16ZNCsMqyQPXv7wkljBENwQojkDltyhjRe8E4fJAL6aITnWdPXSJQ3Ajmm-hjpmINIrluLHBbQwLT7FDFilV7pyZTmy672N8Q32AWsWg0lta0J8Dq9NFi67-ZjWdFtvQUEU5-l1bRu/s1304/PXL_20231108_162325615.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u0-k-MW_cMNO5u7MRioZQ-ewR_mJ2awW-JGfI3VDSsBSu_lNhJ16ZNCsMqyQPXv7wkljBENwQojkDltyhjRe8E4fJAL6aITnWdPXSJQ3Ajmm-hjpmINIrluLHBbQwLT7FDFilV7pyZTmy672N8Q32AWsWg0lta0J8Dq9NFi67-ZjWdFtvQUEU5-l1bRu/w400-h300/PXL_20231108_162325615.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Another rental car, with all the new-to-us safety features; after several<br />years of such rentals I am now getting comfortable with said features,<br />even relying on them</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwoJ8twzINFt9DIqa5ckbNeHhH9NuOoTixNUGnpYbmLhHMeHBV29M0x8XDBcZy3Qe_faIar5K4lBvrmHDNH4_-QPZ3CXy6L32arPcyawoeQ0DaaI8o-jqpdh_2RyGJ6wNGpP57MuK1uRRlvd7G3sqcslPUcTEXYVk6dzPQd-iXQ5Ka0KdPKB1u5PQtdaV/s1304/PXL_20231109_095912956.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwoJ8twzINFt9DIqa5ckbNeHhH9NuOoTixNUGnpYbmLhHMeHBV29M0x8XDBcZy3Qe_faIar5K4lBvrmHDNH4_-QPZ3CXy6L32arPcyawoeQ0DaaI8o-jqpdh_2RyGJ6wNGpP57MuK1uRRlvd7G3sqcslPUcTEXYVk6dzPQd-iXQ5Ka0KdPKB1u5PQtdaV/w400-h300/PXL_20231109_095912956.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Appropriate road music</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDapnZ8vL9wOjKVkm5ZgiWDKVnMOBqeeLbSU4keoGOH-0aG82bjgj_3O06Lu1aCRO_8cdoPqpFhUcLNKvtWwePObUpygmjHkKFShHadEjD2RhfeK0SweMwe0SXc51Dz4KRkyMvPaeswT6PByFWrrwNPVb2QJZhyphenhyphenPEqqmkW3vTJpYqMlU8Jq_REfRSzWRt9/s1304/PXL_20231109_100030562.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDapnZ8vL9wOjKVkm5ZgiWDKVnMOBqeeLbSU4keoGOH-0aG82bjgj_3O06Lu1aCRO_8cdoPqpFhUcLNKvtWwePObUpygmjHkKFShHadEjD2RhfeK0SweMwe0SXc51Dz4KRkyMvPaeswT6PByFWrrwNPVb2QJZhyphenhyphenPEqqmkW3vTJpYqMlU8Jq_REfRSzWRt9/w400-h300/PXL_20231109_100030562.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Moon and star aligned just right for a 5AM departure</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhDTCTWTe8EIPM6lWLAIZaa9PF5OOEB0O_eZAaiNDdpSzvQNyvs9OtjsgKM9a-GbuPXaQm-vE87Po0X1_XsjOhn8-_hRHk6ppUt9mhzLtKnUrwng-FuKMLh8CqZ0Gr439NGjNFs0L_aZ89_DAgLsB2RG7r5RHJ4RK6m3HA5IKwB8G9wCPBMDqt1BamGLE/s4032/PXL_20231109_214552281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhDTCTWTe8EIPM6lWLAIZaa9PF5OOEB0O_eZAaiNDdpSzvQNyvs9OtjsgKM9a-GbuPXaQm-vE87Po0X1_XsjOhn8-_hRHk6ppUt9mhzLtKnUrwng-FuKMLh8CqZ0Gr439NGjNFs0L_aZ89_DAgLsB2RG7r5RHJ4RK6m3HA5IKwB8G9wCPBMDqt1BamGLE/w400-h300/PXL_20231109_214552281.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Very weird cloud formations above Ocala; sink-holes in the sky?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9TNJDzxJ45R2xyhYEs0dxHs91XgSgYmiwueHHNydX_pbnAirEif6hj1g5FrN9QLHjD4HNk3-LQ5VkYyeaDUhb_MzxfwYa6M6PZi5yWiykDtmDT2j3BHosJztgyauzkoBBec5ZQYS9u9XWKs0fg7TGoPkuK-iXcOcoaImv-tEwsiQfyPH1WNU_wVt522vu/s1304/PXL_20231110_182426177.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9TNJDzxJ45R2xyhYEs0dxHs91XgSgYmiwueHHNydX_pbnAirEif6hj1g5FrN9QLHjD4HNk3-LQ5VkYyeaDUhb_MzxfwYa6M6PZi5yWiykDtmDT2j3BHosJztgyauzkoBBec5ZQYS9u9XWKs0fg7TGoPkuK-iXcOcoaImv-tEwsiQfyPH1WNU_wVt522vu/w300-h400/PXL_20231110_182426177.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Driving around Ocala, we encountered this and<br />chased down the driver and his companion...both<br />20 or less, with no idea of the family name nor<br />history (except that it is nearly always mispronounced); <br />part of the Ebenezer (GA) Sherouse clan migrated<br />to central Florida in the 19th century, my part to<br />Fort Myers, other parts to northern Florida; the driver's<br />family has been in the plastering business in Alachua<br />county for more than a century; just FYI; you saw it <br />first here</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4meqYXKJKmOAHW6S5PdjtRldkZU4u5Zcst4HerKqcChzYnJF-KT02OqLUN30x6y1Mij8XCTbOUqdCEawxXmzA9FOtKpq-SGU3ncavDNGcN5ZmjrjM9k1t88nPqAT4UZ5B0Wv-WIc3oVwLr7KB5zrqao28fGIp-8VUhyphenhyphenDIbwqbQrl64RNxjwqm1GzYrCV/s1304/PXL_20231110_222518182.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4meqYXKJKmOAHW6S5PdjtRldkZU4u5Zcst4HerKqcChzYnJF-KT02OqLUN30x6y1Mij8XCTbOUqdCEawxXmzA9FOtKpq-SGU3ncavDNGcN5ZmjrjM9k1t88nPqAT4UZ5B0Wv-WIc3oVwLr7KB5zrqao28fGIp-8VUhyphenhyphenDIbwqbQrl64RNxjwqm1GzYrCV/w400-h300/PXL_20231110_222518182.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Nova Titans and Titanettes, 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCi5o2rjojJz2AyJIbel4jApvZr_qwN-hd_CMko4U6w1FNOhXPuRBwD6rdJFGtSyhd2UIdUP-qW5ysHc3z2DoEjAtSqIkPl_am95HSdlJujccm6PDs4SAo6GzFBZGnhevOBaNz91YeJOCXsxguGh_OiAUbashqQtG5q3uWEULXJETlAwlLeQIyppQE8RJ/s1304/PXL_20231112_160548373.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCi5o2rjojJz2AyJIbel4jApvZr_qwN-hd_CMko4U6w1FNOhXPuRBwD6rdJFGtSyhd2UIdUP-qW5ysHc3z2DoEjAtSqIkPl_am95HSdlJujccm6PDs4SAo6GzFBZGnhevOBaNz91YeJOCXsxguGh_OiAUbashqQtG5q3uWEULXJETlAwlLeQIyppQE8RJ/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_160548373.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And just 1,256 miles later, we are back at the Raleigh shopping center<br />to return the car</td></tr></tbody></table><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWJ5XoXH-Xi9NORl7UTCwPtfTdBDyOVXGBa99u_9d3RzbH3_c-zk6p7pUj-LKNwhccaIZJH6EFOO_aIoxtIAg8Vh3FwVcfBkkptbOUolAgLrC4bhnqDYq20VNhfBeLoCM_tEAjyyq7lFqv9UxXDUdQ7VYWeWuda_Soj1tASt4HKdjjRISKpKWCeKfeq_1/s1304/PXL_20231112_164740577.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWJ5XoXH-Xi9NORl7UTCwPtfTdBDyOVXGBa99u_9d3RzbH3_c-zk6p7pUj-LKNwhccaIZJH6EFOO_aIoxtIAg8Vh3FwVcfBkkptbOUolAgLrC4bhnqDYq20VNhfBeLoCM_tEAjyyq7lFqv9UxXDUdQ7VYWeWuda_Soj1tASt4HKdjjRISKpKWCeKfeq_1/w300-h400/PXL_20231112_164740577.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Getting our steps and marveling at the fashions while<br />awaiting Rebecca's arrival to take us back home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3b9Tv4qPbFN4AAeYNBHKlcKhjTXF84sL3diJggd-77cm2RHZOps03AL5YgQt9L26J1_gJ02q4DaYpt_YlZARUMFH8ioxnRs-je82Jarc0rizIVpoS9eLVV0btJ4plhq7Goz8XI71fIAsOZKCI8FOVqT-Z7Yj_VfPtquG7P1eZOJ8vjPrZAxSHdyQvwvY/s1304/PXL_20231112_165747806.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3b9Tv4qPbFN4AAeYNBHKlcKhjTXF84sL3diJggd-77cm2RHZOps03AL5YgQt9L26J1_gJ02q4DaYpt_YlZARUMFH8ioxnRs-je82Jarc0rizIVpoS9eLVV0btJ4plhq7Goz8XI71fIAsOZKCI8FOVqT-Z7Yj_VfPtquG7P1eZOJ8vjPrZAxSHdyQvwvY/w300-h400/PXL_20231112_165747806.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Among the clever things seen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-53684737239422955252023-11-06T20:26:00.003-05:002023-11-29T08:43:49.067-05:00Scandinavian Penultimate Downsizing<p>Our daily routine, nearly every day, involves going through stuff, making decisions whether to sell, discard, donate, keep, leave for descendants and survivors. We are doing the <a href="https://www.bhg.com/decorating/storage/organization-basics/swedish-death-cleaning-tips/">Swedish Death Cleaning</a> process, leisurely, mindfully. One might say we've been doing it for fifteen years, in visits to Montana, periodically going through all the stuff we put in storage upon retiring in 2008. But now we are doing it for the long haul. It has been an interesting process so far, occasioning many journeys down the memory or amnesia lanes, some puzzlement, some amazement, some to be highlighted below. Many still for sale.</p><p>Of course, the SDC process itself needs re-branding, to avoid the morbid connotations. I have tentatively settled on the blogpost title above, but I am open to suggestions, except anything about sparking joy. And speaking of re-branding...a couple weeks ago Vicki made <a href="https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024503-marry-me-chicken">"Marry Me" chicken</a>, an Italian dish featuring sun-dried tomatoes, tomato paste, cream, and red pepper flakes, among other things. <i>Delicioso</i>. We are now calling it <i>Swipe Right Chicken</i>. Look it up.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij77bDzX9AVclMvSxo5Qq7a2xpUtV8FZ3-Jo5dwsCM8MNYp5dpnAvjdPEi9DSggX6m0R8dpSRx9BQLnJ9nkDsMF8guaL6D9vXVhXXDpXIwVmOuNGBZV5z7LeakRkFj4Fe6A9CC7IAjCOvZ8dOLEUgDRXwQeb-YiIZ84CxR_sFloEoJ8hcuywhVGI_3Fili/s1304/PXL_20230828_165212932.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij77bDzX9AVclMvSxo5Qq7a2xpUtV8FZ3-Jo5dwsCM8MNYp5dpnAvjdPEi9DSggX6m0R8dpSRx9BQLnJ9nkDsMF8guaL6D9vXVhXXDpXIwVmOuNGBZV5z7LeakRkFj4Fe6A9CC7IAjCOvZ8dOLEUgDRXwQeb-YiIZ84CxR_sFloEoJ8hcuywhVGI_3Fili/w400-h300/PXL_20230828_165212932.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Among items recovered after 15 years' storage: my first, and last, <br />oil painting, an <i>Expulsion, </i>c. 1988; among the first Apple-adopters<br />in the late 70s, we gradually became unhappy with the brand,<br />which may be reflected in the painting; maybe not; interestingly,<br />the serpent <i>and</i> god are the expellers; more relevantly, with this<br />painting I learned that it takes a long time for linseed oil-based<br />paint to dry and that in a place like Dallas the oil attracts gnats <br />that then get stuck in the muck; I bet van Eyck never had to pick <br />gnats out of <i>Adoration of the Mystic Lamb</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoX2gYlRkJ-maZDM6Is8Cqb2YmcbynGuvwunZgWSAg3bTboWNU4yCKEmm0HBiUQBEVol0Lv98QD5PXHJvz6W2bafgcPF5dzNw_vH8ghpxcHWKykCCgB42SCF1wMI0hj5YUduFU6bixUmEa4kkbwSDNxj67SVyCvo5V36TD03fP50SdAin9nF09I3f-PVYM/s1304/PXL_20230828_165238005.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoX2gYlRkJ-maZDM6Is8Cqb2YmcbynGuvwunZgWSAg3bTboWNU4yCKEmm0HBiUQBEVol0Lv98QD5PXHJvz6W2bafgcPF5dzNw_vH8ghpxcHWKykCCgB42SCF1wMI0hj5YUduFU6bixUmEa4kkbwSDNxj67SVyCvo5V36TD03fP50SdAin9nF09I3f-PVYM/w400-h300/PXL_20230828_165238005.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Accordingly, I switched over to acrylic, which cleans up with<br />water and does not stain the carpet nor attract gnats (important art <br />history and technological insights); this is my mostly <i>impasto</i> portrait <br />of our dog, Fafner--beloved Fafner--a Tibetan Terrier, faithful <br />companion from 1983 to 1995; this and the above not for sale</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL0qTsMpgFROXucSckfsJHWNxz5kSO4-bSBgIBZAZceqRGfNI8GUsO2nKOK6CR88RPKBykjGVCnIO-KIef6NUWVMfu-Q0gTFxp9U0_35UuFadvQYFWZq_SPPi3IC-0NPuiUICJtvA-IgZlzQFUka9BaNMEU2xWqzC6ouwtO6xG_aTG3iWUVm-Ia87QrWW/s1304/PXL_20230906_173608816.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKL0qTsMpgFROXucSckfsJHWNxz5kSO4-bSBgIBZAZceqRGfNI8GUsO2nKOK6CR88RPKBykjGVCnIO-KIef6NUWVMfu-Q0gTFxp9U0_35UuFadvQYFWZq_SPPi3IC-0NPuiUICJtvA-IgZlzQFUka9BaNMEU2xWqzC6ouwtO6xG_aTG3iWUVm-Ia87QrWW/w400-h300/PXL_20230906_173608816.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Books; many books; this is my 15-volume set of Samuel Eliot <br />Morison's <i>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FVmOePZCMOiyv0vPpan-qYfFimkGifTyE7kIdkUv3KdZV5wHaUwRB1Nn9_NF9vY_zyuzLUVi12NOkULvHsJMR6G3HoekmzQRUEO56yBiCclOPZyl2jwMTBVUt-bvAjpf5UW1VODJEjD-SxoFHWBRB-1tQwaYSdaVawr4sSnQbbtEg1pPfXSbH3wwGHnb/s1304/PXL_20230927_191528641.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FVmOePZCMOiyv0vPpan-qYfFimkGifTyE7kIdkUv3KdZV5wHaUwRB1Nn9_NF9vY_zyuzLUVi12NOkULvHsJMR6G3HoekmzQRUEO56yBiCclOPZyl2jwMTBVUt-bvAjpf5UW1VODJEjD-SxoFHWBRB-1tQwaYSdaVawr4sSnQbbtEg1pPfXSbH3wwGHnb/w400-h300/PXL_20230927_191528641.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Memories of Dallas...1986...I was Special Assistant to the President<br />of SMU...just months before the Death Penalty, SMU was hosting <br />the Final Four...and Vicki and I were among the VIPs...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XQXQGK9bAFd63tKakBUVNdiJg2AFvqs0_TLji-9dTy7YHfFLFdtRw35CzV6EOYmuxWK_LT9MTFZ7jwb5-GJiRxqaMmyUg1FcSPB5BqPV3HLYvgJSpoA1rZUpN-ZuBe1I6ZCQ78nS1fuKtdMdrwU9beqgEG2TGxcQ09KL3ngc1oGW-YyJVuedLOpg4wZU/s1304/PXL_20230930_152407748.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XQXQGK9bAFd63tKakBUVNdiJg2AFvqs0_TLji-9dTy7YHfFLFdtRw35CzV6EOYmuxWK_LT9MTFZ7jwb5-GJiRxqaMmyUg1FcSPB5BqPV3HLYvgJSpoA1rZUpN-ZuBe1I6ZCQ78nS1fuKtdMdrwU9beqgEG2TGxcQ09KL3ngc1oGW-YyJVuedLOpg4wZU/w400-h300/PXL_20230930_152407748.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Souvenir</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRumfEsOnYwlqFTVXhTpuFZhHJLfONULeFK-U2DorawZsgJu54Wg6IMbR3ACBlzOlUhO6LGPKsyQJ69llVi9GCms4o4_7a-FXjxIrZu0nHYbMH7N8pOCwA_tczUyFOrnzXFXTe4tdAA4OcH7IviAx5Dk0CuFE7P2qLYpD-scdfi4Cpez3AVE3tw5gY2Gub/s1304/PXL_20230924_195915995.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRumfEsOnYwlqFTVXhTpuFZhHJLfONULeFK-U2DorawZsgJu54Wg6IMbR3ACBlzOlUhO6LGPKsyQJ69llVi9GCms4o4_7a-FXjxIrZu0nHYbMH7N8pOCwA_tczUyFOrnzXFXTe4tdAA4OcH7IviAx5Dk0CuFE7P2qLYpD-scdfi4Cpez3AVE3tw5gY2Gub/w300-h400/PXL_20230924_195915995.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">From the WTF department: neither of us has any<br />recollection whatsoever of how we came by this<br /><i>Mannequin Pis </i>replica liquor dispenser; works, too<br />(see illustration); batteries not included; liquor not<br />included</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9id1NhWyteU2hSWhM_xvBp_RvTJrJOyIugCMVGkh1K5B4hNruIDiu5hauBGEAyxxq1pXM550esEiiNbsAaa2a-DqTWfLtsJl_Y-Y5IdpUNXkbCVaYkMNtD062vdIMGsSBU9raxsJKzyRfquwe8xLbM09wBDJZbkauOGuugzk7GkEU9giw4-6_VxC4McYC/s1304/PXL_20230927_192203391.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9id1NhWyteU2hSWhM_xvBp_RvTJrJOyIugCMVGkh1K5B4hNruIDiu5hauBGEAyxxq1pXM550esEiiNbsAaa2a-DqTWfLtsJl_Y-Y5IdpUNXkbCVaYkMNtD062vdIMGsSBU9raxsJKzyRfquwe8xLbM09wBDJZbkauOGuugzk7GkEU9giw4-6_VxC4McYC/w400-h300/PXL_20230927_192203391.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">For 13 years we lived in the Inland Northwest--Big Sky country--<br />and of course had to have a Hudson's Bay blanket to adorn our log<br />home<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1Y7hop9eWV-rlFyue9iZOuGa9USZ5YYj4qO-e9lRCK0jJ_bz2uyKmpSJdG8x0LxqB738rq6JDls_dcBTa5583yBYpSJ5LkQtR-kReOJnfx5PsVrijVAI5P1KuqeAs-zcGFw9NAbo_z7f5Hui_Ze4ZS-ygBa4jnB1y77bhFjs4TBsPffnihi58MWU_gm2/s1304/PXL_20230930_152415527.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1Y7hop9eWV-rlFyue9iZOuGa9USZ5YYj4qO-e9lRCK0jJ_bz2uyKmpSJdG8x0LxqB738rq6JDls_dcBTa5583yBYpSJ5LkQtR-kReOJnfx5PsVrijVAI5P1KuqeAs-zcGFw9NAbo_z7f5Hui_Ze4ZS-ygBa4jnB1y77bhFjs4TBsPffnihi58MWU_gm2/w300-h400/PXL_20230930_152415527.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">No idea where this came from either--cassette tapes--<br />I'm hardly a Verdi fan, and have yet to begin going<br />through all the vinyls and CDs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg2JdQv9zSaw0jqltmp3aMMvDP3gdVp7jYDe2JeSbX-dmJ7dlXsneKiyPkgZh9Wp_Tq18VagnUol5t70F8_zZbG0iWj1-WufPSe440rhKEBKeTtRhxrhaj39ceCO-uhEW4cPQj_kTrrtbuPCuJxShHSP991IBh13__8a-sA-6xt5toH9oheYzyZ7nofzp/s1304/PXL_20230930_152628993.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg2JdQv9zSaw0jqltmp3aMMvDP3gdVp7jYDe2JeSbX-dmJ7dlXsneKiyPkgZh9Wp_Tq18VagnUol5t70F8_zZbG0iWj1-WufPSe440rhKEBKeTtRhxrhaj39ceCO-uhEW4cPQj_kTrrtbuPCuJxShHSP991IBh13__8a-sA-6xt5toH9oheYzyZ7nofzp/w300-h400/PXL_20230930_152628993.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Glasses from the Stiegl beer museum in Salzburg;<br />"Es muss ein Stiegl sein!" ("It must be a Stiegl!")</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTzbwqSddewpnXFzi1CCstPDPcyPMyE_dCUAfTQ5QKOau8tJw3IY_mRwduQVRIWfe1AfQ-Af8RS7L9opQgChKpg086_cJwYdog-F2FxzkeH4JTIc6kCK51ADYWM3xE3G9wit5yYbjNEQHyo72ENcZ9Bv-rst1UPoamVYh4_R61NjL61RJeO7zd5BT5wAg/s1304/PXL_20230930_195813198.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTzbwqSddewpnXFzi1CCstPDPcyPMyE_dCUAfTQ5QKOau8tJw3IY_mRwduQVRIWfe1AfQ-Af8RS7L9opQgChKpg086_cJwYdog-F2FxzkeH4JTIc6kCK51ADYWM3xE3G9wit5yYbjNEQHyo72ENcZ9Bv-rst1UPoamVYh4_R61NjL61RJeO7zd5BT5wAg/w300-h400/PXL_20230930_195813198.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">My winter Kimono-style robe, from a visit to Japan<br />in 1983; SMU was in the Mirage Bowl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOJ2tv9MXptl4qZbm56LLX-CnB-t7wxi7DjTZwQdWm8s4epi645WPL9FwH1mzmlN5ZspO4qvOGsj8ZSKVU82WalLxwp15Fk9SAWI58avLCcUyezmx0zNGU6qELXbzkqsLqa-IFh543P8qnQ6faBUn7hY-o0A8LMU1blJ8EQvt2o4Y96MYoSJbldWDNr7G/s1304/PXL_20231001_211955329.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOJ2tv9MXptl4qZbm56LLX-CnB-t7wxi7DjTZwQdWm8s4epi645WPL9FwH1mzmlN5ZspO4qvOGsj8ZSKVU82WalLxwp15Fk9SAWI58avLCcUyezmx0zNGU6qELXbzkqsLqa-IFh543P8qnQ6faBUn7hY-o0A8LMU1blJ8EQvt2o4Y96MYoSJbldWDNr7G/w300-h400/PXL_20231001_211955329.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Authentic haggis whistle, from Scotland, guaranteed<br />to attract female haggises in heat; $1,000 OBO; no<br />returns, no refunds</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhqRmALFKO4LJyr-BsTIe7tSyK3MjTzFLkTfDyzlGXQqlJU3rAtxS7Tcph8-jmgZ-2BWQ_SCysl8skumevNcAT-g_JVMddZchRgTaUqwr9FsyFng36hjX5p00KAAioJWnPiB3r7eAqfSrd1985BveMscGETljub7-_eL0zu_CcSSFcYIaSRyjOvMv-8Xp/s1304/PXL_20231001_212048216.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhqRmALFKO4LJyr-BsTIe7tSyK3MjTzFLkTfDyzlGXQqlJU3rAtxS7Tcph8-jmgZ-2BWQ_SCysl8skumevNcAT-g_JVMddZchRgTaUqwr9FsyFng36hjX5p00KAAioJWnPiB3r7eAqfSrd1985BveMscGETljub7-_eL0zu_CcSSFcYIaSRyjOvMv-8Xp/w300-h400/PXL_20231001_212048216.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Amazing what people will buy...needles and thread<br />not included...anything with the Chouinard name on<br />it is gold</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzFkPhrtddEEEaCQJPOzIrwIWWtR4GFBiudo_6FQsbtREzNcYDBgt-FwqA7VpKXnhsaJBIh2ab58Q74Ts-M0Wz4C5J3hrFbAtViQAs2MJoR-p2kRkZ-KJ8B8cb9HAh3Qtjcb5uF0CG5DJP59u2xf7B5Fuda8Eowhkt4CBI2NXlEL2pFaCgdOAr3DTUwdJ/s1304/PXL_20231001_213211114.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzFkPhrtddEEEaCQJPOzIrwIWWtR4GFBiudo_6FQsbtREzNcYDBgt-FwqA7VpKXnhsaJBIh2ab58Q74Ts-M0Wz4C5J3hrFbAtViQAs2MJoR-p2kRkZ-KJ8B8cb9HAh3Qtjcb5uF0CG5DJP59u2xf7B5Fuda8Eowhkt4CBI2NXlEL2pFaCgdOAr3DTUwdJ/w300-h400/PXL_20231001_213211114.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Amazing what people will buy episode II...<i>I</i> bought<br />these in the 80s...Ralph Lauren...don't think <br />I ever wore them</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9RqrfQFr7zELZBtHX1b5ylC1AfUPcQIYxmLkrV55NoE9RBdKYIFjDN8H8OnEM-xL9bhO-RXoiRGfIo-hTx3viV2RHHysoAcP0DEp5UI4im0ji3oNw0aGqTSPu4jRuAcytHC1VO5q6VQOiljZtMIQQcTH5oeL4ijc-kmjwFa_h9Dif5zT_WrzhzSRcCJ8/s1304/PXL_20231005_234103895.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9RqrfQFr7zELZBtHX1b5ylC1AfUPcQIYxmLkrV55NoE9RBdKYIFjDN8H8OnEM-xL9bhO-RXoiRGfIo-hTx3viV2RHHysoAcP0DEp5UI4im0ji3oNw0aGqTSPu4jRuAcytHC1VO5q6VQOiljZtMIQQcTH5oeL4ijc-kmjwFa_h9Dif5zT_WrzhzSRcCJ8/w300-h400/PXL_20231005_234103895.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Beautiful heavy wool sweater...too big, too itchy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfvzrRYOPgguCdNf4mgc5muNLUXXOs00F3JzSSiK8UtLWjqFJU5bjV9Yo7jD0w297kWMWE5SmwRG4iIDVg4yJ5h5-XvanbQZ5BIXz_LDPz9Lih18eLduxhpEP1ZMrom5kJBz7yB4yx_sOONqs7BY3Vt0vVYhaap2Snup5CrMvLGlnLqWb3cpUTfc3pY2D/s1304/PXL_20231008_131226158.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfvzrRYOPgguCdNf4mgc5muNLUXXOs00F3JzSSiK8UtLWjqFJU5bjV9Yo7jD0w297kWMWE5SmwRG4iIDVg4yJ5h5-XvanbQZ5BIXz_LDPz9Lih18eLduxhpEP1ZMrom5kJBz7yB4yx_sOONqs7BY3Vt0vVYhaap2Snup5CrMvLGlnLqWb3cpUTfc3pY2D/w300-h400/PXL_20231008_131226158.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Interesting how you out-grow things in middle age...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeuHmd-i-49ZKtB3QjORvQrQy2jxJVhYfpsPQ_jUXeq5yfTeJG5AHNswKLjtWwZloH1ym_lT5qCQCio9nYACOKyMONhxh-mtnjQ6ZqCcQNo5iaWn2bu9wiTbAytwiQ3jtIP7aIKO99LlsyoWnlsD-DNBIs6uzOjOzLF_BY6_Bin8MtmdyKxjC52coluLX/s1304/PXL_20231008_131439500.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeuHmd-i-49ZKtB3QjORvQrQy2jxJVhYfpsPQ_jUXeq5yfTeJG5AHNswKLjtWwZloH1ym_lT5qCQCio9nYACOKyMONhxh-mtnjQ6ZqCcQNo5iaWn2bu9wiTbAytwiQ3jtIP7aIKO99LlsyoWnlsD-DNBIs6uzOjOzLF_BY6_Bin8MtmdyKxjC52coluLX/w300-h400/PXL_20231008_131439500.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">One of Vicki's banker outfits</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XXHnsTUHyqbvESowY0xr3nI3LNUGzH94JuXLjadq4tjHaddkoR39tuBJz_iI8JNrkHNnDiv5LRf3LGGGU0vYuMt7O6DpEAF-sUThbyWxatG7E-4pi79mPaEbNdVBaV3sBogillio9L6HKs-SvsjeBqbhMRwdJVQ4_4zj-VPqYMbfeKHcUOd0aLn8D4Rs/s1304/PXL_20231008_215431139.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XXHnsTUHyqbvESowY0xr3nI3LNUGzH94JuXLjadq4tjHaddkoR39tuBJz_iI8JNrkHNnDiv5LRf3LGGGU0vYuMt7O6DpEAF-sUThbyWxatG7E-4pi79mPaEbNdVBaV3sBogillio9L6HKs-SvsjeBqbhMRwdJVQ4_4zj-VPqYMbfeKHcUOd0aLn8D4Rs/w300-h400/PXL_20231008_215431139.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Antique eight foot hand-woven wall tapestry...Kasmir...<br />where is Antique Road Show when you need them?!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCDwQZcFcpNrERZAblppCEjTUysopWe_VUUnjMHNkq2hFwd6-g09XBgQ9o84Ct5pDxPy4SqEV7VRvrItSi_saK3MQI1DJo7P4iuHJy3OlSqigX41ECu-gUFl-XIMWOHmOkHuRTv_VjD2NZpapH4m67I3o4Rj4ORQ9Xb7TWQhxAfizJ8YEwLPkqM1GH9LN/s1304/PXL_20231010_223929947.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCDwQZcFcpNrERZAblppCEjTUysopWe_VUUnjMHNkq2hFwd6-g09XBgQ9o84Ct5pDxPy4SqEV7VRvrItSi_saK3MQI1DJo7P4iuHJy3OlSqigX41ECu-gUFl-XIMWOHmOkHuRTv_VjD2NZpapH4m67I3o4Rj4ORQ9Xb7TWQhxAfizJ8YEwLPkqM1GH9LN/w300-h400/PXL_20231010_223929947.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Our snowmobiling days are numbered...#1</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEzngiPr2uBF6uxdYWmglyiXtCVvx2icl4B8B70esZd8-zs9sJ5UVCYCO2CH795JhEyG0E5tnjVPzlnhpoizmgPGvlUN5cf-ZHQFeA40t6HS70oPZxhEwu0pKT9K8unZ5lnfpHPCm997zkH7iQuZgIWxA6LpJ1ENs8amSoPomouu8Waf1W75D40nzO-Ub/s1304/PXL_20231013_211410851.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEzngiPr2uBF6uxdYWmglyiXtCVvx2icl4B8B70esZd8-zs9sJ5UVCYCO2CH795JhEyG0E5tnjVPzlnhpoizmgPGvlUN5cf-ZHQFeA40t6HS70oPZxhEwu0pKT9K8unZ5lnfpHPCm997zkH7iQuZgIWxA6LpJ1ENs8amSoPomouu8Waf1W75D40nzO-Ub/w300-h400/PXL_20231013_211410851.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">If you come visit us you'll probably be asked to model<br />something or other</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aJcBwKi-3vOe60riGYOoUsbPKDcDJClCY_Lrt3E6P4U-MWpig30ygzv-YR7bFE5O8TTlrJhpSutxyz3S7NKerRES-twsNVW3IvB-tl0db9rpDEGdga2olIbLYThgPXdzzFKp33y3BP0J0rodUBQCq_Vo6kmWPGWOeiPwocn79xHLD_V58Legb3Xc5TjE/s1304/PXL_20231016_160430015.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aJcBwKi-3vOe60riGYOoUsbPKDcDJClCY_Lrt3E6P4U-MWpig30ygzv-YR7bFE5O8TTlrJhpSutxyz3S7NKerRES-twsNVW3IvB-tl0db9rpDEGdga2olIbLYThgPXdzzFKp33y3BP0J0rodUBQCq_Vo6kmWPGWOeiPwocn79xHLD_V58Legb3Xc5TjE/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_160430015.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Brand is everything</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Arr_gYonUPZLDEqosPpy_4RBd7nF15zB_DBf3f1x9gNFI45W0ifAX1YRuwwQMrtj8zbzR0wjbEJooWVCGWstZsd16m9RUbT0LsK6LRiWAexOIgEcRotB-frprlF2Nhsw7PNLXkX0jgH2X4qo_WBVPeojH0_Si6nnqKFODSEB4tMosMtosIW286f3uLpC/s1304/PXL_20231020_000714657.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Arr_gYonUPZLDEqosPpy_4RBd7nF15zB_DBf3f1x9gNFI45W0ifAX1YRuwwQMrtj8zbzR0wjbEJooWVCGWstZsd16m9RUbT0LsK6LRiWAexOIgEcRotB-frprlF2Nhsw7PNLXkX0jgH2X4qo_WBVPeojH0_Si6nnqKFODSEB4tMosMtosIW286f3uLpC/w300-h400/PXL_20231020_000714657.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">No end in sight for the books</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIvx5dG8S7L0WexnZ3NK7Be1JdeXSnK1TksIPDDSOqOIQVZ-Y5lOa84lfFWjjAhDUNF_PA_20T64eHpZCi1vkEXjx4Zfu_n3p2djfP7Wje731eKMiHZSTyFKjVbLaDmTA0XQdxWHk13HNyvt-wcSwDhH9pGuqb_Cmh43Mphsq5__Vlq_lXFhGUb7a4P51/s1304/PXL_20231020_145627521.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIvx5dG8S7L0WexnZ3NK7Be1JdeXSnK1TksIPDDSOqOIQVZ-Y5lOa84lfFWjjAhDUNF_PA_20T64eHpZCi1vkEXjx4Zfu_n3p2djfP7Wje731eKMiHZSTyFKjVbLaDmTA0XQdxWHk13HNyvt-wcSwDhH9pGuqb_Cmh43Mphsq5__Vlq_lXFhGUb7a4P51/w300-h400/PXL_20231020_145627521.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Great for Ottoman costume parties...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgTv1X8QJUg-e8oNIQCO_Ug4CBIC6Wn6KOCfNUuRWz0VVe_ZMclq-7tjEpMnBhxJ3Wu61Tm9fzidMgkl9sq3dfSbHD3DIGSZgawlkxWPeub69WziZmfihjsEvRhT-TkrceLzm1UXIGN_aTxb_Kx-EwDLauJSYWm3dSS4BN4flfFbTKDPFgfsjHd-3XUde/s1304/PXL_20231020_184747412.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgTv1X8QJUg-e8oNIQCO_Ug4CBIC6Wn6KOCfNUuRWz0VVe_ZMclq-7tjEpMnBhxJ3Wu61Tm9fzidMgkl9sq3dfSbHD3DIGSZgawlkxWPeub69WziZmfihjsEvRhT-TkrceLzm1UXIGN_aTxb_Kx-EwDLauJSYWm3dSS4BN4flfFbTKDPFgfsjHd-3XUde/w400-h300/PXL_20231020_184747412.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Historic T-shirts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1IRgkpFvNCMevgFVc_TWGj9xn_Q50EUWnI0pNqOy1LAGzAMF20xqzmsLhcBbr_1iEJOJ0V0MteSpaUj991PoUiQ0mQrrsrftwCEYzOjcxLcgRvBpWJ-sM6MG6RO0A2flwuv5nZL8rW-n_ANiVTe0Ujc_Q0k9dMN1xorljVSgz7wkSP4yd7qMbNKKmvH7/s1304/PXL_20231020_234323258.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1IRgkpFvNCMevgFVc_TWGj9xn_Q50EUWnI0pNqOy1LAGzAMF20xqzmsLhcBbr_1iEJOJ0V0MteSpaUj991PoUiQ0mQrrsrftwCEYzOjcxLcgRvBpWJ-sM6MG6RO0A2flwuv5nZL8rW-n_ANiVTe0Ujc_Q0k9dMN1xorljVSgz7wkSP4yd7qMbNKKmvH7/w300-h400/PXL_20231020_234323258.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Obviously bought in Alaska, for what we are not<br />sure; whale blubber? never used</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpcoGSg-pTVgpwRk-A2_sTmvPw6lLtwiP6ea3yxZP8xVbIn3rVn5tf4HYK0Xu3GkrS18WK_veYqKrAFOYlhSBlASShgCkwhl0mOdRHeAEPxDLdDeX3Vt38_uUFJnG7rhbUin2tgx0HF3taW8bX41WPnh3H4IvTHMrb-QF1iZpd0MxGGqFDDPfRTM_u1HB/s1304/PXL_20231024_221359899.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpcoGSg-pTVgpwRk-A2_sTmvPw6lLtwiP6ea3yxZP8xVbIn3rVn5tf4HYK0Xu3GkrS18WK_veYqKrAFOYlhSBlASShgCkwhl0mOdRHeAEPxDLdDeX3Vt38_uUFJnG7rhbUin2tgx0HF3taW8bX41WPnh3H4IvTHMrb-QF1iZpd0MxGGqFDDPfRTM_u1HB/w300-h400/PXL_20231024_221359899.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">1972 Chouinard Equipment catalog (now Patagonia), <br />bought probably in Yosemite Valley, or possibly REI in <br />Seattle, for $.50; buy it now for $499; famous early<br />exposition of "clean" climbing </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIOG9yOGswuuDMlhMDXg6YXSy86rjC88bmQi7jaRF9UH0OiZopBfR9eOjyw9puZonl1NoejjPj0Smyupn5cdaAnKH0lTBUlTKYN5gpB3Zy0gNopEnCu1xKJi3e19irUW6O06hOeaQRbj5CFtLLFeJujWhdXgYuF3o7DW_-Rbb21wGDad_kO1Ekz34xbve/s1304/PXL_20231027_170910424.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIOG9yOGswuuDMlhMDXg6YXSy86rjC88bmQi7jaRF9UH0OiZopBfR9eOjyw9puZonl1NoejjPj0Smyupn5cdaAnKH0lTBUlTKYN5gpB3Zy0gNopEnCu1xKJi3e19irUW6O06hOeaQRbj5CFtLLFeJujWhdXgYuF3o7DW_-Rbb21wGDad_kO1Ekz34xbve/w300-h400/PXL_20231027_170910424.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Our snowmobiling days are numbered...#2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhJQ7sLXwyeMOjr5gGnROCumIy7Bd74Pk-onkT7qlovNoyI04aIceWLJ1MSdRsoor5RDXlivWqpIAZgFWBhiFjuDXhZu_32rZ8jMf-VNHuizES3dzt0HO0bAbsDLTjh_PIQMQf8rP1qJITSkjfXYSJ-aqxXGdpNFfG_7qooNlPGq4bN8QEpUhAqxn2Qvd/s1304/PXL_20231027_192332582.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhJQ7sLXwyeMOjr5gGnROCumIy7Bd74Pk-onkT7qlovNoyI04aIceWLJ1MSdRsoor5RDXlivWqpIAZgFWBhiFjuDXhZu_32rZ8jMf-VNHuizES3dzt0HO0bAbsDLTjh_PIQMQf8rP1qJITSkjfXYSJ-aqxXGdpNFfG_7qooNlPGq4bN8QEpUhAqxn2Qvd/w300-h400/PXL_20231027_192332582.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Another curiosity...bought in York in 2010, for<br />$20, sold now in the US for $129; go figure...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-25817655812895979052023-11-05T10:27:00.001-05:002023-11-05T10:33:05.803-05:00State Fair!<p>On October 16th we took Penelope to the NC state fair in Raleigh. Having lived in Tallahassee and Columbus and Dallas, we've seen our share of state fairs, but wanted her to have the <i>experience</i> and also to experience a bit more of NC ourselves. The last state fair we saw in the US was probably in Montana, 25 years ago. Not much appears to have changed. We'll still take the <a href="https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2017/05/sevilles-april-feria-2017.html"><i>feria</i> in Seville</a> over all the others.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvTTMkY6FJ9dRLm3XFbFPNgwkmuWd8pVp1iLxDd2jaJ0_3ZzDHQCcbLpx3664i9enD_It3aNgT61dZyGYZmp0GCljRI6grSRji5ZiiuD4TCUPTRNLFzDHlLASngyjWT3i8grH_bhcflV-dG6LhY8pAqzADkcMIr8_MKhtkZ16hq8NTc3WGr0akfnU6zxZ/s1304/PXL_20231016_174031187.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvTTMkY6FJ9dRLm3XFbFPNgwkmuWd8pVp1iLxDd2jaJ0_3ZzDHQCcbLpx3664i9enD_It3aNgT61dZyGYZmp0GCljRI6grSRji5ZiiuD4TCUPTRNLFzDHlLASngyjWT3i8grH_bhcflV-dG6LhY8pAqzADkcMIr8_MKhtkZ16hq8NTc3WGr0akfnU6zxZ/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_174031187.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">In one of the big pavilions, featuring NC ag products</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCq-jt6ZS6GbIPEz9XnW2vJXG5AwFSgn3hAr6GI9bscEZTg9HOwwb07DwYHKbk_qOoazd-6_sLzw_bAVEF9PbG6zozsTLjDvHLUQuKED6xYfac-bUWqMOuq_LnNKSHqIGVq5UqivTX8DkcfbHQq-d_OIKXrko33JOiYTvQzo7AAOOxM2Y6rHndxKOgnjVA/s1304/PXL_20231016_174216453.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCq-jt6ZS6GbIPEz9XnW2vJXG5AwFSgn3hAr6GI9bscEZTg9HOwwb07DwYHKbk_qOoazd-6_sLzw_bAVEF9PbG6zozsTLjDvHLUQuKED6xYfac-bUWqMOuq_LnNKSHqIGVq5UqivTX8DkcfbHQq-d_OIKXrko33JOiYTvQzo7AAOOxM2Y6rHndxKOgnjVA/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_174216453.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Tasting NC wines...absolutely the only place you could get alcohol<br />of any sort</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5rezHSXxUY32ZEmDosO7nfSJxEVPIVE2januV3HqR7e10vPeAlD2tdExbeHK2ZEdvscKOC039QOBMjNo9FYtkMd6kRncXGdwokTRJz0nVeuBPpbhGnzLxvKRACKr8IPQpCk4aM5vxJIkoOlomf5fxsXkb0SLTGW2tkyGS_EOEL0HRTY3K6OtpAn4Xu0L/s1304/PXL_20231016_182137966.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5rezHSXxUY32ZEmDosO7nfSJxEVPIVE2januV3HqR7e10vPeAlD2tdExbeHK2ZEdvscKOC039QOBMjNo9FYtkMd6kRncXGdwokTRJz0nVeuBPpbhGnzLxvKRACKr8IPQpCk4aM5vxJIkoOlomf5fxsXkb0SLTGW2tkyGS_EOEL0HRTY3K6OtpAn4Xu0L/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_182137966.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Corn dog or corny dog? Depends on whether you're from Texas,<br />where they originated...not Korea...is <i>anything</i> not seen on TikTok?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnAqypzsAl2rf4tB3KByctjZhEWrhX82VQN_mMlyt_8rGU89Pq9ZD1f06qsDlbk3SO3knuwj4YLFrGHGGUI-lYVGDQ5J2w-S1XLSKY5F35YFj45deHEcx3sSOBaeZFE2pqLWf_j_snPsRqcNkKeps9assToYKBoazHVhQgzPFeNQKQArtJaxyGG02JFak/s1304/PXL_20231016_182241120.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnAqypzsAl2rf4tB3KByctjZhEWrhX82VQN_mMlyt_8rGU89Pq9ZD1f06qsDlbk3SO3knuwj4YLFrGHGGUI-lYVGDQ5J2w-S1XLSKY5F35YFj45deHEcx3sSOBaeZFE2pqLWf_j_snPsRqcNkKeps9assToYKBoazHVhQgzPFeNQKQArtJaxyGG02JFak/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_182241120.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Americans will deep fry anything...<i>anything</i>; in our very limited<br />experience, the deep-fried Krispy Kreme burger is the latest...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJonqE-pNGQKFaXRQTEJK423kf9_ty5B_g0mprBkUlm9i7ejVSJIyZ7QB9u2OdpC0zqt5ofKGWpiFa8vSF-g3dD3JCgh3vlrrpubBE37t9qXbcpBsNPCoYmeqBiVruA9S66ebaRY4NEBBj6eqXdDFApIft0cRkMamFJXeTyFvWzwcNL0oMO0TEa2LCbhSe/s1304/PXL_20231016_183710006.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJonqE-pNGQKFaXRQTEJK423kf9_ty5B_g0mprBkUlm9i7ejVSJIyZ7QB9u2OdpC0zqt5ofKGWpiFa8vSF-g3dD3JCgh3vlrrpubBE37t9qXbcpBsNPCoYmeqBiVruA9S66ebaRY4NEBBj6eqXdDFApIft0cRkMamFJXeTyFvWzwcNL0oMO0TEa2LCbhSe/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_183710006.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Morning supply of roast corn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoiRtP9YxIHXCz6eSXElzXPFx-Ex00bQr-W-tFiGvkAIrgiV0F5nZogwn-xPaAM6rcT_SP9aBt-pp_PFg5JkQ24RC7-NNSFmYGk6Knyf98AU6qv_OEbL0z47iTdA6d_0LgV-ddMDpc4WAIHVZYK8TOjPbEnEpSepwF5-pVLrbOg336c9JQ0pAIvdBZYEt/s1304/PXL_20231016_184131485.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoiRtP9YxIHXCz6eSXElzXPFx-Ex00bQr-W-tFiGvkAIrgiV0F5nZogwn-xPaAM6rcT_SP9aBt-pp_PFg5JkQ24RC7-NNSFmYGk6Knyf98AU6qv_OEbL0z47iTdA6d_0LgV-ddMDpc4WAIHVZYK8TOjPbEnEpSepwF5-pVLrbOg336c9JQ0pAIvdBZYEt/w300-h400/PXL_20231016_184131485.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">In the floral area</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TXLGtIx6X85GTrBKIm3_zLWHqshyphenhyphengLngR-2BSTjLhiNbW9Cb-yfOyQdrKB8KaJEZwD9e4YNey2BkBaZuK_8eKm0kfSgWMemcPiCuupJ8Zr5zJRtMNHIQfA5XusdtINTqYGGmOYwkclT5Hy5tFN3R3dVLml5sY49QQFXL2H8DUqCl4avgnYyebVVDdNA1/s1304/PXL_20231016_184205987.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TXLGtIx6X85GTrBKIm3_zLWHqshyphenhyphengLngR-2BSTjLhiNbW9Cb-yfOyQdrKB8KaJEZwD9e4YNey2BkBaZuK_8eKm0kfSgWMemcPiCuupJ8Zr5zJRtMNHIQfA5XusdtINTqYGGmOYwkclT5Hy5tFN3R3dVLml5sY49QQFXL2H8DUqCl4avgnYyebVVDdNA1/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_184205987.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Champion bonsai</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1ivvpM-hmjHHBiuljKpvbCN6aFDn6YOCxgtUccbl4PxGEnChcWQZAFX5sxQ3WYyXHGDXEKrLRuMEZg3V5GwkwtsCe1tDN4Yy700gqC5okZqHn4mbwWpFDtqlaI_d-xfA4ZHRGT1BGu2BFnvtUa7HwqU7Lq1K9upirYoX3vYXDE5fxP1EFO6QFA_V8ovl/s1304/PXL_20231016_184547546.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1ivvpM-hmjHHBiuljKpvbCN6aFDn6YOCxgtUccbl4PxGEnChcWQZAFX5sxQ3WYyXHGDXEKrLRuMEZg3V5GwkwtsCe1tDN4Yy700gqC5okZqHn4mbwWpFDtqlaI_d-xfA4ZHRGT1BGu2BFnvtUa7HwqU7Lq1K9upirYoX3vYXDE5fxP1EFO6QFA_V8ovl/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_184547546.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Champion Venus fly traps--not a fly in sight; NC native, BTW</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9QT3bTE1ZWjZgFpyBIgglxMZxnPekMciQn8tD-Z63LbBXck7R6_5vNaKNsneBVorr4161xKwlaDpfSGdThvsUJGwuyGjQxFA_ZDP5Yl6XgB_tWIezEpDEJGTz_0DzszEYmwlk4M-6cHEgCS9oRE7DmRzycDnUDlLDe7qa72vpnPjQty6ka4gVr8TvmFs/s1304/PXL_20231016_185046572.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9QT3bTE1ZWjZgFpyBIgglxMZxnPekMciQn8tD-Z63LbBXck7R6_5vNaKNsneBVorr4161xKwlaDpfSGdThvsUJGwuyGjQxFA_ZDP5Yl6XgB_tWIezEpDEJGTz_0DzszEYmwlk4M-6cHEgCS9oRE7DmRzycDnUDlLDe7qa72vpnPjQty6ka4gVr8TvmFs/w400-h300/PXL_20231016_185046572.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Themed gardens...Barbie?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i2TCmLX-aH7u8c1ficPIBYXIbMA0PQV93vUGzHeHUmfvCECEdemxfLyeGj0qVoxl2kb23S0xdnQfknaSMwdPrCZz51y8pzi9uR-1CVrx-sKi6n-jcD_1NKE2eJZ5n1ecqZlcAsnysuLdnSEPbkblnNRoD1ccoCApOJVkvhIQDgyfpgWdDLP0saKoNDPZ/s1304/PXL_20231016_185552002.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAuMGETKJveW3PBblYED_0xwls5zPHSrGQiTRGoNWv7LsArCujk-l_lhoeDI2FxgnGb92WPRsJ9P0CjwidvmCV_wOSkiD-FB0zxA6fM7N3VdoJ8dYbtHFw_0QxeswvG0xZeX8nu-g8WryPqOwkZM_Zs5VU5HHCFqtBqRNCELkmV2Cdp7BO_ufrzuCmv93/w300-h400/PXL_20231016_202124620.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Turkey drum sticks...all day snack...$19.95</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_E2CT5nXqqrPmYNaORCu-Dsu5yWWtzb4-ou8Xg_VmTgdTmhB-149e66GhZl3ihsx4eF_y2_7Rr4moJTHBPdbqsVV674xMF5HiiZ-bUkoaojM-JUukRCIhLdxJONIdKM_HBK3wfbI2wrll0Mj_-oxL45TcfpqVmeNBL3y5uh-b0agovgSN73-obpiRNUr/s1304/PXL_20231016_202419215.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBua52e0_2tamfRUy2OdjybJF5PRMyG-LKPEpoGCY_QNdYMzNnfvn91HEJ2Wf5BREORC-uWExpHVb3PsFQAcfcPSqUWQVde5aTIQr4qSP0GGl_Rd33hn8Cr1Q6qdhyphenhyphen6wBz-MSjSsredPqkSQdmdUXCRtEblsvFMtwppKyNT5pGjuGyEPb-C8xVTVCFZ7A/w300-h400/PXL_20231016_214433107.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">By agreement, thrill-seeking P did not go on any<br />of the carny rides...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihL-PYgrlupqRZ7NHP6MZzqzED5t4OHxkUGIQIj-FprkBwth40fvNQEEOGhnfkcPfGQDDqq3npmlS5HPfu9SSjjFXSLGE6_2o93VWl5i99X5-Ce3xlCz1ENZ1O_IxtVTOdFUKbKa8qiYBPWNm73-VIVQOipxfNYvlhGhtPQNRplc5G20ubNXLLvMSt2Na/s1304/PXL_20231016_214530538.jpg" style="clear: left; 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(If you don't get this, you're on the wrong <br />blog; see <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4636220879786476">here</a> for explanation)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7WuKP-e03dR-_7DDblZRHQkuqWtgguvCkfpVMuHn5tjpN4qS-LXU40O2V__zdHHrAN3i8w2tKqLRApNYXVKgo3JSuJZmjTOsfA0OhvmRtdG3HI1Npd8g2bfk1rzIAURy-UI7pmM5KwVXsYTRsAMYTPCGLakp4HdTWhTJtghLmEGBozVl8oMyPqvpHV2t/s1304/PXL_20231016_234332530.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7WuKP-e03dR-_7DDblZRHQkuqWtgguvCkfpVMuHn5tjpN4qS-LXU40O2V__zdHHrAN3i8w2tKqLRApNYXVKgo3JSuJZmjTOsfA0OhvmRtdG3HI1Npd8g2bfk1rzIAURy-UI7pmM5KwVXsYTRsAMYTPCGLakp4HdTWhTJtghLmEGBozVl8oMyPqvpHV2t/w300-h400/PXL_20231016_234332530.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">So at length, after examining all the Midway games, P <br />finally settled on one and gave it her best shot...a good<br />educational experience in any case...of the poorer but<br />wiser variety....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-75221585630998837622023-11-04T17:22:00.001-04:002023-11-05T11:27:55.832-05:00A Day In Raleigh<p>On October 3rd we took a bus, actually two, over to Raleigh, to have a look at the state capital. After a couple months of moving in and going through our stuff, we needed some travel time. Click to enlarge.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrUs3y0uZnsnjzIe7QSZ9WisX4f613J5ODKsKhdsyE62ezpemrUm6ClRU6EPgWO9FIz8WqJkXM54JJjUjma5TLugv1nT7G6DG2jryRL9QCLTqoIG_4X0t0DTU6MdEYL3T77G9b0alx8QmKqjoXi-adfy3QT4WtAAlneeTSeYrcv44-w7AMn1b_CqUuLXc/s1304/PXL_20231003_145521625.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrUs3y0uZnsnjzIe7QSZ9WisX4f613J5ODKsKhdsyE62ezpemrUm6ClRU6EPgWO9FIz8WqJkXM54JJjUjma5TLugv1nT7G6DG2jryRL9QCLTqoIG_4X0t0DTU6MdEYL3T77G9b0alx8QmKqjoXi-adfy3QT4WtAAlneeTSeYrcv44-w7AMn1b_CqUuLXc/w370-h400/PXL_20231003_145521625.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Sip n' Stroll Downtown...what a concept!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG1U8OGa74oTko4UMpmiZg-GgD24KJXDBuGDMcolxz4wP9Hp31vG7gpkAUm_JNd-wvdqSy8mY2blYXFK5ns5RSGgkOWXCQHS06RLZBMdT8MR-_kEe1hOFNVMVtDLnfI9jckZxDISXTcoyTgLiVkuuT9j12fG88AWumMDMf_Zbv02QBmrBj3bjtf6DRYTU/s1304/PXL_20231003_145533673.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG1U8OGa74oTko4UMpmiZg-GgD24KJXDBuGDMcolxz4wP9Hp31vG7gpkAUm_JNd-wvdqSy8mY2blYXFK5ns5RSGgkOWXCQHS06RLZBMdT8MR-_kEe1hOFNVMVtDLnfI9jckZxDISXTcoyTgLiVkuuT9j12fG88AWumMDMf_Zbv02QBmrBj3bjtf6DRYTU/w300-h400/PXL_20231003_145533673.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Until 1974, widely regarded as our worst president ever</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkatYmrHyQfqGM6hryk1bySIo-fvrQyNIw2ZW-_PqogbVaOSleK0y6-JrMabjTdASJBuo3jCQZTEDoX5JYZh_4MIHVw5Ks4nohan2AuxBoOH5l6TZOZu8NVuIgJuGjjyMM80pxVjTpHuJOKfnRHWTaGo5n20J_ms3ElLK-1ZosiX3jkdfjG_VbPrtN_OW/s1304/PXL_20231003_145822666.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkatYmrHyQfqGM6hryk1bySIo-fvrQyNIw2ZW-_PqogbVaOSleK0y6-JrMabjTdASJBuo3jCQZTEDoX5JYZh_4MIHVw5Ks4nohan2AuxBoOH5l6TZOZu8NVuIgJuGjjyMM80pxVjTpHuJOKfnRHWTaGo5n20J_ms3ElLK-1ZosiX3jkdfjG_VbPrtN_OW/w400-h300/PXL_20231003_145822666.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Before the state capitol, a monument to three presidents, Jackson,<br />Polk, and Johnson, who hailed from NC--it would be hard to think <br />of three worse ones...wait, no, it's <i>easy</i> to think of three worse ones...<br />Nixon, W, and Trump </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIt2LzXttI6urroC3Nzt3nr2Ipp0FxEgmxvZVjzPbrAiKejX7xxneZQtHt7YdhVkxUeyIfhFrhwH7i9vGhvsiEf6kj1UmTvAzyd56jqUWS9OvfDM0YVBqBe7fI-8myGeBxY-d0f-Ea9TM1z9TI7n5rf8J6fCrtgHarY9LADle6ruHolVWeAV48v5wE1BI/s1304/PXL_20231003_145919726.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wsXC70RBbX_olPw3fEsAm-TQ7kCp7PulFVIsaO7IMlI_-vHBdqSCMYxkTrQ66haIGo7Xwrjjzd-3eP17T3kqV11etRTV_uW5Bnke69Q0zR_hPVSTmA8DTtYVu-nMAmaC0SzS1LWJ4_dERpTXBal3BEtvcQ1CpcwcjLMdm04Mg65SNf4zzy6piepu4o1x/w400-h300/PXL_20231003_150834275.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Moving right along...as I have always observed, in time everything<br />becomes a restaurant...former Art Deco gas station, now a Mexican<br />restaurant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2Wqi8YVjXmWKPZwP6j_mJucwy0L0ppzd7-jvQ-DKE_zvaovl8b1z6x1MlnumbysPWFoYDQh-8adgBBOmR_JYZsbDxsJKJrYV7CGugOEPre3IPYBRj-VaajDhDNAgUCTPRRIyBsaG3Fa92aQQT6nrgGpj3vRWHhsrNBQSBzhaMFXTNvDgr-ETeBkcpEdj/s1304/PXL_20231003_151202134.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKz9X5uGz55Am5WQgDoELBfxbsZ34W_m1djFqdscLxI9Sp3ikJhlzD8YNqGsP4x34tZUqyGRQ2n2RPXD7V9S8eW6Stzl9G_SYX9DB9hxDePYCRS7e7N6fXuS0OVbpSnYbgrr_nQBacQAzARQOCt8JeRRk4ICYSUIfQ4uXbGW5fy-AQbAlKskizdBOfs3q/w400-h300/PXL_20231003_155245737.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Even says so</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg36icPPjXa0gF3Sq66IueUHuIX9NEinItIOubXGTGbHHfg4uRopdTV7EiBHPrMKQ-doZNcL4HdPZItvohQ9TZQaA2jUzN8jwOk3nhldxieqAhhbvbC9EHxkTnJvO7_1KpAzNUeF3zh-Dxrx83BmADZ_YLLW-oISejgSWgu62EROlw5OP7cvW-0D9YnuU9/s1304/PXL_20231003_155711563.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="765" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4RjWgnZBXvcfVAYc_ry0P1fZRlodfRKPe9sXJ264tqmyzA5ngcfEY-QDok0zfLVQHsyQYqiTE8KwnqsbQwSovSsHFLsjh7nDMVuZMB5i6Kdaw9NK8xxBSJzi-HwXN2WEZbcf00xlR2nyrcwfE63jdb1BrpL4tdcKAsT-tU2lf5hVcA0BB7YmTzZo9vGB/w300-h400/Q.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We had lunch at a quite decent German restaurant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sjjsGinvoGKhq44LC_0znkxFcUEofe1UQaAqU4kMKjS_C8SvXHnlnHADpnhCYD6Zntx2RtmThHWBiR4aECSJ7Gxo8q6F-UulpPfXPmSqGJPo4xiM_FPnXmdA1MatgaeLe3_XQP-Rh1cLQW5V-JZmz7mUM3hSYui3ovCnKxCQGveoGbR5WkmqaGjVP7Zu/s927/R.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; 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With every sprinkle, however, mushrooms pop up, the most varied we've ever seen...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOxJr-ai7Z9pjWVWhg-Suf7_2wFWe89uEMo0GL8E7ON5_eaPEA_kz0SFy45C-u6MPIGBRmNI6EvMBfS_UQtQlkuNlPdOFlqQE101ZINshjdAO-gL7_J8n1kzTcpQ2kq4wOao2QRvx5KgmF3abw2veByzGKIfKiBIkWWAyTn0_z9CT_YlZncprTAYbQbUc/s1304/PXL_20230922_152836492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOxJr-ai7Z9pjWVWhg-Suf7_2wFWe89uEMo0GL8E7ON5_eaPEA_kz0SFy45C-u6MPIGBRmNI6EvMBfS_UQtQlkuNlPdOFlqQE101ZINshjdAO-gL7_J8n1kzTcpQ2kq4wOao2QRvx5KgmF3abw2veByzGKIfKiBIkWWAyTn0_z9CT_YlZncprTAYbQbUc/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_152836492.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin91OmkuVgW7yAuqe6yD8lNLunIWI6HtuLVWXYREmXUUsWQ6jXZvR8ZwPEDRtnqyjnqTQ2oqAiZHIcSDNNWJPrvE-ZK5237nXWS4CMvrnpVqW9fxsdmRoRshLAWLdC_RiuYCdWybBuKZX_LoZWGe3T7nkpBHlUZyIkBFJr1f31GZH31bmelPB0zUb1i6Wu/s1304/PXL_20230929_153433905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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There was a small one near Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park--it had everything--but then it closed by 2014 or so. We never found anything else that had the array of SE Asian ingredients we wanted. I even resorted to pinching kaffir lime leaves from the local nursery. But in Cary, Rebecca alerted us to the H-Mart, a mile from us, which turned out to be absolutely the largest Asian market we have yet encountered in the US. It even had kaffir lime leaves, although pretty browned and spoiled, but it was still an experience to behold here in NC. Turns out it is part of a South Korean chain, which explains its emphasis on Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese products...and its relative lack of emphasis on Indian, SE Asian, and actual Chinese products. Nonetheless, it was by far the best Asian market we've seen outside of Asia. And not without its curiosities and other items of interest.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaJKYRvatzGL1TZQjARQ_7pn1dmDqZwPuPIdGF18FQJLIOvNjEX2Wz7qlEB5spnYezGiP2QaTbsCRtFtHKXLIbBq-vn6L_MBn3867ejmPLuFQbk9DVy3MUG0beMa4ZTcTOgwBK3lHKgdgkrSNkaGCh9U0SvR3MKlSsoq5E2AHNq0ynp2Q2JqdA3hYuwj2/s1304/PXL_20230922_181219730.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaJKYRvatzGL1TZQjARQ_7pn1dmDqZwPuPIdGF18FQJLIOvNjEX2Wz7qlEB5spnYezGiP2QaTbsCRtFtHKXLIbBq-vn6L_MBn3867ejmPLuFQbk9DVy3MUG0beMa4ZTcTOgwBK3lHKgdgkrSNkaGCh9U0SvR3MKlSsoq5E2AHNq0ynp2Q2JqdA3hYuwj2/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_181219730.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Gotta have durian, even frozen; <i>sine qua non</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC6ZgTcbARkCuLC21VxArCxOOtsHvODQr2p3DqNe4IFA1k1w6EDLDO47SCpIfZzba8J-hgfzW1INBDz9sp5AOxURjVEDuYPGNxjlUwLHzT4Sv2qvOfBsj_eAGC-dy-3CRgCJUUYcBxoUuDW9iPmlpxb5aCm8WoTWUJn-Np_avXUZA8NcFGLq_Md6842wj/s1304/PXL_20230922_181245948.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC6ZgTcbARkCuLC21VxArCxOOtsHvODQr2p3DqNe4IFA1k1w6EDLDO47SCpIfZzba8J-hgfzW1INBDz9sp5AOxURjVEDuYPGNxjlUwLHzT4Sv2qvOfBsj_eAGC-dy-3CRgCJUUYcBxoUuDW9iPmlpxb5aCm8WoTWUJn-Np_avXUZA8NcFGLq_Md6842wj/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_181245948.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Enormous produce section</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL15CNKN2bspIrOUNbFyYlZJL_kN8fzvfmGxevv2BJeIJ0vP13yztz2R_jg3_D6k0WFMgxsECcg5c9iseIMUTMzt9h0WTbdQPo6PpHGBTM-Hf5gidXMA-bZlXtQXHNub2O1TVar6AejWjZVpEOr_nTJYo9IQfQDe97VFIHBQrFIk9TJloI3WqmEuP77N6i/w400-h300/PXL_20230926_173054982.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Gotta try this</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZdm1ZtWyiJcuCmuc-9mSohOP4CiYxFcCMyrFA2Y7uoh2Q900uUvBypQELVxIlL9unyTusk6eCG9xVmDxMwDvH0C7cqaWEeRkB9l0UlSBSj9RMOuRtahNky_2oXXv5T7eDZG2pFbOLSZ_ZqYC25ku4lIPv8ta_3etJw-PN3dhhvC7cumppigG5TrM00Nw/s1304/PXL_20230926_173358175.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZdm1ZtWyiJcuCmuc-9mSohOP4CiYxFcCMyrFA2Y7uoh2Q900uUvBypQELVxIlL9unyTusk6eCG9xVmDxMwDvH0C7cqaWEeRkB9l0UlSBSj9RMOuRtahNky_2oXXv5T7eDZG2pFbOLSZ_ZqYC25ku4lIPv8ta_3etJw-PN3dhhvC7cumppigG5TrM00Nw/w400-h300/PXL_20230926_173358175.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Gift boxes of dried anchovies</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUTVwQG50LNThEIjFl2B0zHcT7TK0M0xljceD_s6hjKK3CRBdGzQkot0CA1J5g0KTG1etz7d_jetakE9javUasfpNkrtHsnSy5RfHUtY_gQiaZKGo6ITcQCUJKUFp8PJ7h9rkKejs88GiMjGa7AbOu88WFJAFcapB6mQyaxm-4xpwro0eqrP7DNqUCVxj/s1304/PXL_20230926_173721772.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUTVwQG50LNThEIjFl2B0zHcT7TK0M0xljceD_s6hjKK3CRBdGzQkot0CA1J5g0KTG1etz7d_jetakE9javUasfpNkrtHsnSy5RfHUtY_gQiaZKGo6ITcQCUJKUFp8PJ7h9rkKejs88GiMjGa7AbOu88WFJAFcapB6mQyaxm-4xpwro0eqrP7DNqUCVxj/w400-h300/PXL_20230926_173721772.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">More seafood than probably all the Teeters of Raleigh combined...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-5334964426631609902023-11-01T09:11:00.000-04:002023-11-01T09:11:44.007-04:00Cary Incidents And Curiosities; On Foot<p>Cary is a suburb of North Carolina's capital, Raleigh, a city of a million or so. Cary itself is a suburb on steroids, sprawling over much of western Wake county, full of upscale residential areas, golf courses, public parks, shopping centers, business parks, etc...the Research Triangle, with Durham and Chapel Hill nearby. It is one of the greenest places we've lived, mature evergreens and deciduous trees everywhere, lining all the major thoroughfares, pocket parks and ponds here and there, all of it highlighted in the spring and summer with crepe myrtles, azaleas, and such. A nice place to live, although we both miss our urban European lifestyle.</p><p>Incredible as it may seem, and despite warnings, we are suburbanites without a car. <i>Sans voiture</i>. So far, this has been okay. We are committed walkers...6-7 miles a day...we enjoy the savings and certainly don't miss the many hassles of vehicle ownership. Despite the sprawl, we can get to most anything we want, on foot. Within a mile or so (as the horseflies) there are Teeters, H-Mart, Publix, Lowes foods, Fresh Market, Target, Trader Joe's and more. A neighborhood Walmart is a ten minute (free) bus ride away. Costco and Wegman's are a bit out of our range, but we could easily get an Uber or such if needed. Since we are in pre-Death Cleaning Mode we are not buying anything much beyond consumables. Anyhow, below are some incidents and curiosities from our first few months here. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Á pied.</i></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy94J1uolRQSv1ekMtfgO5MKNpItw9HSPEikIohqph7ojAwo_hclDlIz8wp4zL1_A2upsXsUjmgXWiP9KQw3mTzqye7LsvLZz2p6xqR91FBvhX1oHSCtSP4xkOcMMJv1TLVXNZcISiejDgryo0KaiPtxUgsNZSGcFmtw1eaHfGdFNIAWnFtH2MvlyGN-dr/s1304/PXL_20230823_132133053.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy94J1uolRQSv1ekMtfgO5MKNpItw9HSPEikIohqph7ojAwo_hclDlIz8wp4zL1_A2upsXsUjmgXWiP9KQw3mTzqye7LsvLZz2p6xqR91FBvhX1oHSCtSP4xkOcMMJv1TLVXNZcISiejDgryo0KaiPtxUgsNZSGcFmtw1eaHfGdFNIAWnFtH2MvlyGN-dr/w300-h400/PXL_20230823_132133053.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">As noted in a previous post, Bond Park is only a few <br />hundred feet away, and it and its trails and greenway<br />are our default hiking destination</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjp7mpUKer1uPF7W8blz4L60gs2bV_9FNl6tYkT62icTO2acyTsgjslK-BCCKoDT_sMT2C_sF6eMN9V0PbsBOMyd4i3oSLts9-B84O8ls3TkJjRoDaFDYOen7JHHvSxLJqi1pFf27jENvjIBzFEi1rnmH38YbuVPSqntsr4nK3JcAkmE4g7shQC3HkJMd/s1304/PXL_20230826_122706741.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjp7mpUKer1uPF7W8blz4L60gs2bV_9FNl6tYkT62icTO2acyTsgjslK-BCCKoDT_sMT2C_sF6eMN9V0PbsBOMyd4i3oSLts9-B84O8ls3TkJjRoDaFDYOen7JHHvSxLJqi1pFf27jENvjIBzFEi1rnmH38YbuVPSqntsr4nK3JcAkmE4g7shQC3HkJMd/w400-h300/PXL_20230826_122706741.jpg" /></a><br />In the middle of a major tech center, the area's population is quite<br />diverse...here we are in Bond Park watching a Commonwealth<br />baseball game, AKA cricket; for my personal insights into this <br />fascinating sport, read <a href="https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/08/not-cricket.html">this</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnYc1WkFSh5A7_YFouHGPRUQIdaiatUfUOfF61_v5KF4u-SRbBF-LpwR3HBmxdYcjICRdIFdFZ3wjEDKgfIke2Rn1kS0yJLUwTGig9bQI788p9PPYBGRKAqUIqkOooUtj3C-etc7-tl4i8_aGldl55BLFDbi0jeX6PBe-JkKFiii-LUkO73m8JY6Q9f-u/s1304/PXL_20230828_125517169.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnYc1WkFSh5A7_YFouHGPRUQIdaiatUfUOfF61_v5KF4u-SRbBF-LpwR3HBmxdYcjICRdIFdFZ3wjEDKgfIke2Rn1kS0yJLUwTGig9bQI788p9PPYBGRKAqUIqkOooUtj3C-etc7-tl4i8_aGldl55BLFDbi0jeX6PBe-JkKFiii-LUkO73m8JY6Q9f-u/w300-h400/PXL_20230828_125517169.jpg" /></a><br />We have seen squirrels, rabbits, and even a few<br />deer in the park; this is our first and only copperhead<br />snake; so far<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlNxziA-xhFXFFh93_XYhul4NcoxqLCGOmVKOic2Y4JYJHrfEozoX0fQmvx8m09DevBgTgb6FJF9rZ1JjtlH9xDz4sAVybEeHfuiQVrTLthubsV3mDlT4IjNFTs_VzvhSTWk_NQInXxG-NmfirYpFAP4zBKDzmAsKu_tfPAd65kNLhDSZWQZb3fQcxP9_/s1304/PXL_20230903_144308774.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1304" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlNxziA-xhFXFFh93_XYhul4NcoxqLCGOmVKOic2Y4JYJHrfEozoX0fQmvx8m09DevBgTgb6FJF9rZ1JjtlH9xDz4sAVybEeHfuiQVrTLthubsV3mDlT4IjNFTs_VzvhSTWk_NQInXxG-NmfirYpFAP4zBKDzmAsKu_tfPAd65kNLhDSZWQZb3fQcxP9_/w400-h215/PXL_20230903_144308774.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">My inner southerner is enjoying the plentiful grits, a couple times<br />a week with breakfast, and with shrimp and andouille sausage...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9k-JBdWm6k8L00xAtLtv_LV-8yleb_1GDWzaibFFnHypbrapP2f1hxFqcVy0IZTE0ZMNk2JxtengFzYQPqG1BHwO8w6UXDwlLYgs_BXTcrz_jzSSBFlTNJY1KhLaZOpVuZ2PBAbu6jMjpt-R6h-QYKWpNSl55x97VjpxVL03mWEIhhQ4N0qjJOYHO_SE/s1304/PXL_20230905_121837380.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9k-JBdWm6k8L00xAtLtv_LV-8yleb_1GDWzaibFFnHypbrapP2f1hxFqcVy0IZTE0ZMNk2JxtengFzYQPqG1BHwO8w6UXDwlLYgs_BXTcrz_jzSSBFlTNJY1KhLaZOpVuZ2PBAbu6jMjpt-R6h-QYKWpNSl55x97VjpxVL03mWEIhhQ4N0qjJOYHO_SE/w300-h400/PXL_20230905_121837380.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Cary's extensive hiking and biking trail system; with<br />my newly rescued and restored bike I hope to see more<br />of it this spring</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q_UmUjSsy2_1MuhTkbHRAmBn3XArTWtT57tlUxAMndASQ4zNhTXoLv_TdHvxngzWF49tS8FmHBXJVMTeZSjMxQw48e1yh3BdgmBo3gZnG77VbG017ibsIoLQTrb5WdfhKtbefHevcFK-wM-STxmr8qraRbi8I40EzEjPFV8iMakIXUpECXZwiPxf9WH9/s1304/PXL_20230910_201935932.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q_UmUjSsy2_1MuhTkbHRAmBn3XArTWtT57tlUxAMndASQ4zNhTXoLv_TdHvxngzWF49tS8FmHBXJVMTeZSjMxQw48e1yh3BdgmBo3gZnG77VbG017ibsIoLQTrb5WdfhKtbefHevcFK-wM-STxmr8qraRbi8I40EzEjPFV8iMakIXUpECXZwiPxf9WH9/w400-h300/PXL_20230910_201935932.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Rebecca, Penelope, and Vicki about to leave to go see <i>Wicked</i> in<br />Durham</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrkCWTqt7X4cvc-TKrqBUP_D1yeiTiJ6NJLIPpgEmHvUm74zqs_EkfiZkMcRrFTrD0TKshkgWiBwA1y2mTBDD6-x7DhdGhR2RfdL9h1KodhhM9j-tyDVB8oVD60BwmFMTepNLDaZDWGdWd910TZG0RAhutpd7_w-Y3bmdMe2IYrVXzstdhvdE0fKX0IoU/s1304/PXL_20230911_183955124.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrkCWTqt7X4cvc-TKrqBUP_D1yeiTiJ6NJLIPpgEmHvUm74zqs_EkfiZkMcRrFTrD0TKshkgWiBwA1y2mTBDD6-x7DhdGhR2RfdL9h1KodhhM9j-tyDVB8oVD60BwmFMTepNLDaZDWGdWd910TZG0RAhutpd7_w-Y3bmdMe2IYrVXzstdhvdE0fKX0IoU/w300-h400/PXL_20230911_183955124.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">After several weeks, we pooped out of the <i>tai</i><br /><i>chi</i> and line dancing courses at the Senior Center...<br />too demanding, and we hate being on other peoples' <br />schedules</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE92ChQ8zAa7KMkIh3HgXVRFBI_t_Gz8pqKzpxiEfQuXB94_7hYqX-bqARs-Mgksu69Cdo3u25cRo9FMK9bE3P4TUnoRWO8Es9wx0gtzo7qQyWxJerF3KGWH2UHWwkwHmOdNo58Ll5LqFYk93jf1XBAmaQ2tBFWqBpGgOE5Ryl-qz2L5jZFGM5KHUM2dXu/s1304/PXL_20230917_205235057.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE92ChQ8zAa7KMkIh3HgXVRFBI_t_Gz8pqKzpxiEfQuXB94_7hYqX-bqARs-Mgksu69Cdo3u25cRo9FMK9bE3P4TUnoRWO8Es9wx0gtzo7qQyWxJerF3KGWH2UHWwkwHmOdNo58Ll5LqFYk93jf1XBAmaQ2tBFWqBpGgOE5Ryl-qz2L5jZFGM5KHUM2dXu/w400-h300/PXL_20230917_205235057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On one of our walks, Penelope spotted a feral kitten on the<br />apartment complex grounds and attempts to coax it toward her; <br />later, with the assistance of animal control and her dad, she <br />captured it in a cage and saw it off to the adoption center; and <br />gave it its name, "Ginger"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaspxQ9ThsGQq3lO90YVKrVMLqvg-RzBmJgoCHxVM18oqjbxdXM83ItnBsUbQTJx6wJ_aJPz-mpUNN-stjA4TJLn8dTUweHeQnmbIGhBq4bpzHH6_-XRF1lIkHdkgEVZD7HDMKX008Dxj2D2g2weVu5uppqtMH9Eh8MsYpkiUieatoVdVv80AoMZo0WYb8/s1304/PXL_20230919_141244402.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaspxQ9ThsGQq3lO90YVKrVMLqvg-RzBmJgoCHxVM18oqjbxdXM83ItnBsUbQTJx6wJ_aJPz-mpUNN-stjA4TJLn8dTUweHeQnmbIGhBq4bpzHH6_-XRF1lIkHdkgEVZD7HDMKX008Dxj2D2g2weVu5uppqtMH9Eh8MsYpkiUieatoVdVv80AoMZo0WYb8/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_141244402.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">August and September were pretty warm here...the nearby golf<br />course provided fans on some of the greens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zqkU6EaHnQDNZnuVKHLWzRMCJBjurbYua7LlPAB0IsPKVD8ICJN4pOvD9zOg1RcFlbmVe3sm4qwnosEKQ24uJC4FTpQgN7couhKewWOaMVjaFXDqRWVSx6hQoH5gHB6LwB7sMmLhI7WOu0u94HJs5kQOIQCj_5JkiKCo3IxkEDszCAlpTmXGkBETThSA/s1304/PXL_20230921_223222639.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zqkU6EaHnQDNZnuVKHLWzRMCJBjurbYua7LlPAB0IsPKVD8ICJN4pOvD9zOg1RcFlbmVe3sm4qwnosEKQ24uJC4FTpQgN7couhKewWOaMVjaFXDqRWVSx6hQoH5gHB6LwB7sMmLhI7WOu0u94HJs5kQOIQCj_5JkiKCo3IxkEDszCAlpTmXGkBETThSA/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_223222639.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We had a nice 60th anniversary-of-our-first-meeting dinner at the <br />Academy Street Bistro...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCnpDLyJKV6F-vMtiEcvN-rDVGpJAbRf48clKcGcdcfKcF_syW0SxPr8zSHaMmB7T0-ifEcWK5PTaavZc1iiWzAQ2sTzsX3G7FtsvrOTHHjtfAl_rJ7oksmdzwh4Oo2XXvpsI-Z6JX-LNM59130p5QRO3IxFBTPLN5YKadHzaa-pGhxfX1jBQ8uW4XsBs/s1304/PXL_20230921_232851995.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCnpDLyJKV6F-vMtiEcvN-rDVGpJAbRf48clKcGcdcfKcF_syW0SxPr8zSHaMmB7T0-ifEcWK5PTaavZc1iiWzAQ2sTzsX3G7FtsvrOTHHjtfAl_rJ7oksmdzwh4Oo2XXvpsI-Z6JX-LNM59130p5QRO3IxFBTPLN5YKadHzaa-pGhxfX1jBQ8uW4XsBs/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_232851995.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Vicki's duck; I had an ample <i>bouillabaise</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Zo59TCH5OOvI_l0XP1L2Jw5K2_gLa4EtRSzbAZnl0yGgUqhyuAMD4y6S2yc1-1WE51giRLc_EjvQMpAWzhW1muX_j5hq1H856UoOz6s4OUhvwzjNUQ6NuDtj63VcCe7yCjYVHtubUgKv-0CRXCSJVDIEcTkj6urJ0u7XDKtyrcbKXcnBP0D03VzgagWf/s1304/PXL_20230921_235817304.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Zo59TCH5OOvI_l0XP1L2Jw5K2_gLa4EtRSzbAZnl0yGgUqhyuAMD4y6S2yc1-1WE51giRLc_EjvQMpAWzhW1muX_j5hq1H856UoOz6s4OUhvwzjNUQ6NuDtj63VcCe7yCjYVHtubUgKv-0CRXCSJVDIEcTkj6urJ0u7XDKtyrcbKXcnBP0D03VzgagWf/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_235817304.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The highlight for me was my dessert sambuca, <i>con la mosca</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidf5w0iYHvlWrgo7JIkPvz-h7JSXMTd6wsHvwj5VH7ZfQhXwMdQT3P2YbEUa3h07or_E8gCIcd_jc65-x6g81wb9q_QImEjrm2HjUySbU8zXAcdiXPVTsLRsVxrR5MRknZWzDGi2LkMZDt-fl1KOVNFTgmcLnZ9m4sea5K3ZykmTX8druRqVzY-FtQ4ha/s1304/PXL_20230922_004325425.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidf5w0iYHvlWrgo7JIkPvz-h7JSXMTd6wsHvwj5VH7ZfQhXwMdQT3P2YbEUa3h07or_E8gCIcd_jc65-x6g81wb9q_QImEjrm2HjUySbU8zXAcdiXPVTsLRsVxrR5MRknZWzDGi2LkMZDt-fl1KOVNFTgmcLnZ9m4sea5K3ZykmTX8druRqVzY-FtQ4ha/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_004325425.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At the Cary Depot/Amtrak station; although outwardly stiff, the<br />locals are very friendly people; <i>lots</i> of outdoor sculpture...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mQ7skxc2yfPDmwMBtLXVkLcVJro5D3_OuzFfcPDDtb0eQvRnnjF4HsfdnAl3HG-N1VeOVxJDl15kJjeIA33Il4Mbx6_DYYZK7wElhoxnGIiFaY9H5bzuix04egS29KSSuSZLkm5q2wHS3ljLzDJdDsgBHJlu3FlNXyaVlrLLq0VUfmEBca8q4HKsCb3z/s1304/PXL_20230924_160513350.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mQ7skxc2yfPDmwMBtLXVkLcVJro5D3_OuzFfcPDDtb0eQvRnnjF4HsfdnAl3HG-N1VeOVxJDl15kJjeIA33Il4Mbx6_DYYZK7wElhoxnGIiFaY9H5bzuix04egS29KSSuSZLkm5q2wHS3ljLzDJdDsgBHJlu3FlNXyaVlrLLq0VUfmEBca8q4HKsCb3z/w400-h300/PXL_20230924_160513350.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Autumnal Abomination...please tell me they're not really making<br />this in France</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMecEyFzCegfcvgmyVoIYUlfi8PBOJ0RB23jV3BYQM6OOVWALkRNu88UsLkJWWZZITMSHN8jXbanfrlgdVpfJHYTfIMYXJPEVMetbiga1wzylXY8V0MnCfKGEopeKkqT_ADtsdP8ioqWMbXZ9w4_9-El9lyMkaNTXE3OpwIgr6y4BfE0eQpqAOiJjKXei/s1304/PXL_20231005_135810964.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMecEyFzCegfcvgmyVoIYUlfi8PBOJ0RB23jV3BYQM6OOVWALkRNu88UsLkJWWZZITMSHN8jXbanfrlgdVpfJHYTfIMYXJPEVMetbiga1wzylXY8V0MnCfKGEopeKkqT_ADtsdP8ioqWMbXZ9w4_9-El9lyMkaNTXE3OpwIgr6y4BfE0eQpqAOiJjKXei/w300-h400/PXL_20231005_135810964.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Forks in the road are a commonplace worldwide, but<br />only here have we encountered a fork on the sidewalk</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCq9PWU4EUVurYgvR-3kcjqYkniOqVPDndvVfM42mDaZabKP8k49czeC5BAMcKO9-4HLz39gmOwNOBo5f9pll_s4gaY_3FVf4ldwhZayJbVQxu7MJ4rTo_jfOjK-D_MWdXW33b8OpmRvbQO2G9AHoOgbTEEE-3R5VB6Ga5s5nAJm6HJudX90Csp4WtYER/s1304/PXL_20231005_152334188.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCq9PWU4EUVurYgvR-3kcjqYkniOqVPDndvVfM42mDaZabKP8k49czeC5BAMcKO9-4HLz39gmOwNOBo5f9pll_s4gaY_3FVf4ldwhZayJbVQxu7MJ4rTo_jfOjK-D_MWdXW33b8OpmRvbQO2G9AHoOgbTEEE-3R5VB6Ga5s5nAJm6HJudX90Csp4WtYER/w400-h300/PXL_20231005_152334188.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Out in the woods, a pillbox or possibly a <i>dolmen</i>?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtz5nk-2FAYZ3sDfROrvGexvQj-HEhUun_O54UjO3_1B3uyxK2bzi264C83XzPXJBnMm3guma10XEPz2u3x5KFHlO9r00MUAMRRltlDiMKQRhcFrajP_6Ur30bOtsKS7WgoFssNthRzYX2jqgu1ABqiGs_6X18CgR8t-JL0-nYyOQub_i5LGgZjYmwrJx/s1106/PXL_20231008_185017631.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="830" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtz5nk-2FAYZ3sDfROrvGexvQj-HEhUun_O54UjO3_1B3uyxK2bzi264C83XzPXJBnMm3guma10XEPz2u3x5KFHlO9r00MUAMRRltlDiMKQRhcFrajP_6Ur30bOtsKS7WgoFssNthRzYX2jqgu1ABqiGs_6X18CgR8t-JL0-nYyOQub_i5LGgZjYmwrJx/w300-h400/PXL_20231008_185017631.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Still processing this one...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-F8T986Wjri_GoB_fY8QChl1YVIitKcj_la44BwIYZSkA2_a5c0o4UsXz0AqOSRl9e4efL7UNEE_y1qCUUS6KNrfLgJfShnvuHRFMKw3kEVWNH_l3jMtWj0R9OBjtIfsJMlmq-R2C4mg6NfiJPYlqH91sov2TiQzW4_n0gNo-gTzm2fLpYOtp2Z2N3_e/s1304/PXL_20231011_182641671.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq-F8T986Wjri_GoB_fY8QChl1YVIitKcj_la44BwIYZSkA2_a5c0o4UsXz0AqOSRl9e4efL7UNEE_y1qCUUS6KNrfLgJfShnvuHRFMKw3kEVWNH_l3jMtWj0R9OBjtIfsJMlmq-R2C4mg6NfiJPYlqH91sov2TiQzW4_n0gNo-gTzm2fLpYOtp2Z2N3_e/w400-h300/PXL_20231011_182641671.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And this</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLbP6SipV4SReZFsdM9CEZ5eHeG3F-gEeyUxBzQz1bJjw-W9hy9H9xO4aK2G7axvQQLYINj_aoBvB35SmdLMRJwDz0g1xpjsTU9JQTyVteP4vLIGpnZqZwKUV4GtKTWO0tUNsXH7Lcy3__6XVy0dBGbhlgTNIl48nCKtqjlRkZ9Ko2SFhRgnIK1fAP6WZ/s1304/PXL_20231013_203016508.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLbP6SipV4SReZFsdM9CEZ5eHeG3F-gEeyUxBzQz1bJjw-W9hy9H9xO4aK2G7axvQQLYINj_aoBvB35SmdLMRJwDz0g1xpjsTU9JQTyVteP4vLIGpnZqZwKUV4GtKTWO0tUNsXH7Lcy3__6XVy0dBGbhlgTNIl48nCKtqjlRkZ9Ko2SFhRgnIK1fAP6WZ/w400-h300/PXL_20231013_203016508.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Yes, they do Halloween here, big-time</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrerQT6K4AtARiejMTq0K0HSYmnd7TBh6vK6eTRRbgObiiMeunGRKhFWd3DyLTTZE6IAHg_hVKpwl4QzJFVvbTqsSYWdwpHEg35undsMlxukEptnUQnEuQQwJsfMglUGZN2GpSuPOW4L-BpAmuONjNPzBd3ZRIt8T4zv-gk7njLCz2R0KcE3Tv2XCRftJ/s1304/PXL_20231019_190845746.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrerQT6K4AtARiejMTq0K0HSYmnd7TBh6vK6eTRRbgObiiMeunGRKhFWd3DyLTTZE6IAHg_hVKpwl4QzJFVvbTqsSYWdwpHEg35undsMlxukEptnUQnEuQQwJsfMglUGZN2GpSuPOW4L-BpAmuONjNPzBd3ZRIt8T4zv-gk7njLCz2R0KcE3Tv2XCRftJ/w400-h300/PXL_20231019_190845746.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At a nearby "European" supermarket; we had high hopes, but <br />nearly everything was labeled in Cyrillic; the shopping bag display<br />sort of explains</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RvORy9DzVV5AvlI_wWvw8_vZ6GsQhlX8XTx26e3M-y2TaqMqTChmL-1900cyHQiiWZTQ3RTw4yigJbspKc_JpW8kEbkavkcqLsWUdAkxi7IuUgI0yLk5AUfI1wSP3ddmPKb3NrAtkQv7owHhgCHYxIm-MY8bTbRjFv2smO_69YiEv_8lGFthdWQ8wyoE/s1304/PXL_20231028_155946847.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RvORy9DzVV5AvlI_wWvw8_vZ6GsQhlX8XTx26e3M-y2TaqMqTChmL-1900cyHQiiWZTQ3RTw4yigJbspKc_JpW8kEbkavkcqLsWUdAkxi7IuUgI0yLk5AUfI1wSP3ddmPKb3NrAtkQv7owHhgCHYxIm-MY8bTbRjFv2smO_69YiEv_8lGFthdWQ8wyoE/w400-h300/PXL_20231028_155946847.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Penelope has gotten into jewelry-making and sales at several local<br />junior entrepreneurial fairs...making some serious bucks and also<br />winning several 'best in show' prizes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3RNUp8qwGR9hSLIxYy09VYoTXf4lkqJ2QiQ1WXXtWHkTCpkPwlSIYbsRTK9J_9DyOXKOX4ctCor0Y2QoqOJxh9jf8BZZhFIWx12IjE2cxPTUaXEKYD0KyNdBlnSQEoDrL0-asv1vjWuOgJ-BUUe2wFlv9rFdOpR6TZtcVI-DI6l7-e6oU_18Gs-2ymcm/s4032/PXL_20231031_173812806.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3RNUp8qwGR9hSLIxYy09VYoTXf4lkqJ2QiQ1WXXtWHkTCpkPwlSIYbsRTK9J_9DyOXKOX4ctCor0Y2QoqOJxh9jf8BZZhFIWx12IjE2cxPTUaXEKYD0KyNdBlnSQEoDrL0-asv1vjWuOgJ-BUUe2wFlv9rFdOpR6TZtcVI-DI6l7-e6oU_18Gs-2ymcm/w300-h400/PXL_20231031_173812806.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">My study of French has not won any prizes, but<br />I am persistent, here extending my Duolingo streak<br />to 665 days; with appropriate attire, furniture, and<br />beverage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br />Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-84494824099682289122023-10-28T18:24:00.006-04:002024-02-22T21:52:07.387-05:00Our Cary Apartment<p>We resume our regularly scheduled blog posting. It's been nice taking a month or so off: not much has occurred that is blog-worthy, and there is the usual worry about what do you do with a travel blog when you're not traveling. We are here, in Cary, NC, for the fall, winter, and early spring months, doing the death cleaning thing* and seeing our grand-daughter and her parents. Every day we do some serious walking and have even made a few more distant excursions, by bus, to the state capital and the state fair, both within 10 miles. And we spend considerable time going through our 70+ years of accumulated stuff, listing it on eBay or Craigs', boxing it for trips to the charity shops, or saving it for later. I also spend some time most days going back to posts people have visited the day before, making corrections, enlarging photos, embellishing with new snarky comments. </p><p>Back in August I promised pix of our apartment here. It is now presentable, at least with the understanding that it is part abode, part warehouse, part museum, and part studio. I suppose that could be said of any abode, particularly ours. But it is also all those things in the process of reducing 70+ years' accumulated stuff, particularly books, down to an order manageable for older persons--older persons who still want to spend most of their time traveling--and their descendants. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpr0VqHrJoYDtL6lhRCFXEZAXHhJGKqjv9j6Du2RIFblDEz7xL3zWxjTaZ_JuPVnircdMK2nxPaNAXh07t9lBcrJ_006wNOXPLcdr1qbdYj4k6jBrVRSEZ0Gqrih0O13vKtwDqjhp2KUCCabTj9WWZGWeSGx2gGiCwji_vJMEFSzb57RR0_jRZ1n21Njv/s1304/PXL_20231028_134815064.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpr0VqHrJoYDtL6lhRCFXEZAXHhJGKqjv9j6Du2RIFblDEz7xL3zWxjTaZ_JuPVnircdMK2nxPaNAXh07t9lBcrJ_006wNOXPLcdr1qbdYj4k6jBrVRSEZ0Gqrih0O13vKtwDqjhp2KUCCabTj9WWZGWeSGx2gGiCwji_vJMEFSzb57RR0_jRZ1n21Njv/w400-h300/PXL_20231028_134815064.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Our building in the Cary Greens apartment complex, near Cary Parkway<br />and High House Road [Google Earth view in a previous post]</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolsK-VWTzWdzUZ4El9NVSYNK5EFCqA8ATwctuaMlmsNysddJCpEY5KSP5Ocyh6_Mw6MpENB4R14DE24vXyhzAAfgNi18hWWvc9aTWAIhPFz6XM5VXVn6-6hZQgMHDFpAMJ4jsReAMbpFzMLTYXUMEu4_d83nGFiNVcNqqWrqBEWRhwpgFfH34oKxBMgUA/w400-h300/PXL_20231028_134924217.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Our apartment is on the ground floor, back side of the building, facing</div><div style="text-align: left;">the little wood</div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHLKUZh0-4tUmNCsf3U7D1MDyEYbmmf7aTwhkeOBEmPOBy1kfU48PjULdEdMxP-VBYkwn1vQ1x7GwMQH25dd-Q0BVfa0jCh-jQngV8NX2rRccZaitJCbMjZw669C0vNhwUXC6sGwh1Zz-P63V0cNLXMbNekD7HFqnU7YVKjJK12OnofwXGDdHV2UXUdC-/s1304/PXL_20231028_134653416.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHLKUZh0-4tUmNCsf3U7D1MDyEYbmmf7aTwhkeOBEmPOBy1kfU48PjULdEdMxP-VBYkwn1vQ1x7GwMQH25dd-Q0BVfa0jCh-jQngV8NX2rRccZaitJCbMjZw669C0vNhwUXC6sGwh1Zz-P63V0cNLXMbNekD7HFqnU7YVKjJK12OnofwXGDdHV2UXUdC-/w400-h300/PXL_20231028_134653416.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">There's its ample screened-in porch</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnM9YVfbQVeTzx1otnN-VHDyVbD5YLxnNEiylsMbqxpeSwsax-Eit084qj2uNmS8LaPwaTjod7XD2uPDVmIwgM-HYHN4MVUgVC5j-rwId9Rqo_jL7ZXHiWiczZxjUAWotNsQQiv4bM1sgD3dgQ_0nPvDW3KoPJJsQ6dqlx-c-nZmHkUqpC8kR7qWq8HY4P/s1304/PXL_20231024_171017058.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnM9YVfbQVeTzx1otnN-VHDyVbD5YLxnNEiylsMbqxpeSwsax-Eit084qj2uNmS8LaPwaTjod7XD2uPDVmIwgM-HYHN4MVUgVC5j-rwId9Rqo_jL7ZXHiWiczZxjUAWotNsQQiv4bM1sgD3dgQ_0nPvDW3KoPJJsQ6dqlx-c-nZmHkUqpC8kR7qWq8HY4P/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171017058.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Bedroom; a pleasant surprise was that our cherry Queen<br />Anne furniture squeezed in pretty well [we are open to offers<br />if you're into valuable OBF]</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivG7T_g3gIxuulIx3KP1RKbPEutPK9HYXoDzmt5MBwg0X35XvolKZCGliZ_Lloky3po9u8miej2Zl7FC3ajx6CydK9V71b4IvpMB55YMHsnCJnQ-YRhMcIEJ-FbkIQI9F5sVDhvVCdGeMdsd6jezgYoSj3OzS9I3ROE1mKo2CTkZplAB21XYB8CnR33WWM/s1304/PXL_20231024_171055256.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivG7T_g3gIxuulIx3KP1RKbPEutPK9HYXoDzmt5MBwg0X35XvolKZCGliZ_Lloky3po9u8miej2Zl7FC3ajx6CydK9V71b4IvpMB55YMHsnCJnQ-YRhMcIEJ-FbkIQI9F5sVDhvVCdGeMdsd6jezgYoSj3OzS9I3ROE1mKo2CTkZplAB21XYB8CnR33WWM/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171055256.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Thus we were able to re-use much of the decor we'd saved from<br />houses in Columbus, Dallas, and Missoula; serves also as media<br />room; note brand-new TV; also view out to warehouse/studio/porch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-hiYrsMTwrKv9aPmbCPHDevxW5ihyyYMD42IWSfp9B0W_tya-OQ5E1xsUUVnoSxXHBRF3mX8E7tbbXpkBRRRmXjAUr1BefBDUXQKRYxXdI1sYMM1XJ6K3dGd07acmm8LxpeB4fIwwR3BmZrfhw_u_2ngWvmm2fLswgmE6FD2dj0ICbOrLUTuwimtr8pp/s1304/PXL_20231024_171129453.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-hiYrsMTwrKv9aPmbCPHDevxW5ihyyYMD42IWSfp9B0W_tya-OQ5E1xsUUVnoSxXHBRF3mX8E7tbbXpkBRRRmXjAUr1BefBDUXQKRYxXdI1sYMM1XJ6K3dGd07acmm8LxpeB4fIwwR3BmZrfhw_u_2ngWvmm2fLswgmE6FD2dj0ICbOrLUTuwimtr8pp/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171129453.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Bath; double sinks; one of the largest one-bedroom units we've<br />seen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtb11a5DO-iwnViBozaLDllgAokL03szEzujZJa4Has4RiK4aleLkco9IksVgMXynZMt7m70_cneWHoYFpjKt9ohYChVsT2G7Kd58zysgs09pdaCHcwYyZ0dqKBzarZ97n5zQoBB21MjV-qbO_UukUoJSHbu9DeV9gSj9PLX2PowqmffAeGVafQdpf2ov/s1304/PXL_20231024_171141146.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtb11a5DO-iwnViBozaLDllgAokL03szEzujZJa4Has4RiK4aleLkco9IksVgMXynZMt7m70_cneWHoYFpjKt9ohYChVsT2G7Kd58zysgs09pdaCHcwYyZ0dqKBzarZ97n5zQoBB21MjV-qbO_UukUoJSHbu9DeV9gSj9PLX2PowqmffAeGVafQdpf2ov/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171141146.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">And tub</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7NFZ45a9fOeloQof5a4PWXyQlp88aeQ0hfCz8m4DoYLKvMF-ZteXJqRdN4gciDHE6lgtqsG8HwCznOhM-VqT-GxofqOTPqRVCllaraTldi-wWC5pbGJUcL0SIvEm71Ke5HLAzox3xqodbv6f5_Cs2nJ6_hjxh-RaHGFmt1cJhyphenhyphenzGGm7FHAqj5ncpnNb3/s1304/PXL_20231024_171156860.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7NFZ45a9fOeloQof5a4PWXyQlp88aeQ0hfCz8m4DoYLKvMF-ZteXJqRdN4gciDHE6lgtqsG8HwCznOhM-VqT-GxofqOTPqRVCllaraTldi-wWC5pbGJUcL0SIvEm71Ke5HLAzox3xqodbv6f5_Cs2nJ6_hjxh-RaHGFmt1cJhyphenhyphenzGGm7FHAqj5ncpnNb3/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171156860.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Grand Hall; Everest view (from above Namche Bazar) <br />and prayer flags above the washer and dryer alcove</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbkeS25yw2nfW_3i05-wrVexXJw2C5BLFFDti5Fd1-ySRn9gYhejbZliwC_-ODvgfzzbQDytJDJP31OspQNZVMJ1GuqPbJLq5TGH7EJujQ0H_URRubUpApnb6Ndp52QXUfMM3eJ6O_CRAMS9nAhxaeJTPmRF-m21Q6hOlBZI_9rbXwzwI7b3XgjVtvOEA/s1304/PXL_20231024_171210216.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbkeS25yw2nfW_3i05-wrVexXJw2C5BLFFDti5Fd1-ySRn9gYhejbZliwC_-ODvgfzzbQDytJDJP31OspQNZVMJ1GuqPbJLq5TGH7EJujQ0H_URRubUpApnb6Ndp52QXUfMM3eJ6O_CRAMS9nAhxaeJTPmRF-m21Q6hOlBZI_9rbXwzwI7b3XgjVtvOEA/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171210216.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF9vFiLmOFk5MqEPrezByAu4PsIRwrkVyJHvf8wVLoiosbKUj8hitPI_TchCy1j63fosHtdoRE2bFIJgJb2W1Z07rfgg94P18dWA9B1S6P1T3KSHpt0GGwkCyW0kNquiqQMfnm9kf2qX3aEtpXp1-mwWylbWdZK-k9e1Dqz9rrsg8MordTHAYm-KZjX1t/s1304/PXL_20231024_171730777.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF9vFiLmOFk5MqEPrezByAu4PsIRwrkVyJHvf8wVLoiosbKUj8hitPI_TchCy1j63fosHtdoRE2bFIJgJb2W1Z07rfgg94P18dWA9B1S6P1T3KSHpt0GGwkCyW0kNquiqQMfnm9kf2qX3aEtpXp1-mwWylbWdZK-k9e1Dqz9rrsg8MordTHAYm-KZjX1t/w300-h400/PXL_20231024_171730777.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We 've lived in RVs <i>much</i> smaller than this...</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxnuuPYu3RZ_Y0YW-vYI9txneYngGp0Hat9H1Gne9D8XTj4hAZF-WEhRGc5vBQQWZznRO4sZGnkmIGNtEp7nMnKB6sT6CQ7ptwbvUmeW5xFJZvlbbDdAINcT4KhagUxUjuSCoKhPsPngIo6JgfQjSKkn8P6ncLFez22vQWHrakRo_4a_oBIJnJdsLov8u/s1304/PXL_20231024_171255509.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxnuuPYu3RZ_Y0YW-vYI9txneYngGp0Hat9H1Gne9D8XTj4hAZF-WEhRGc5vBQQWZznRO4sZGnkmIGNtEp7nMnKB6sT6CQ7ptwbvUmeW5xFJZvlbbDdAINcT4KhagUxUjuSCoKhPsPngIo6JgfQjSKkn8P6ncLFez22vQWHrakRo_4a_oBIJnJdsLov8u/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171255509.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Living area; the T-shirt quilt covers a principal warehousing wall</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww2Y2VXoYWbh-kej8TKYwfx6KrKiYjfKC_SRIIm5yHyEyFjCIhVg4c2cTCAVoX9xGZ6QFPCxVaETR5J-ojp0_4UfMn768UCSxXdFzeILPPQfwv1Nh4ZzePh8KGEEcltqPsrDvmEQIXClNiJy0VEy8SjxbtfgMT72c63wwls7spXVjD3zXq9Zi2JJlBYdJ/s1304/PXL_20231024_171311660.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww2Y2VXoYWbh-kej8TKYwfx6KrKiYjfKC_SRIIm5yHyEyFjCIhVg4c2cTCAVoX9xGZ6QFPCxVaETR5J-ojp0_4UfMn768UCSxXdFzeILPPQfwv1Nh4ZzePh8KGEEcltqPsrDvmEQIXClNiJy0VEy8SjxbtfgMT72c63wwls7spXVjD3zXq9Zi2JJlBYdJ/w300-h400/PXL_20231024_171311660.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Study <i>niche</i>/music room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEWTQuECAJ0PBmgdQrOURrJzgbdSDRsRl78n8-JGFbLCjktJA5XDa4cWr_WEBeSvRruSAPhb4x1-Edq3poo_vcYUPVuijGVEnDkG3Ijs9mj2s9e6nDzRM8ELYyq_QN-H17erXjyxMRXOlXvpaOzwJqcPZ1wqCVabPYhRrLbqLNoIo71S0kXNO7r1b5z8O/s1304/PXL_20231024_171328128.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEWTQuECAJ0PBmgdQrOURrJzgbdSDRsRl78n8-JGFbLCjktJA5XDa4cWr_WEBeSvRruSAPhb4x1-Edq3poo_vcYUPVuijGVEnDkG3Ijs9mj2s9e6nDzRM8ELYyq_QN-H17erXjyxMRXOlXvpaOzwJqcPZ1wqCVabPYhRrLbqLNoIo71S0kXNO7r1b5z8O/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171328128.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Some of the steadily dwindling library</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y_G50H7leT7YofpVPSpxAMCgIb_kXjj47nezPZANY0IDLYWNlbl38HdgUMW6XutCjNZhvlD5lxuDVNefVLbaFXsvp6rOmdH90wTT-Ib7wDTSSI3-lEnLGhBJefSz9E3-zkmA8_H3EQE3E16qrihXlA4eBgho6-DclvpwJslV4KUY-E5csqsVTcJ99PNA/s1304/PXL_20231024_171350964.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y_G50H7leT7YofpVPSpxAMCgIb_kXjj47nezPZANY0IDLYWNlbl38HdgUMW6XutCjNZhvlD5lxuDVNefVLbaFXsvp6rOmdH90wTT-Ib7wDTSSI3-lEnLGhBJefSz9E3-zkmA8_H3EQE3E16qrihXlA4eBgho6-DclvpwJslV4KUY-E5csqsVTcJ99PNA/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171350964.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Dining/study/office</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdK1mcmFTByDmqlG6XgpoOnxlHEvffHqegeuNQNSUgSf0JusYXSgPWaFuk-COKUFL2OSdeaEoCWkQkTFuX4_eoNFV4mYN4Ko4eL97wrg01pMBWQ3oB5mpIhjuMoOZCVUbM5frUTlkL98LcQTX0Ie2aE-mW-PTaoe5zC8x0FDKhDDpaGmlgJ9ivXhp-uVF/s1304/PXL_20231024_171405363.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdK1mcmFTByDmqlG6XgpoOnxlHEvffHqegeuNQNSUgSf0JusYXSgPWaFuk-COKUFL2OSdeaEoCWkQkTFuX4_eoNFV4mYN4Ko4eL97wrg01pMBWQ3oB5mpIhjuMoOZCVUbM5frUTlkL98LcQTX0Ie2aE-mW-PTaoe5zC8x0FDKhDDpaGmlgJ9ivXhp-uVF/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171405363.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Living room view; note Czech art nouveau stained glass in window;<br />the table is Vicki's sewing center/studio</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BdaSWruA8n9UGyRVSGTlUl0b0Letv5TZ4H9SryUi6IedxnR6CHq3jqO26BiWHthn17cu5bNGcu3JWvrbP9TetvbFSB7ZQDZUGKD0vBCoerW_k2QqI2PhFC_eViup36nMdbHAnoonmADJaXqckvqwVk-9Ao0Kt965pz0DgQeOzlmSjN8dhUyuivQckM8W/s1304/PXL_20231024_171433164.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BdaSWruA8n9UGyRVSGTlUl0b0Letv5TZ4H9SryUi6IedxnR6CHq3jqO26BiWHthn17cu5bNGcu3JWvrbP9TetvbFSB7ZQDZUGKD0vBCoerW_k2QqI2PhFC_eViup36nMdbHAnoonmADJaXqckvqwVk-9Ao0Kt965pz0DgQeOzlmSjN8dhUyuivQckM8W/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171433164.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Now on the screened-in porch; note remains of Montana <br />sign forest and new bistro chairs and table</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNbtsj5Lug_eYhg5v3rKF259kuSObHsU3ts_qbmsoZntb-5DSCaabQ5SWLdp1h8j1ByaivlP9RZvGtrjajFDkWV6w6V-sy9ExBSaNkP0XtT99QlPrUx6IfE7Z4WoSFwULwFix8DHzD3c5As3katSFLJDhUtoKtdRQl8mouLMtnckAZQFbTfF6BLrpjKNi/s1304/PXL_20231024_171441229.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNbtsj5Lug_eYhg5v3rKF259kuSObHsU3ts_qbmsoZntb-5DSCaabQ5SWLdp1h8j1ByaivlP9RZvGtrjajFDkWV6w6V-sy9ExBSaNkP0XtT99QlPrUx6IfE7Z4WoSFwULwFix8DHzD3c5As3katSFLJDhUtoKtdRQl8mouLMtnckAZQFbTfF6BLrpjKNi/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171441229.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Also the two Diamondback bicycles, his and hers, rescued and now<br />undergoing restoration</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjeXtujgjMvAkoyRLY2RLAkDRRh4BBZOhfL6Zl6B-N_q2fVnC9BuRjiT8Ny5CGs1lGpmU__bWgqb-RZuamWsQEIixz2NahCdyCK4MMpNyebGJjy5vSFoQT8-abqjfrCa5Y9JXaICjTfLCiVPY-6rxR2_nCYlBT_VwUVhzKzCJsMmp4Yk30tfhCwyzFT98/s1304/PXL_20231024_171450023.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjeXtujgjMvAkoyRLY2RLAkDRRh4BBZOhfL6Zl6B-N_q2fVnC9BuRjiT8Ny5CGs1lGpmU__bWgqb-RZuamWsQEIixz2NahCdyCK4MMpNyebGJjy5vSFoQT8-abqjfrCa5Y9JXaICjTfLCiVPY-6rxR2_nCYlBT_VwUVhzKzCJsMmp4Yk30tfhCwyzFT98/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171450023.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">More porch, <i>atelier</i> and art museum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQLIJXHMsPKa5s3hw1FCMLeLd771Ofmc41zTXKHv7epLBZW_Py-oRI8QwEZUzBnMyf61SOfLZuOh_g6NWxtqxK_Dqsw44I4A64UapAlzzfMMKzlQqsuQRxtv2E0FdrOWzXEHA6Smd-AzuKnGTSjDsRVZRlY7iW5igNrzq6LC2MPucflQXaHhwpD9plclg/s1304/PXL_20231024_171500115.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQLIJXHMsPKa5s3hw1FCMLeLd771Ofmc41zTXKHv7epLBZW_Py-oRI8QwEZUzBnMyf61SOfLZuOh_g6NWxtqxK_Dqsw44I4A64UapAlzzfMMKzlQqsuQRxtv2E0FdrOWzXEHA6Smd-AzuKnGTSjDsRVZRlY7iW5igNrzq6LC2MPucflQXaHhwpD9plclg/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_171500115.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><i>Oxides</i>, c. 1991; more of my art works in later posts</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLOc4IhCHSY-xi7tBN_jGV5re95Uxn_v8WePt-H_i-MUV5J4LP9gKQf5OtQCPcKCSuWekTl1AJLIfSiOVLAfSc9TnDuNsDldrmWYBX48QDkK3wvKQmmif56bSltgkwnFAHQAwR54WYPpi6U8Mk5KOImCixucnfgDio_K24r1NGYwohy-xYMbGMRFaSlwY/s1304/PXL_20231024_171523329.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLOc4IhCHSY-xi7tBN_jGV5re95Uxn_v8WePt-H_i-MUV5J4LP9gKQf5OtQCPcKCSuWekTl1AJLIfSiOVLAfSc9TnDuNsDldrmWYBX48QDkK3wvKQmmif56bSltgkwnFAHQAwR54WYPpi6U8Mk5KOImCixucnfgDio_K24r1NGYwohy-xYMbGMRFaSlwY/w300-h400/PXL_20231024_171523329.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Pretty much every visible metallic surface is covered<br />in magnets</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7E6pI_EjJEtET46Vw3o3_JHdk_oJTCKpJSbbbMvqYVHtNCxzLTFRzowWWob3JVBH0weTZrZmwkCbgF8a5NppPACun1vEf5XFQwhGn523ivXbGGJEN6Puzh_aCt4xiWhe_FetHimy9uMmQ1BdO-LGccSUP1MfV2I0PKByME3LwGIZuSNRGezAV2gyr4b_/s1304/PXL_20231024_171716737.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7E6pI_EjJEtET46Vw3o3_JHdk_oJTCKpJSbbbMvqYVHtNCxzLTFRzowWWob3JVBH0weTZrZmwkCbgF8a5NppPACun1vEf5XFQwhGn523ivXbGGJEN6Puzh_aCt4xiWhe_FetHimy9uMmQ1BdO-LGccSUP1MfV2I0PKByME3LwGIZuSNRGezAV2gyr4b_/w300-h400/PXL_20231024_171716737.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cleverly concealed refrigerator; burglars would never</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">find the vintage Costco <i>poulet</i> <i>roti</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK2vpuZciKOvLrDptia4CALaM4QOR_lbiT7XQuUCq5AORJzE95S3xr2tGFANkxt9Ar9W2D07by7OxjJWgi39pDmXMWdv-E6ueICMMTAAICJ73QCEM69UEUCBMOR-nGqopOmpDAmlNzKD3fyP87wsUuG2t0hVmn37Bk2tej1eZTxBPq0eER2JvAQ-tNgMI/s1304/PXL_20231024_171739733.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCK2vpuZciKOvLrDptia4CALaM4QOR_lbiT7XQuUCq5AORJzE95S3xr2tGFANkxt9Ar9W2D07by7OxjJWgi39pDmXMWdv-E6ueICMMTAAICJ73QCEM69UEUCBMOR-nGqopOmpDAmlNzKD3fyP87wsUuG2t0hVmn37Bk2tej1eZTxBPq0eER2JvAQ-tNgMI/w300-h400/PXL_20231024_171739733.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our gardening now is pretty much limited to cilantro<br />("Cory Ann"), sweet basil ("Basil"), and Thai holy<br />basil ("กะเพรา"); and some succulents Rachel gave us</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">*Swedish Death Cleaning; look it up; we are all dying...</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-9599766469263321352023-10-01T20:17:00.001-04:002023-10-01T20:18:03.829-04:00It's Intermisson Time, Folks!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNI27GgtTiLrZycBPaxBEUHkDnsbfBZKt1j_amk16173Xd1b1RmGh179GAmKuJBOEO9cibtO84LniZroN_C4EwhbtNkNx1_SoZS4nI7Twgaq_nqZT4nFdpQv4i0AzovjzSSonwQa1IwSC0Lcpw7g-59mzl3cMTp5z_PCOAKAQGVIjf6QesJXlhVm4e-YVg/s479/intermission.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="479" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNI27GgtTiLrZycBPaxBEUHkDnsbfBZKt1j_amk16173Xd1b1RmGh179GAmKuJBOEO9cibtO84LniZroN_C4EwhbtNkNx1_SoZS4nI7Twgaq_nqZT4nFdpQv4i0AzovjzSSonwQa1IwSC0Lcpw7g-59mzl3cMTp5z_PCOAKAQGVIjf6QesJXlhVm4e-YVg/w400-h300/intermission.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">We're beween missions...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-47861268386543445112023-09-15T08:12:00.002-04:002023-09-25T06:53:40.085-04:00Interim Update #1,280<p>So we are in Cary,* NC, settling into our one bedroom apartment, beginning the Death Cleaning project aforementioned, re-acquainting ourselves with suburban life. Such as it is. We have even bought a television; our first in fifteen years. The apartment is larger and quieter than we had imagined, even has a view, sort of, and will accommodate all our remaining but dwindling stuff. The location is very good for us: 2 miles from Rebecca's house, near one of the major bus routes, a few hundred feet from a small strip shopping center with a sizable <i>hypermercado</i>, a few hundred more feet to Bond Park, a large city park (lake, forests, athletic fields, trails...), and within the park, the Cary Senior Center, where we are already taking courses in technology, line dancing, and <i>tai</i> <i>chi</i> (or is it chai tea?). One of my long-held dreams has been to cross-breed line dancing with <i>tai</i> <i>chi</i>, to be done to Pashelbel's <i>Canon</i> or possibly Gregorian Chant...but I digress. Anyhow, we are here until spring, with plenty to do but with plenty still to decide. Like whether or not we should keep this or some other apartment; buy an RV; just keep moving.... We have reservations for Nice/Paris/Belgium/the Baltic for the spring, but, beyond that...well, stay tuned. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaKAzbQfYLt_EVtb-PfzbN9OGaWm7KElbAQcizmuii8TNkMCwI8cMEMbWezND92ycPN69izDubPRG4winY45ZJHu8tuex_gcSmpngghzv1TI4st12jAiA2nbLLG1rpJePIvlfO2kYp9A47ItzWaLLuCFRovIgtsPIPYo1FswnWAOfG5oNFfwdJaruuaWz/s1485/CaryGoogleRebecca.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1485" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaKAzbQfYLt_EVtb-PfzbN9OGaWm7KElbAQcizmuii8TNkMCwI8cMEMbWezND92ycPN69izDubPRG4winY45ZJHu8tuex_gcSmpngghzv1TI4st12jAiA2nbLLG1rpJePIvlfO2kYp9A47ItzWaLLuCFRovIgtsPIPYo1FswnWAOfG5oNFfwdJaruuaWz/w640-h475/CaryGoogleRebecca.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We are actually somewhat below and to the left of the red Google pin; Rebecca, Jeremy and Penelope<br />are in the Riggsbee Farm area to the left; no relation to Eleanor Rigby<br /><br />*not named after Cary Grant**<br />**nor the great <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMmNm1CiSGE&ab_channel=tianimu">Mel Brooks routine</a> (horrible video but Mel Brooks at his best)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-32267291166597016222023-09-09T18:10:00.001-04:002023-10-15T08:44:38.523-04:00Dollywood<p>We had our reasons for going to Dollywood, Vicki, hers, I, mine. It was for us both most certainly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. And I didn't even go: just being near it was enough. Penelope, on the other hand, loved it: far from being merely a family theme park, it hosts a remarkable collection of <i>extreme</i> roller-coaster and similar rides, some of which she did a dozen times or more. She is at <i>that</i> age. Grandma did several of the extreme rides but mostly served as chaperone. I kept the batteries charged.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuk_ej_Dyp79ugO_hxCbQGH42nTo1WmzCCjbM3nBiAn_MzvFdTMf5KiGgXJ34Z98VbzjI1jScaYXB3LajPJbtSN7ZcvCf4svQQA9hgu2RxBmPSjkP-5tTYELsegbdhMej1jeI5R-GYP_KieY_GmO97rNf3bgPPx3jKme1yPp_cmXv8pPogSU86USifndT/s4032/PXL_20230815_234711357.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuk_ej_Dyp79ugO_hxCbQGH42nTo1WmzCCjbM3nBiAn_MzvFdTMf5KiGgXJ34Z98VbzjI1jScaYXB3LajPJbtSN7ZcvCf4svQQA9hgu2RxBmPSjkP-5tTYELsegbdhMej1jeI5R-GYP_KieY_GmO97rNf3bgPPx3jKme1yPp_cmXv8pPogSU86USifndT/w300-h400/PXL_20230815_234711357.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Local sentiment; and not without reason</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s5LTganj1vanrUonkSLfJFO_7u2XQbmadEquQS4B-8Y6jUtf0A9odFNPgZLOHcRKEDkx-hHsm3ioKAPRFPupUxF0jQudl9GSMsy74FwUM8zCICaMfyL1nurj_ioOnanVfOv2tyiEy3DUEfLZvM9nHBgCgzQ1VctkXYxK0dYsbrrgA4r_61kQylwAUUU4/s3004/PXL_20230818_150258259.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="3004" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s5LTganj1vanrUonkSLfJFO_7u2XQbmadEquQS4B-8Y6jUtf0A9odFNPgZLOHcRKEDkx-hHsm3ioKAPRFPupUxF0jQudl9GSMsy74FwUM8zCICaMfyL1nurj_ioOnanVfOv2tyiEy3DUEfLZvM9nHBgCgzQ1VctkXYxK0dYsbrrgA4r_61kQylwAUUU4/w400-h366/PXL_20230818_150258259.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Delivering prizes for the Midway</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0gVT11ccU4nA_jrhFHgzKnRDWpR-IE-gczJKhXF-xN7Uqqw1vV2u1jjNWbHLthN8xthYaR776YPUJC2XE1Imn3foNfgBXhfXqzI2seRC8KLkr3oQAtazrKUUjy0UGwXCtnLy8tD0HftwLBL7R6YqXtlaXzdYaPKeFQqtYjj70MVk_L4Wy-Y_KP2Hs-og/s4032/PXL_20230818_164206308.jpg" style="clear: left; 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After a week moving in and getting the apartment functional (not settled nor presentable), we took her back to the Smokies for more of Deep Creek and environs, sites in the great park itself, and then to Dollywood, the heart of the 30-mile strip of tawdriness that runs from Gatlinburg through Pigeon Forge to Sevierville: the Pride of Tennessee. Yours truly, being physically unfit for tubing and rollercoaster riding, was excused from these activities and served largely as <i>chauffeur</i>, <i>gonfleur des tubes</i>, and <i>charg<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">eur</span> des batteries. </i>Dollywood will of course require a post unto itself.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62gOia916_dT5dbdybvJcClfgbRCe5RtwxL2xotrmGxAIDqJNSS756ZCgLT6XatSI_NLuDVU72MXTx5S8qken8EjDsuV0jQVcpUeCXhv60GEQGMBh5YKu6yuOGcxjafk9ajdHpS4EuwLir9g0sBlvQiq8f2D7qf6csuDAYnbLVnGDK5DYqURYvALqU67H/s1304/PXL_20230815_182741521.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62gOia916_dT5dbdybvJcClfgbRCe5RtwxL2xotrmGxAIDqJNSS756ZCgLT6XatSI_NLuDVU72MXTx5S8qken8EjDsuV0jQVcpUeCXhv60GEQGMBh5YKu6yuOGcxjafk9ajdHpS4EuwLir9g0sBlvQiq8f2D7qf6csuDAYnbLVnGDK5DYqURYvALqU67H/w400-h300/PXL_20230815_182741521.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">About to embark; the Creek was much higher than last year, though<br />still not living up to its name</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyRULiOspmgTi2Pokc6FvNRSQFly_pJ56Ka_afxCtix9UInygCES9cMYuLGViTKMPMYc8pVZpBFo6zrdYtu9g1a6MKKBPkXymEqsgDcr8bslWo_KhcCns-rjslfKpC-6TNEI33Vj1It5yV-Vmz9WtrD_W8SmBGhbBnJ2ejy_qLj0zvw9p5jFAI1iAluYu/s1304/PXL_20230815_182941471.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1304" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyRULiOspmgTi2Pokc6FvNRSQFly_pJ56Ka_afxCtix9UInygCES9cMYuLGViTKMPMYc8pVZpBFo6zrdYtu9g1a6MKKBPkXymEqsgDcr8bslWo_KhcCns-rjslfKpC-6TNEI33Vj1It5yV-Vmz9WtrD_W8SmBGhbBnJ2ejy_qLj0zvw9p5jFAI1iAluYu/w400-h396/PXL_20230815_182941471.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Vicki underway; her cheap, flimsy tube was good for just one voyage;<br />perhaps as she had planned</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjs8jziXm7XjOiup7yQAscAv96nO9d0tK-sZMPXa5f0HbR_Mi_M6oeJxfHAsUaSvfV42wXazYqxzjjKbiUSNdSxuaY_P71yhFlhGIvmDmBgkXxfhSBGiIuCAoCj42QMzXS26fwzYahJ-70fcYIPbdxpUsOysN4-CyGGeY1_GH7P1KlWVwYM15K3xoNXiV/s1304/PXL_20230815_182948999.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1304" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjs8jziXm7XjOiup7yQAscAv96nO9d0tK-sZMPXa5f0HbR_Mi_M6oeJxfHAsUaSvfV42wXazYqxzjjKbiUSNdSxuaY_P71yhFlhGIvmDmBgkXxfhSBGiIuCAoCj42QMzXS26fwzYahJ-70fcYIPbdxpUsOysN4-CyGGeY1_GH7P1KlWVwYM15K3xoNXiV/w400-h268/PXL_20230815_182948999.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Penelope underway, navigating a tricky spot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIwJDPg8fkmYj4cTp63FpH32e1ML13DsbgU8UOyhdlqbn0IOl9PkgVp28h-gAVXFvQ5Cx214bEnDsivHNO8wBQL001NSYL2PipD_CID_6cpl2woqdsoDnuBnRjo1W7gviVKWzm-GW7uiAJudwzO4kiAJsY02YywIlkfhNnBWirm2EsrSBUmT6Hgn8kspi/s1304/PXL_20230815_200821516.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiHNBzHa9LN7VmYRK9wMlXGtcg_SOmcKT65jkO2NUjy8vTwlwcWe9PFtY5SNIkp4GGSDr2CFe1C4Ub5S6vqb71TN4_K31O-lHF3e0iCikfJvGaSwiDjXV1f-ZLPmgm8nl8zwfxbuoUeeA6LqDGeTDYRhETOOfJ84AmsQdOprWkO_9P0QVKO5Ml9kpaCUJ/w330-h400/PXL_20230816_231428044.jpg" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We were traveling by rental car and motels but wanted to do<br />a camping meal, fire, s'mores, etc...so Vicki reserved a campsite<br />by the creek and we did it all again, <i>sans</i> camper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh8FtB0rj405W6C1LBWPXqiYDmBwHcSIxEu4qOWbsdcRqUlBlafwObTvZECeGc2qynz0J7IMrB6_85D8gsuByfP8ZCzPR52W74HEis-YbCOGZ3QkRjaNENqrvcYVJyhabtDmFtXORx5LLnQOQgnYjNTBkqzk_NsXki4hkek3mYiFl3tqGaCyzA5ZQS2ou/s1304/PXL_20230817_144737458.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNh8FtB0rj405W6C1LBWPXqiYDmBwHcSIxEu4qOWbsdcRqUlBlafwObTvZECeGc2qynz0J7IMrB6_85D8gsuByfP8ZCzPR52W74HEis-YbCOGZ3QkRjaNENqrvcYVJyhabtDmFtXORx5LLnQOQgnYjNTBkqzk_NsXki4hkek3mYiFl3tqGaCyzA5ZQS2ou/w400-h300/PXL_20230817_144737458.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Next day we drove around in the Park a bit...Clingman's Dome, Cade's<br />Cove, etc., Newfound Gap...</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSWvFBiYP220EYgwNcyHmW6RvxXQEZVSvLjY_T3ucv-kvJd9zVO31XqoB5j6EuZ-7Tc3k2L9kAJQSjbg69VuEkISgpwWXeBETpSUwaJMDw-rHKP3zJwuVum8gDVEcAYWk-KAdF4CYs0_TKLH0wlqqkN5ufB6aukkG44cprko5wX9rAj9_0No8AG1xV1Rx/s1304/PXL_20230817_144826855.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSWvFBiYP220EYgwNcyHmW6RvxXQEZVSvLjY_T3ucv-kvJd9zVO31XqoB5j6EuZ-7Tc3k2L9kAJQSjbg69VuEkISgpwWXeBETpSUwaJMDw-rHKP3zJwuVum8gDVEcAYWk-KAdF4CYs0_TKLH0wlqqkN5ufB6aukkG44cprko5wX9rAj9_0No8AG1xV1Rx/w400-h300/PXL_20230817_144826855.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLukyFarxvyuEuvI6POxZijSwHg6kwi_baauy1OCoqA4qr4wyrXYOC9DmrEyRhoF0ZcZrV6a7dpsnQC6ucC6TU6z1p7kYxDn32WxKB84lbs7hWGPesii4ZLUGon9AtjcF0dQT4cFuXseiZE6EizlSOPdgJLqCdvjby1mAHq0UnvA5ybT_jOidINfko7n8/s1304/PXL_20230817_152116989.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o64WLxm0153smfKXcEfIvuBcgcKOo3yglUj2ttB3r3F9vweVG29vsbDZFOcdo8_CqRJD0IoSOGtK-7ID5rmuC_5kMCBPZWGye5aSSaKXOlCerCTFJAeTUfzxPps_1H3pxh9i56JxQhniLCWa2B9tGoBqzKMv9lpqJrr6KATyTVaIaBVCNwD_Kq0gJUYU/w300-h400/PXL_20230817_155237139.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Scarlet beebalm...reminded us somewhat of the West and <br />so-called Indian Paintbrush<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__8QDPKqTjzFggzmsO46nuuhcCxWXdeIouvBSH62ua0GGg0WJc26RPmALolZHtV0nJTl5PpcoytxhhTQZpYb5F1J-zqfmiyR-0nlW8YxD9u0dnRrjMeqHbsCG7Pg1AFb0dmFhuFUicsMx1OrDH9HO4992sOoRMgOg0q6zp6DJZFKXol5FyyBREr82_p0l/s1304/PXL_20230817_155359538.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__8QDPKqTjzFggzmsO46nuuhcCxWXdeIouvBSH62ua0GGg0WJc26RPmALolZHtV0nJTl5PpcoytxhhTQZpYb5F1J-zqfmiyR-0nlW8YxD9u0dnRrjMeqHbsCG7Pg1AFb0dmFhuFUicsMx1OrDH9HO4992sOoRMgOg0q6zp6DJZFKXol5FyyBREr82_p0l/w400-h300/PXL_20230817_155359538.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On the Appalachian Trail, parts of which both her mom and Auntie<br />Rachel have done</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGxZjZWzHpzCnXtJhg-TsYJHwH2R4_wxMa4c5tvSg2D-V2EDpOWlFWzgEKkyOvQdYgxj7-IliRX9fDM_GP1TP3X3GSbeeHDvePKr1cwZ-_EwYa21SoZ7dU9famaUgfr5FJQHeIIsgx9E5ZJudM7cQ6QCOWJkQ6HMlNa6n1aiiKJQGOhjPKVvLw-Cw5R46/s1304/PXL_20230817_155617480.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGxZjZWzHpzCnXtJhg-TsYJHwH2R4_wxMa4c5tvSg2D-V2EDpOWlFWzgEKkyOvQdYgxj7-IliRX9fDM_GP1TP3X3GSbeeHDvePKr1cwZ-_EwYa21SoZ7dU9famaUgfr5FJQHeIIsgx9E5ZJudM7cQ6QCOWJkQ6HMlNa6n1aiiKJQGOhjPKVvLw-Cw5R46/w300-h400/PXL_20230817_155617480.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Contemplating the final push to the summit of Clingman's<br />Dome</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVfGxZgX3cuAkPWiXGgeN32u1m6WEgS1vvtS9zmjTH8709mH9uTUuH5Y-aGtdUq_zEV3FaU2cD98bheDL-psAYu2Qe7TLfVtRtpH_wzjh3xoFAh3qwl_a0nXiy4BoLoQWhpSLOaTFo4RHk8rLyAH7azrfgxBSkeOuB9nFIJAgsA9rPZgZAG9-ayp27dws/s1304/PXL_20230817_160234511.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4txTjOdmuBqCjxmI2TR9yrnCR8bUPxNslFhHL9S6Z1g73HUlhN_GGpVG1462SOG3ISRD8jGwCCvMOK1Yx8yOkL9SvEm29zs_bkAuakHjM6D00FeQyFX8U39FzP9jlBC9cbJw3WMOEh9S_rzKbViOyeUMoHDJKiKaaVH2h0ZktjOZ8F7eTLDILZPIX1pD9/w400-h300/PXL_20230817_161748919.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Happens all the time near beebalm patches</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziBuNZlNBziagcgLPL6Vgr7WW8jBpb3_6YA89L0KxwCAbuP7F8hlMDhk6Z-vzUY4L_v2969Ih545YlspNUIM4sphjLBLiUVUvmFw0yv2m5MpQIH_DwJZqDGJY1CsMY6qt_KBhj-uhmzr02mWQqCze-0PyDstr7MXzl6oylhd8Chot1vYpre93IZhXNV7G/s1304/PXL_20230817_190207212.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziBuNZlNBziagcgLPL6Vgr7WW8jBpb3_6YA89L0KxwCAbuP7F8hlMDhk6Z-vzUY4L_v2969Ih545YlspNUIM4sphjLBLiUVUvmFw0yv2m5MpQIH_DwJZqDGJY1CsMY6qt_KBhj-uhmzr02mWQqCze-0PyDstr7MXzl6oylhd8Chot1vYpre93IZhXNV7G/w400-h300/PXL_20230817_190207212.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">On the painfully long yet dull drive to Cade's Cove, a red fox/wolf/coyote<br />eyes us in the gridlock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wBwiZ1_6NAVjErJqB7QcYk_Uio2AKlAgAaHjiqSmRkAmCwwKbhdxECGx4Hs6Jm88ptJXmU_GqnQZRWUv4kfrcDZ4Oez-CCURTqtR25pZ--4Y1bmPg0C1fTcOWQDn7TW4qbETwIgxbXRLmJut-dONDjRyfwOJgpp_EXo_1r5DSs-zJGee3u303Szp65EJ/s1304/PXL_20230817_192009721.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wBwiZ1_6NAVjErJqB7QcYk_Uio2AKlAgAaHjiqSmRkAmCwwKbhdxECGx4Hs6Jm88ptJXmU_GqnQZRWUv4kfrcDZ4Oez-CCURTqtR25pZ--4Y1bmPg0C1fTcOWQDn7TW4qbETwIgxbXRLmJut-dONDjRyfwOJgpp_EXo_1r5DSs-zJGee3u303Szp65EJ/w400-h300/PXL_20230817_192009721.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Among the more interesting features of Cade's Cove, which, in 1969 we thought<br />was really interesting...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UjkyIs0p7_obovFkGghKumifRG94mQ-rUpV20W1yj42dOH2lGHye1Stk3k0BonGEtcL6QTg0pO74lYUHfO6r7EgFweSD7D5Fn1OUUgNNP3y-VsD3EaEt75Vt01mdtk3vkqe_D11nT6LulGZQ8r1_guiR4BaapTdbc126tp-bOiJMrW6RVukHQmq60gTZ/s1304/PXL_20230817_192109231.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UjkyIs0p7_obovFkGghKumifRG94mQ-rUpV20W1yj42dOH2lGHye1Stk3k0BonGEtcL6QTg0pO74lYUHfO6r7EgFweSD7D5Fn1OUUgNNP3y-VsD3EaEt75Vt01mdtk3vkqe_D11nT6LulGZQ8r1_guiR4BaapTdbc126tp-bOiJMrW6RVukHQmq60gTZ/w300-h400/PXL_20230817_192109231.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Your have been warned...actually, best not to go to Cade's Cove <br />at all, unless you have a hankering for 1st gear and 1920s pastoral <br />squalor; and snakes and gridlock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-55518012941884672272023-09-06T09:16:00.003-04:002023-09-25T07:05:27.782-04:00Roadtrip 2023!<p>We did our first US road trip in 1970, between college and first job/graduate school, driving from Miami to Boston, up to Maine, across Canada past the Lakes, then the West, California, down to Arizona, up to Colorado, and then back to Boston. All in the summer and all in a very minimal 1968 <i>un</i>-air-conditioned Dodge van camper. Favorite songs, FWIW, were <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8lf7RLYIww&ab_channel=MrIncredibleFox">Ride, Captain, Ride</a></i>, <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrKETxwRvM&ab_channel=AuntieSoul34">Midnight at the Oasis</a></i>, and <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iokgq4I0OM8&ab_channel=UnionSquareMusic">In the Summertime</a></i>. Or maybe those were some other road trips. I never listened to the lyrics much. Too much engine noise and the windows down. And it was AM radio. We've lost track of how many more such trips we've made in the past 53 years, but a few are recorded on this blog. Explore the search box.</p><p>Anyhow, on July 24th, we departed Missoula and headed east, mostly I-90 and its many Montana memories, before dipping into Wyoming, then South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and finally our new temporary home, North Carolina. En route we spent a couple nights with college friends Tawana and Wes in Fayetteville and then a couple more with Vicki's sister Marie and husband Norm in Knoxville. We got to Cary in the evening of August 1st, spent the night at daughter Rebecca's, and then drove to our new, as yet unseen, apartment, to begin two long days of unloading. The trip was without difficulty--no accidents nor breakdowns nor surprises of any sort--but not one of our more memorable road trips.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oLSyExN_tBxLG2EZrE_lh0t3QwEXpV3_IpWDSaBpPt81QamQuGincppjLV38CINCIDU-lNnwcprv33hBsjI3lAW1NP0eab91c81DcDe_6MnJvbk57_oC194w1b6i0GShsg5xKLtnbHrZqungI-1gPIEj3C0swsbjs0aMuy7FEw_Gwe_QOeqs1aQUFxWD/s1304/PXL_20230722_162747650.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oLSyExN_tBxLG2EZrE_lh0t3QwEXpV3_IpWDSaBpPt81QamQuGincppjLV38CINCIDU-lNnwcprv33hBsjI3lAW1NP0eab91c81DcDe_6MnJvbk57_oC194w1b6i0GShsg5xKLtnbHrZqungI-1gPIEj3C0swsbjs0aMuy7FEw_Gwe_QOeqs1aQUFxWD/w400-h300/PXL_20230722_162747650.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Picking up our truck at Clark Fork Storage...nearly new, 63,000 miles,<br />good tires...the most pressing question was whether we could get all<br />our stuff in it</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8_kv5JwyPwi6QVWoXBAPf9GzL1A5_J_ysAFNNhAQTfcKyuB_PO4VqK3UxObvZdSSRzoAPs-6l5joVFp8gZMbX7mdlWMd4Z87z-WG0cQv2_tWYO2k0b9s_lBXkGkV63L1KtERKB5KglIGzHCCycyalnCHap6Wxh4jCrS2XtNUPtb_E53P5lbAiCi63wDu/s1304/PXL_20230723_211146795.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8_kv5JwyPwi6QVWoXBAPf9GzL1A5_J_ysAFNNhAQTfcKyuB_PO4VqK3UxObvZdSSRzoAPs-6l5joVFp8gZMbX7mdlWMd4Z87z-WG0cQv2_tWYO2k0b9s_lBXkGkV63L1KtERKB5KglIGzHCCycyalnCHap6Wxh4jCrS2XtNUPtb_E53P5lbAiCi63wDu/w400-h300/PXL_20230723_211146795.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">We did!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvel8DnpyExmFefgv31cQ77POs4r0tULiFD1cl0-5ziYy12NGeKKCWBXtg7zFQz381lFV_P1Pvtr-JQK4ZK0imNXaDTgaR9FGypImdQBlhbGnjIKiMmdySN3dGdTNlRp73S4lwe--ff73zEFPvJy3DH_Qa0RT0n_xK-z1tN-zxE6L-sLuVroVHJjf2wII3/s1304/PXL_20230723_211156377.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvel8DnpyExmFefgv31cQ77POs4r0tULiFD1cl0-5ziYy12NGeKKCWBXtg7zFQz381lFV_P1Pvtr-JQK4ZK0imNXaDTgaR9FGypImdQBlhbGnjIKiMmdySN3dGdTNlRp73S4lwe--ff73zEFPvJy3DH_Qa0RT0n_xK-z1tN-zxE6L-sLuVroVHJjf2wII3/w400-h300/PXL_20230723_211156377.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">With room enough to pick up a bistro table and chairs and a Costco<br />sofa bed along the way...ever watchful for bargains...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BW2FPd5oqAFbLBoaH0Z_ZczgCiKRLYeJgCCCf9f0UOYNefRC38RmovrRIVA8WhwRuPZO8IN6aKFmJbY9Clp6APK3k_6qJmYP586aRtjanfJvXNO1pV3OLXjiFvPjVnte1WcL8d-AWJJCxRyhuWnHIGUfWQeMTgr-PBhpRBl3dQsqra8hxxr8g-GYtn3M/s1304/PXL_20230725_220448732.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BW2FPd5oqAFbLBoaH0Z_ZczgCiKRLYeJgCCCf9f0UOYNefRC38RmovrRIVA8WhwRuPZO8IN6aKFmJbY9Clp6APK3k_6qJmYP586aRtjanfJvXNO1pV3OLXjiFvPjVnte1WcL8d-AWJJCxRyhuWnHIGUfWQeMTgr-PBhpRBl3dQsqra8hxxr8g-GYtn3M/w300-h400/PXL_20230725_220448732.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Passing through the heartland of these United Shit-holes<br />of Trumpistan, we didn't take a lot of pix...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL59g5b7KWsWeLSb-cOSCL7gLdxpd08WUsY7oaIAWH_ptshoYMes-OYDlCzk6nKd3E8jx7hMm5NftytHHra99nwcqaz8YZqRbAhcWg2eZaRdMXxtb4vF0eLSUEV9gQivYMAzuIr5QrlrtNTG_xifK3FsD2U3cCMNmJ5dtrtPwGSFNx1UL_mW1sAkgRWDXt/s1304/PXL_20230725_232543615.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1304" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL59g5b7KWsWeLSb-cOSCL7gLdxpd08WUsY7oaIAWH_ptshoYMes-OYDlCzk6nKd3E8jx7hMm5NftytHHra99nwcqaz8YZqRbAhcWg2eZaRdMXxtb4vF0eLSUEV9gQivYMAzuIr5QrlrtNTG_xifK3FsD2U3cCMNmJ5dtrtPwGSFNx1UL_mW1sAkgRWDXt/w400-h361/PXL_20230725_232543615.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><i>Barbie</i> premiere somewhere near Kansas City</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-F0yXAOUB1FXS3q_YwD8kJi2KuuxCcL8n5tdWGGKoDMOcy1TXzW3QzoRAYi7w9FZx8Axd1yAHijQRq5QisiDs-DYzhB9yHoUUh_hl6RptnFLQ8qkQsA6-NPg9Y_PwYFWLDXzSVi55BeFXKMKYt0q1dnI8sb_lDxrOCH_PDrQ-3pJKF-PxzUuz759QpGg/s1304/PXL_20230729_142804518.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-F0yXAOUB1FXS3q_YwD8kJi2KuuxCcL8n5tdWGGKoDMOcy1TXzW3QzoRAYi7w9FZx8Axd1yAHijQRq5QisiDs-DYzhB9yHoUUh_hl6RptnFLQ8qkQsA6-NPg9Y_PwYFWLDXzSVi55BeFXKMKYt0q1dnI8sb_lDxrOCH_PDrQ-3pJKF-PxzUuz759QpGg/w400-h300/PXL_20230729_142804518.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">With Wes and Tawana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKBnJJEUg5SfxQ0wf9H0gc5b6FdPVB3OvhnGykCY1XwFR2glc25j-TRN5SY8sUNvxwZuyPcbltySZ-i9t2tQ7Yuq6vUzyLksv6_ZF1YB7HWgRsGaw-Gu0A4uq9blSea8KednY0NBy2bVoVvQxUk-0m5yL6ChQVV4U1-Kl06ogkjWkR1SR1eVE1ko-QkmA/s1304/PXL_20230729_142829192.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0dfXFCumIsDixCnTiAx3tKIoEMV9qlOleQwQ-FBOV8SNj_iZzaa78d-jThW53munyBcJxP_ZA3QIgdT-zyMqQsvAVZsWwEBefvoFCJBs6Jet9SwVVsFuq8Ys46xLaIGE_X7H7JSgN0kkUgJhtTmZOK6seh3o484wXiAoAP4uo1ifS5rloQinhsI8Z82F/w400-h300/PXL_20230729_203828677.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Crossing the Mississippi; or was it the Nile, at Memphis...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEGLZCGCWhAdIqOwLFVUxbxTr57wFF6DegTAIEzLA6bcXDD8TguqMsRxpV0jhSbkAKR9MmZU2TumlLfp97DlLTAJljvJNcp5tsVpuN-NfHPIuzwraY7wgsy2abnNts3QwxwP2K_IWP1SErD7P7pCO5rmHn0-VCnOhbhJXSn4LBCarDj6SY9yljQVTGir0/s1304/PXL_20230801_115617358.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEGLZCGCWhAdIqOwLFVUxbxTr57wFF6DegTAIEzLA6bcXDD8TguqMsRxpV0jhSbkAKR9MmZU2TumlLfp97DlLTAJljvJNcp5tsVpuN-NfHPIuzwraY7wgsy2abnNts3QwxwP2K_IWP1SErD7P7pCO5rmHn0-VCnOhbhJXSn4LBCarDj6SY9yljQVTGir0/w400-h300/PXL_20230801_115617358.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">With Norm and Marie, who never seem to get tired of us</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7DcNdqMF6cyXR5tAqlJdDqZEMIU0s5vu0XjwJF6B8A6KXIAmXFKnWBMHckdBCvyOOmRn3q7x9kGZbSvDRfsCsCBKiEYra-3OEDV4wnyWOXV5ZT-M5OONioRH0jmprOHF32QxC0Jph98xSowdqvmQY2kyytNoFucufRqcEFcxnXF9pELtGr_DZ1Z4EN6Z/s1304/PXL_20230801_150455923.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7DcNdqMF6cyXR5tAqlJdDqZEMIU0s5vu0XjwJF6B8A6KXIAmXFKnWBMHckdBCvyOOmRn3q7x9kGZbSvDRfsCsCBKiEYra-3OEDV4wnyWOXV5ZT-M5OONioRH0jmprOHF32QxC0Jph98xSowdqvmQY2kyytNoFucufRqcEFcxnXF9pELtGr_DZ1Z4EN6Z/w400-h300/PXL_20230801_150455923.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At the North Carolina welcome center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9gYOqtgU1GrXKkcSAt7aO-11AMy9u3o-lPNz9ByZOTGC7Hin1PU0tLk9gmflp3lJAsEABqlPlZeWYsHXCkwoN9UQMDZR8LPj_4l-hLb_f4mw4H9qskV_FmOMO8xuurHHDLPsl0AnOkLu17BePlRWscC11FhkkcdxzkH1eI9bkKQKY0jGpMUSMhOpXrPu/s1304/PXL_20230803_131101209.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9gYOqtgU1GrXKkcSAt7aO-11AMy9u3o-lPNz9ByZOTGC7Hin1PU0tLk9gmflp3lJAsEABqlPlZeWYsHXCkwoN9UQMDZR8LPj_4l-hLb_f4mw4H9qskV_FmOMO8xuurHHDLPsl0AnOkLu17BePlRWscC11FhkkcdxzkH1eI9bkKQKY0jGpMUSMhOpXrPu/w400-h300/PXL_20230803_131101209.jpg" /></a><br />We also unloaded our Cary storage unit<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZo3MTDsdHrKBpW6jnve54qvabzZbfM-NZw3NbGz_bDNJrVQY6T94pAFKVXnUnpW-MlbCbrpdfg34iQRby-WHD0fWlqIVCwTIu7D5PIy37P41_HMd7iRkvMlCnSzEdMpk84r-9ehtFRZt20OmdV9b6QVSUHXiHSZlgtB_XCxtcu9BjrhYwUokJtUlYVui/s4032/IMG_7574.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZo3MTDsdHrKBpW6jnve54qvabzZbfM-NZw3NbGz_bDNJrVQY6T94pAFKVXnUnpW-MlbCbrpdfg34iQRby-WHD0fWlqIVCwTIu7D5PIy37P41_HMd7iRkvMlCnSzEdMpk84r-9ehtFRZt20OmdV9b6QVSUHXiHSZlgtB_XCxtcu9BjrhYwUokJtUlYVui/w300-h400/IMG_7574.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">About to move the pieces already in Cary into the<br />apartment; thanks, Rebecca, Jeremy, and Penelope,<br />for helping us those two days...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygmLixWbAR6REZtWPpxBcxPzvsWzXJ8EO5tB_gh_egJP5hCjrOoSLpYfb0WKJXNhRuA_PdrvIqQ3xVKM8GhYT8CYpXf02WrOYkjnpt0FmhHdLeRuwR2dXGl3UDIaVAfRhMi9ZciHGZpvOpygX06E28Sn0-KxVfWJpfmz-Jr3IluVdPHda25riNs1Vz8BU/s1304/PXL_20230803_145218347.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygmLixWbAR6REZtWPpxBcxPzvsWzXJ8EO5tB_gh_egJP5hCjrOoSLpYfb0WKJXNhRuA_PdrvIqQ3xVKM8GhYT8CYpXf02WrOYkjnpt0FmhHdLeRuwR2dXGl3UDIaVAfRhMi9ZciHGZpvOpygX06E28Sn0-KxVfWJpfmz-Jr3IluVdPHda25riNs1Vz8BU/w400-h300/PXL_20230803_145218347.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Turning in the truck</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcZ5Oydil0jOH3VFvHCMyr-CdfpGegzID5eobeiSF5chs27US84RPG71sZbTzxaHpf8azt7yXzHREbQBx3-dx0eubyGbSiQ8SCC27H5oqGLtqq9fJygmNcZBRgPh6eAUFPpSDRSGTGNq5A_f1UJZ58ZkPbGxr_X-NHMyH7OrsnBMah94NGuISVkSNSWew/s1304/PXL_20230803_145239913.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcZ5Oydil0jOH3VFvHCMyr-CdfpGegzID5eobeiSF5chs27US84RPG71sZbTzxaHpf8azt7yXzHREbQBx3-dx0eubyGbSiQ8SCC27H5oqGLtqq9fJygmNcZBRgPh6eAUFPpSDRSGTGNq5A_f1UJZ58ZkPbGxr_X-NHMyH7OrsnBMah94NGuISVkSNSWew/w400-h300/PXL_20230803_145239913.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Thankful for a successful move</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Y7GOKEli9Z8MYe_jNApGZ_A0IY1qrB_WwB72lErbsbt94bjWFNSVXjuSO8wnmv-fEAWlYxHW2Rivo7FnbUZL-trdfnSEgiHA8TSRBDx6JMCeAeqNiH9NyAOzGRWX7TEQvqPW9ZfgPh5C6vTNQ9gFr5ur8gXFDyqvtDQbU65Pbiv5J1Se3ASIeyXG2qDG/s1304/PXL_20230808_213932893.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Y7GOKEli9Z8MYe_jNApGZ_A0IY1qrB_WwB72lErbsbt94bjWFNSVXjuSO8wnmv-fEAWlYxHW2Rivo7FnbUZL-trdfnSEgiHA8TSRBDx6JMCeAeqNiH9NyAOzGRWX7TEQvqPW9ZfgPh5C6vTNQ9gFr5ur8gXFDyqvtDQbU65Pbiv5J1Se3ASIeyXG2qDG/w400-h300/PXL_20230808_213932893.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">But overwhelmed with the unpacking, moving-in, death-cleaning<br />about to begin...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fK6D8bddpLuz4KRouYYjz_WJEr78JSeghJ7vkAPmEB8z5OJ-CPZqa3y-fL3lXy3FVIf5zMJ66t9B3OWvqVUOiuLh6oyFT1LkLA7Q2YGF-kdgOWhgGZxOrYaq8at-Nfe-OtrotnsX3crJ9YCusH4l8ndf8lQUi2dQxqz98QZ_yb7CO0fRVJEJSoc5pk3s/s1304/PXL_20230808_213941889.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fK6D8bddpLuz4KRouYYjz_WJEr78JSeghJ7vkAPmEB8z5OJ-CPZqa3y-fL3lXy3FVIf5zMJ66t9B3OWvqVUOiuLh6oyFT1LkLA7Q2YGF-kdgOWhgGZxOrYaq8at-Nfe-OtrotnsX3crJ9YCusH4l8ndf8lQUi2dQxqz98QZ_yb7CO0fRVJEJSoc5pk3s/w400-h300/PXL_20230808_213941889.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I'll post some pix when things are a bit more settled and presentable...<br />which might be some months from now</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335326295311253535.post-90535591482907718012023-09-06T09:12:00.001-04:002023-09-06T14:11:00.074-04:00Three Weeks In Missoula, 2<p> Continuing our three weeks in Missoula...</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsrjXb7xB3_DgNIMXobrfBgjqLh1RWEr4kFrpoCAcouj2J2Qxrv54XdT8lMfdM0tCwkRqKnXOXLrcHN9w6KLvmB_J_JFsChTOLkN4fv_CUsx0lfgA0cA3M3xl_Z1Hc5AXNHGOzpUhqx4S906srvpfiPuhzclul5Cn9XzdYAqBszgR0QPwIgX-ZOpTOEra/s1304/PXL_20230715_140854631.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsrjXb7xB3_DgNIMXobrfBgjqLh1RWEr4kFrpoCAcouj2J2Qxrv54XdT8lMfdM0tCwkRqKnXOXLrcHN9w6KLvmB_J_JFsChTOLkN4fv_CUsx0lfgA0cA3M3xl_Z1Hc5AXNHGOzpUhqx4S906srvpfiPuhzclul5Cn9XzdYAqBszgR0QPwIgX-ZOpTOEra/w400-h300/PXL_20230715_140854631.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Early Saturday morning at the old Farmers' Market</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20lBYdQec9hrNS9EkiaqePWM35E5wSdnBIJfp9RjW3ZPDJXjH957z6nso-tCZBuIm_gRo--sEo2UJ5jGAVzRMNJ7Hou2KM_oe07i1aDoi9fWHwNXZKK_oZESchTraAp6B8cPVacJc4qJJs6uqw7cELA0Eu474FTbChEmj8gW6DGsXEHHHVpKadM0cgtgF/s1304/PXL_20230715_141639111.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20lBYdQec9hrNS9EkiaqePWM35E5wSdnBIJfp9RjW3ZPDJXjH957z6nso-tCZBuIm_gRo--sEo2UJ5jGAVzRMNJ7Hou2KM_oe07i1aDoi9fWHwNXZKK_oZESchTraAp6B8cPVacJc4qJJs6uqw7cELA0Eu474FTbChEmj8gW6DGsXEHHHVpKadM0cgtgF/w400-h300/PXL_20230715_141639111.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Huckleberry season...5 lbs for $90</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmkWlhGzSIRZzhfumr2DsyZ0ByrcIqbrQSuv7PtakimevD9kcip-VlYLkbIFx50yD_GTWEMe6Z4C4a8XoKkWdeBesBFrPDmLwRI3kFA9YDCZYVoQcY9Tu96c3jJ5dDSsBo2zgtVhg4oy-xCjWAU0fJlPlGLREjDk87kGdy2pU-JqVfPieo5US4D3lRJDK/s1304/PXL_20230715_141726516.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmkWlhGzSIRZzhfumr2DsyZ0ByrcIqbrQSuv7PtakimevD9kcip-VlYLkbIFx50yD_GTWEMe6Z4C4a8XoKkWdeBesBFrPDmLwRI3kFA9YDCZYVoQcY9Tu96c3jJ5dDSsBo2zgtVhg4oy-xCjWAU0fJlPlGLREjDk87kGdy2pU-JqVfPieo5US4D3lRJDK/w400-h300/PXL_20230715_141726516.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I didn't even ask what the Morrells were going for </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhx1mK7cCpnx4CeMsYHNblrAQg6liVHSVzuiWmNBwqH-McPCxhHrNi2RKR-LCk4ITpOkL5oaAr2vEEVQNlIdvDXUJr6UJoqPsJRaUvWnvTDdBwOF1XGzxq5fEmpMOYnSIrl33N7f26pdGxssxngn2qFNzDXrC6qjr4ewkaKef2EtqwTrxhmAp9BldavWx/s1304/PXL_20230715_142834158.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="978" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhx1mK7cCpnx4CeMsYHNblrAQg6liVHSVzuiWmNBwqH-McPCxhHrNi2RKR-LCk4ITpOkL5oaAr2vEEVQNlIdvDXUJr6UJoqPsJRaUvWnvTDdBwOF1XGzxq5fEmpMOYnSIrl33N7f26pdGxssxngn2qFNzDXrC6qjr4ewkaKef2EtqwTrxhmAp9BldavWx/w300-h400/PXL_20230715_142834158.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">At The Break cafe, one of Missoula's many institutions</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xxehbqDzU-kr-JXvzcKhJaT2R_3qLyTZTkCVr4xj3dwMwSNDX_zQrdXgBX91kghNNWX-81Ekw3pQBiCLC_9PJPI0sKGbvVL90T2BUChl7A73_pynVRLIjaagPTeO0EDOMugKYYrDA7Lt5jDcFW1GddOwks4-QpcqiUkWL-CporPHWV8Y41JJlcd393IK/s1304/PXL_20230715_143435524.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOlSYj6mwL7uJjnEflKio0SeGh_FV_d2oxQXL6uLlMHe77o_R9LGOpLR6iY6WiVhN1rk2N49Pb4WFBY85jlz00M8p5iVwaWTIyh3utgTLM_hlWymKKJl2MVN7xb0N-PYumdniFVpZJGKN3cUsoyvB_jdxvklwwWk1FEgEHVu-ccEzmgxmTpDMYaNrQWHR/w400-h300/PXL_20230722_033053002.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">The last week we house- and car-sat for friends Kim and Dave while<br />they were in Scotland walking the West Highland Way, Glasgow to Fort<br />William...and hopefully imbibing some Islay and Dark Island on the way; <br />I also tended their considerable garden, learning how and when to harvest <br />zucchini; above, some of the neighborhood deer, a block from their<br />house</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610850214405220936noreply@blogger.com1