This weekly blog tells of our experiences, good and bad, the challenges of assimilation and understanding of the local way of life, and the whole complex business of shifting from a daily wage-slave into a carefree (or maybe not) retiree. There are lots of pictures (in the picture gallery) to accompany this, and a plethora of links to local matters of interest.
October-December 2015
- 27th December 2015 – Post Christmas
- 20th December 2015 – Christmas Eve with friends
- 13th December 2015 – Party week at Hall Springs Cottage
- 29th November 2015 – Drifting towards Christmas – and the tarmac season is slipping away
- 15th November 2015 – A big disappointment, and a Town Hall meeting
- 8th November 2015 – Will this rain ever stop?
- 1st November 2015 – Summer Time and Summer are over
- 25th October 2015 – Eye Op 2 and Halloween
- 18th October 2015 – One eyed Lisa
- 11th October 2015 – Swimming at last – with problems
- 4th October 2015 – After the deluge
July – September 2015
- 27th September 2015 – Rain, Rain, Rain = no swimming
- 20th September 2015 – A fish fry and a wine tasting
- 13th September 2015 – A pool and unhappy squirrel
- 6th September 2015 – unLabour Day starts a busy week
- 30th August 2015 – A winery party and pool progress
- 23rd August 2015 – More pool progress, and days out
- 16th August 2015 – Humming birds and Concrete
- 9th August 2015 – Digging and Hawks
- 2nd August 2015 – Power and charity
- 26th July 2015 – Wine and Taxes
- 19th July 2015 – Projects and trees
- 12th July 2015 – Planning a Pool
- 5th July 2015 – A long ten minutes
April – June 2015
- 28th June 2015 – Wine tasting and Gun Law
- 21st June 2015 – Hot, but not bothered
- 14th June 2015 – Heating up for the photo shoot
- 7th June 2015 – Bearly Surprised
- 31st May 2015 – A sparkling start
- 24th May 2015 – Holidays and Birthdays
- 17th May 2015 – Back to normal
- 10th May 2015 – Visitors, vegetation and a cow
- 3rd May 2015 – Spring, construction and politics
- 26th April 2015 – The forecast is optimistic
- 19th April 2015 – Dry creeks and azaleas
- 12th April 2015 – A concert with Mary Fahl
- 5th April 2015 – Wet weather, new friends
January – March 2015
- 29th March 2015 – An egg table
- 22nd March 2015 – Donkeys and Drinks
- 15th March 2015 – Dirt under our fingernails
- 8th March 2015 – Can this be Spring?
- 1st March 2015 – A bloody mess
- 22nd February 2015 – Here we go again
- 15th February 2015 – Into the Deep Freeze
- 2nd February 2015 – Family Visitors
- 25th January 2015 – Visitors
- 18th January 2015 – A home fit for heroes and visitors
- 11th January 2015 – Picturehanging excitements
- 4th January 2015 – Public Recognition?
October-December 2014
- 21st December 2014 – Home alone for Christmas
- 14th December 2014 – More Christmas preparations
- 7th December 2014 – A really BIG Christmas tree
- 30th November 2014 – Drifting towards Christmas
- 16th November 2014 – Even more unpacking before Thanksgiving
- 9th November 2014 – Gardening and Sorting
- 2nd November – Why every house needs a chainsaw
- 26th October 2014 – A wedding (and Snow)
- 19th October 2014 – The second visitors arrive
- 5th October 2014 – House preparations for first guests
July-September 2014
- 28th September 2014 – Will we ever conquer the box mountain?
- 21st September 2014 – A mountain of boxes to climb
- 17th September 2014 – Moving in and work continues
- 31st August 2014 – The Final Sprint?
- 24th August 2014 – Legally a house
- 17th August 2014 – Pressure to complete the build
- 10th August 2014 – In the Crazy Place
- 3rd August 2014 – A great leap forward?
April-June 2014
- 29th June 2014 – At a crossroads, digging trenches in the back
- 22nd June 2014 – A crash in the night
- 15th June 2014 – Crosses and cork problems
- 8th June 2014 – The first celebration in the new house
- 1st June 2014 – Georgia Wine Festival, and Builder Bill is back
- 25th May 2014 – BRICKS, Memorial Day and create your own builders’ warehouse
- 18th May 2014 – The brick saga continues
- 11th May 2014 – A brick crisis
- 4th May 2014 – Keeping up spirits in an upsetting week
- 27th April 2014 – The storm that never was
- 20th April 2014 – Bear on the Square
- 13th April 2014 – Pretty in Pink
- 6th April 2014 – Inspection ready
January – March 2014
- 23rd March 2014 – Appalachian Spring – maybe
- 16th March 2014 – An unexpected guest
- 9th March 2014 – Local food
- 2nd March 2014 – Gift wrap a house
- 23 February 2014 – Signs of life in the vineyards
- 16th February 2014 – Hopes for Spring
- 9th February 2014 – Snowpocalypse 2
- 2nd February 2014 – Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter
- 26th January 2014 – Snowpocalypse
- 19th January 2014 – Drill, baby, drill
- 12th January 2014 – Walls and Floors
- 4th January 2014 – Weather Bother
- Introduction
October-December 2013
- 29th December – Happy New Year
- 22nd December – Christmas Week
- 15th December – Pre-Christmas Progress
- 8th December – Still raining, but some progress
- 1st December – Rain stops play
- 24th November – Thanksgiving Frenzy
- 17th November – Wine, Windows, Wildflowers & Wetness
- 10th November – Last of the leaves
- 3rd November – Two sorts of Meetings
- 27th October – Halloween & Trusses
- 20th October – Lisa gets all British
- 13th October – Put Out More Flags
- 6th October – Life in a Subdivision
- Introduction
July – September 2013
- 29th September – More Unpacking
- 22nd September – Concrete Progress
- 15th September – A furnished home & digging to China
- 8th September – Legal at last
- 1st September – Bureaucracy and squirrels
- 25 August 2013 – Work and success
- 18 August 2013 – A Little Cabin in the Woods
- 11 August 2013 – Dahlonega!
- 4 August 2013 – The Vineyards of Virginia
- 28 July 2013 – New York to a Delaware Disaster
- 21 July 2013 – A life on the Ocean Wave
- Introduction
Robin Hall