Hello All

The woman and I have been very busy working on the property. We have been building a pergola over our deck. Here is our newest addition, this is Gus, yes Galapagus the Galapagos turtle.

A Weekend At Our Property

We spent the weekend at our property in the Lake Anna area in Virginia. Worked on the property cleaning it up and building a Pergola on the deck. While there we had a few visitors to come see what was going on.

Nags Head NC June 2011

I do love the beach and the ocean. I love to swim in the ocean, usually, however lately it seems that when the water is cold I don't go. In the past I used to have to say "come on baby, it's not that bad" to my wife. Now it is the other way around. My beautiful wife goes running as fast as she can, takes a flying leap and dives right in. Well, here is a series of pictures of yours truly trying his hardest just to go in long enough for my wife to get some photos. Oh, she got some photos alright....

Ok baby I will go in so you can get my photo

Oh jeez this is going to be cold

Quick take the picture! What do you mean I have to go out further? Oh maaaan!

Is there anyway I can get out of this, I know I have that shorty dive suit in the shed, should have brought it.

I thought you said it warms up after you been in for a minute or two!!!!

Uh Oh, Whats that, oh no, jeez waves been 5 to 6 inches all day. Why me???

If I start now I can beat that thing in to the beach!

Dang, that sounds like a 30 foot wave coming in, run you fool, ruuuuuun!

It's lapping at my feet and back, oh I feel the cold right up my spine.

I did it, I out ran that monster of a wave, and the cold!

Survived! I am so happy!

Starting to Post again

Hello everyone, Thanks for visiting my blog posts. Sorry for the delay in posting more pictures. Been pretty busy lately but thats not a real excuse. I will start the posting again a little later today.

My sweetheart and I went on a little trip to Nags Head on the outer banks in North Carolina. Now I know that its a bad place to take a good camera due to the sand and salt but extra care was taken to prevent any damage to the camera's.


It was a great trip, my baby really had a great time. We got some body boards and road those massive waves. My poor baby was so happy to be in the ocean she had forgotten the golden rule of never turn your back to the ocean. The funny thing is that the water was flat, waves at about 8 inches high until she turned her back, LOL, this wave of about 2 to 3 foot high comes rolling in. I tried to warn her but too late. Poor thing has a big bruise one her back from where she hit the bottom.

On the second morning my baby woke up and said she smelled smoke, this was about 2 am, I was still sleepy and told her yes I know, but there is nothing to worry about, but for the life of me I could not remember why until in the morning when I remembered reading about a fire caused by a lighning strike earlier that week. When I walked out side I noted that the wind had changed direction and was blowing the smoke from the mainland to the outer banks. The news said if you do not need to go outside don't, the air is in code red. We looked out the window and could not even see the ocean, the smoke was so thick it blocked the view. We decided to head back home earlier than planned due to the advancing thunder storms and the smoke. By the time we left, about 10 am, the wind had changed directions again and the smoke cleared up but the thunder storms had moved in.


I will be posting those pictures along with the stories. Yes, I am going to try my hand at writing. After being a tecnical writer for so long I find it a little difficult to convert back to story telling. With that said, any suggestions or assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Criticism is always welcome. None will be taken personally.

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