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We've made a decision. We'll put 14 inch porcelain tile in the kitchen and baths and 7.5 inch reclaimed heart of pine wood floors in the rest of the house. One exciting thing about the pine flooring is that it is reclaimed from a Nineteenth Century textile mill in...
The next step in getting the lower acreage like we want it is to have all the cut brush chipped. We've decided that we don't want the pickup and chipper driving through the woods so it will be our job to pull all those cut limbs up from the lower area and to make this...
Unlike our lifestyle in downtown St Petersburg, we have to drive to anywhere we want to go. It's four miles to the highway, five miles to the recycling center and the post office, it's eight miles to the grocery and hardware, and about eight miles into downtown Sylva....
The land we live on was once farmland. Down closer to the road you can find the old springhouse and the chimney for the house. When we got the land nearly thirty years ago there were just a few trees and a lot of low growth. Some of the slopes were covered in wild...
When you move there are so many aspects to becoming a resident of your new community. One of the big steps is getting a new drivers license and car tag. After much study and not a little angst we presented ourselves to take the NC drivers written test. We passed with...
Harbinger of Spring, the daffodils have begun to blossom. A promise of warmer weather and beautiful flora.
Unlike the Steve and Karen who lived in downtown St Petersburg and dined out "all the time", we cook at home. We have yet to avail ourselves of a farmers market but we are constantly on the prowl for quality fruits and vegetables. We bake bread and biscuits, make...
The days are getting warmer. Perhaps soon we will not need the woodstove heat. But for now we often make a fire in the morning and another in the evening to heat the house. It's an old Morso, this model hasn't been made for twenty-five years. Back when we built the...
Sometime way back when, probably in 1983, we planted some Carolina Hemlocks. They are tiny little specks to the left of the house in this old photograph. Now we have four towering specimens. They dominate the view out of the window in our library and give us a cozy...
After we delivered Rachel and Greg to the Asheville airport for their Boston bound flight yesterday we stopped by Ballard's Appliances to look again at potential new appliances for our kitchen. Today we returned and ordered three appliances, a gas range, a microwave...
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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Our travels yesterday were a rather lengthy 234 miles ending at the Delaware Water Gap/Pocono Mountain KOA in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and a yummy dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu at Muller's Diner, an eatery recommended by a local as we checked in. But even before...
One of the reasons that Greg & Rachel chose to move their brood from the big city to a small town was the opportunity to produce some of their own food. Along that line they have joined a chicken co-op in the neighborhood. Yesterday Greg helped build the coop and...
Skipping stones is a skill that has been passed from father to son for generations. Now for Greg, Rachel and family, their new home in western Massachusetts is giving the boys a better than ever opportunity to develop their skills at a local park nearby. We're...