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Now that I’ve returned from my trip, it’s back to tackling the new house to-do list. We had our large, woodburning masonry fireplace inspected and it passed with flying colors, so I have 3 cords of wood being delivered on Sunday. We’ve had some new furniture delivered. I’ve gotten half the garage cleared out so…
Housekeeping
Had a minor glitch with the blog that prevented some IE users from seeing some of the newly created pages, like Ariella’s Gift List. Turns out the .htaccess file needed a manual update. Let me know if you see anything else out of whack.
Fallingwater
Hat tip to fix buffalo today for running across this excellent video clip on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. This building has always been at the top of my list of places to go see, and even without seeing it in person I know that it’s my dream house.
Aquarama – scrapped
According to the St. Catharines Standard, the Aquarama/Marine Star was scrapped, starting on September 16 last year. The former passenger and auto ferry Aquarama was sold for scrap and towed to Aliaga, Turkey, last summer. The ship had been idle since 1962. … The deep-sea tug Aetos Z. took the vessel across the Atlantic and…
Picnicaching/Treocaching/Bicyclaching
I made up three new words Saturday during our annual picnic in Rochester. I know they’re new because they all returned 0 hits in Google, which I wasn’t even sure was possible. Right now a server at Google HQ is probably flogging itself for failing in it’s role to return at least one paid ad…
Happy Easter!
The Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil masses are over. We’ve made our trips to the Broadway Market for all things Polish, Antoinette’s for chocolate, and Galley’s Nursery for Easter flowers. All that’s left to do is run out to my Aunt’s for brunch, and then back here to cook up a ham, as…