The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey May 27, 2012

Memorial Day 2012 is tomorrow

In a sense, every Sunday is Memorial Day for me - I don't need a Federal holiday to remind me to stop, think, and give thanks for the sacrifices of the men and women of the United States who have died in service to our country. But tomorrow is the official Memorial Day, and I am deeply honored and touched by the sacrifices that men and women have been making for America for the last 236 years. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, 28, of, Prince George,…

Brian Bilbrey May 25, 2012

Did you say Snow Peas?

That's a second nearly-two-pound harvest of snow peas out of the garden (tastefully blurred in the background) this week! At this rate I'm going to need to find a tasty animal to feed snow peas to, so that I can enjoy them all without becoming a vegetarian.

Brian Bilbrey May 25, 2012

The Living Room Reboot

Just to be clear, here at the beginning, Carolina Chair rocks! As an anniversary present to each other, Marcia and I purchased a few weeks ago a new Crawford sectional from Carolina Chair, after I'd done considerable online research about Made in the USA furniture, and reliable vendors, etc. Marcia worked by phone and email and mailed fabric samples with Cathy Fry and the rest of the team down there to get the right design, etc. Carolina Chair got the furniture built and shipped before we even expected it to be fit into the manufacturing schedule! Then, we got the…

Brian Bilbrey May 24, 2012

What? Wait.

Preparing the living room for a furniture delivery tomorrow means emptying the whole thing out, back to the walls. New rug and pad, etc. But while I'm moving stuff and cleaning stuff, I hear barking, and go to look: Now, I have some work (remote to the office) work to do. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey May 21, 2012

AND a dollar Short

Yep, I'm a day late with this. The weekend got away from me, but I did get a lot done. Not a lot in the garden, but the garden's doing fine on it's own right now: As you can almost tell even in the small format, the peas are going wild, as are the potatoes. Everything else is just trying not to get left in the dust. But it's early days for this growing season. The old lawn mower went the way of Fat Albert's car - spitting fuel sideways and back while making a lot of noise. It wasn't…