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This evening we enjoyed a rare treat, dinner with our three offspring! Once upon a time it was a nightly event, a tradition we truly treasured, but time moves on and eventually kids leave their childhood home and establish their own families and traditions. Now these...
For a day that started out gray, it's turned into a gorgeous blue sky day, an invitation to get out of the house! We and our visiting cousins hit the trail, the Jackson County Greenway which parallels the Tuckasegee River. We delighted in the emerging signs of Spring,...
It’s just started snowing! The Winter Weather Advisory says we could get up to two inches but we don’t believe it. And if we do it will be washed away by the rain that’s predicted for this afternoon. Nonetheless we’ve got plans to stay in today and continue work on...
The two of us are fans of savory oatmeal. It started with Goetta, the Cincinnati German dish made with pinhead oatmeal, beef, pork, onions, and spices, that was often on the breakfast tables of our youth. In recent years we've experimented with other combinations...
Today is the last day of this intense wave of frigid air, or at least that's what we see on the AccuWeather app. So with an ambient temperature of 18°F and a bit of sun peeking over the mountain ridge, we ventured out with homemade bubble blowing solution, soda...
Epiphany has passed. It's time to dismantle our lovely Christmas tree and pack up all the seasonal decorations. We both really enjoyed immersing ourselves in all things Christmas. The tree lights and Christmas Instrumental music were on all day every day from the...
It's the Twelfth Day of Christmas! Hopefully no Twelve Lords a Leaping will risk frostbite to arrive on our doorstep this morning. We do have plans to venture out this evening and we'll wear our long johns when we do. We're bracketing our Christmas with Asian cuisine....
It's the Twelfth Day of Christmas! Hopefully no Twelve Lords a Leaping will risk frostbite to arrive on our doorstep this morning. We do have plans to venture out this evening and we'll wear our long johns when we do. We're bracketing our Christmas with Asian cuisine....
The only reason we ventured out this morning was because we had made an appointment to have the truck serviced. We'd made a promise, we'll keep our promise, but it's cold out there. Benefit to getting out there though, besides the opportunity to do some grocery...
With ice crystals on the deck, a forecasted high of 35°F, and no reason for us to be out on the roads, it's another good day to hunker down inside. We'll continue to work on organizing and labeling the digitized versions in Dropbox of the vast trove of photos from...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.