Happy Halloween everyone 👻 I hope you get more treats than tricks. It is shaping up to be an unseasonably warm Halloween here - near 80℉/27℃. It's quite nice right now as I compose this sitting on my deck watching the leaves fall from the trees in my yard, so...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving last weekend, and for those of us with Thanksgiving in the future, that you had a nice weekend. We had beautiful weather, so I got some yard work done and was able to fire up the grill a couple of times. The air is starting...

Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We have had a run of beautiful weather for the past week, after nearly two weeks of (badly needed) rain. Thoughts go out to those in the southeastern US who are bearing the brunt of a record hurricane season, which I fear...

Sorry for the delay folks - I could have sworn I drafted and posted this blog entry on Thursday or Friday but apparently not. So this will be a quick post to get caught up. And for those waiting on tenterhooks to find out if I went to Victoria last weekend - no I...

Greetings from a place where I can see Canada, and I may actually visit. I'm in Sequim, WA just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Vancouver Island. We're thinking of taking the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria, which I haven't visited for at least 15 years....

We're finally getting a little rain here which we need as my grass had pretty much turned brown again. This past weekend was quite nice, so I spent a lot of time working in the yard but not as much time as I wanted sitting on the deck. Let's take a look at the puzzle...

Mid September already... I knew it was going to be a quick month as I have something to keep me busy or traveling every week. I was in Maryland's state capital, Annapolis, most of this past week, so that entailed long days and events in the evening. That's my excuse...

September is here! September is here! And man, the weather here the past few days has been glorious - clear skies, low humidity, cool nights. I hope it stays this way for a few weeks then gradually cools as we transition to autumn - don't need the hot sticky summer...

Way behind schedule this week - apologies for those who were waiting eagerly for the blog. Just another busy week and September is shaping up to be very busy for me as well, with several important meetings and travel for both work and leisure every week. I'll try to...

I'm back from my road trip - I packed a lot of activity (and a lot of miles) into 5 days. The weather wasn't great, but it didn't interfere much with my enjoyment (though the boat ride in the pouring rain would have been better were it a tad drier). As part of my...