2015

With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas looming over the horizon, we have entered a favorite season in US tradition – shopping season. Last week, Friday was the big “Start of the Shopping Season” sales on the day after Thanksgiving (though very many shops were open for the start of the sales on Thanksgiving Day). Black

The long-planned NOA wine tasting event was drawing near. I had devised an interesting (and amusing) wine quiz as part of ythe entertainment. But on Tuesday afternoon, there was a dispiriting telephone call – it has all been cancelled due to the intervention of the City Hall bureaucrats, claiming that necessary permits had not been

It feels that it has been raining continuously for weeks, though the reality is not really as bleak as that. But the continuing precipitation and dampness has delayed our plans for converting the rough gravel track fron the house to Porter Springs Road into a proper tarmac driveway. Discussions with our shortlist of potentail contractors

We can tell that Daylight Saving Time is gone – it is dark at both ends of the day, even taking into account the changing of the clocks. We had an extra hour of bed on Sunday morning following the Halloween festivities at the old Lydia School. It’s a reflection on technology that we felt

The weather is expected to be wetter – I hope it does not wash out the neighbourhood Halloween festivities at the old Lydia School this week. And Lisa will be having her second cataract operation. Maybe we can combine both events. Lisa now has protective shields for both eyes intended to protect the post-operation eye

The weather will be colder, and Lisa will no doubt be getting to grips with her vision (carefully not bending over). TJ and his crew are coming back to finish off their landscaping work and to extend the parking space at the front of the house. And maybe we will find time to do other