Posted in Photos and Travels on Jan 29th, 2010
We had a week or two of nice weather; of course, all good things come to an end, and we are currently in the middle of a cold spell, complete with promises (warnings?) of 10+ inches of snow in the next 24 hours. However, before all this talk of snow and cold began, we took [...]
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Posted in Photos and Travels on Jan 14th, 2010
Louisa’s parents drove down to the visit the weekend after Thanksgiving. On Saturday morning, we decided to head to Kroger, pick up four loaves of bread, and then go to the Duck Pond. The five dozen+ ducks sure seemed happy to see us. They came running, flying, and quacking from all over to try to [...]
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Posted in Photos and Travels on Jan 14th, 2010
Well, this post is a little overdue. Anyway, a few months ago we both successfully reached Virginia, and settled in to our new apartment. It’s larger than our first apartment, and smaller than our last. However, we have a nice office area, space for our Christmas tree (and all the branches are on!), and the [...]
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Posted in Photos and Travels on Jan 14th, 2010
As much as we enjoy the mountains, we missed the ocean. So, we decided to take a weekend trip to Virginia Beach. We drove up Friday night, and stayed at a nice hotel about 10 miles from the ocean. On Saturday we got breakfast at Doc Taylor’s. After breakfast, we headed over to the boardwalk. [...]
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Posted in Photos and Travels on Jan 14th, 2010
Well, we now had about 30 pounds worth of pumpkin sitting in our tiny kitchen. So, naturally we wanted to carve them. At a later point. This morning we had more pressing concerns; namely, a photo stroll through campus, with a detour to Starbucks. We wanted to take pictures of the pretty Fall colors, before [...]
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