July is Greenhead time. They leave a nasty bite when they get you. Some sort of remediation is necessary. The greenhead traps work well to help control their numbers around the entrance to the house. Mark’s “Folly” The level of effort on Mark’s Folly is winding down. It is holding water. The pump is circulating […]

So 2022 is half over. Time seems to be flying by. We seem to keep busy and are enjoying our summer. Koi Pond Update So the mud hole a.k.a. ‘Mark’s Folly’, has graduated to a Koi Pond in the blog report out. The birds are loving it and the SQRLs and groundhogs are taking advantage

In spite of the intent, we did not manage to go on a kayak adventure this week. I guess I would blame a combination of weather, responsibilities and the desire to avoid a crowd at the town landing, I am so busy in retirement, I don’t understand how I ever found time to work. Backyard

Just Fun! Kate-Lynne Alan, Meg’s friend from South Africa arrived for a visit. One of the first things we do is to take her on an orientation pedal on the kayaks. She seemed to adapt to them reasonably well. She and Meg took pictures while Andrew and Mark fished. It was a very pleasant way

I had the time to update the vacation blogs but not the inclination. We are still recovering from COVID. Wink has lost most of her sense of taste and that can be discouraging. Being sick and tiring easily limited what we could do. We followed the Doctor’s guidelines: isolated for five days after symptoms appear

I started developing a cough Saturday night, while we were hosting a birthday party for a friend. I had just chest conjestion Sunday morning and took a home COVID test, which was negative. I felt crummy on Monday and was feeling better Tuesday morning but decided to do a follow up COVID test before going

It is a dreary rainy Friday in June, so it is a good day to blog. We have been catching up on outdoor work recently. The grill wasn’t heating evenly so it required some attention. I cleaned it up and checked the burners and the hoses. It needed the grease trap replaced. So I got

May just blew by me. We have been home almost a month now and are still way behind the seasonal work. The yard continues to delight us and motivate us to get out and work on it. The mud hole in the backyard is taking shape. BOIDS It is almost if the birds think the

When we were planning our vacation, we decided we wanted to go back to Herculaneum and Pompeii, thus making a stay in Sorrento desirable.. Five years ago we stayed at Villa Ada and really enjoyed it. So we planned our vacation around the week that the Villa was available to us. There are plusses and

We participated in two Eco-tourism events that were each hosted by a female entrepreneur. The first was a visit to a Sorrento farm and the second was an exploration of the Bay of Naples via a charter boat. Agritourismo We signed up for a farm tour that included classes on cheese making and pizza making.