is shocked and saddened at the death of Frank McCourt, whose honesty, wit and pathos were matched by no one. http://ping.fm/IzVrJ

is leaving her brother's bday party, and will be posting dozens of pics when she gets good. Oh, and doing more research for her class paper.

likes the great smells from the kitchen: onions, blueberries and freshly grated ginger for the Magister's famous blueberry chutney.

House Pics

Might as well resume a bit of blogging, chronicling buying, tweaking, and moving into a new house.

A week before our 26th anniversary, we're finally the holders of a mortgage. Neither of us feels like a Homeowner, more like people who have a note from the bank that will let us live somewhere, so long as we bribe the bank each month.

I don't think the O'Cayces will change our name as we relocate the House of Chez Casa to Rosewood, but we might add some sort of suffix, a la serious aristocracy.
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Front


Back


Back Yard. "Lush". Try and identify the metal shed back there.


Dining room with large fireplace


Measurements. Note that we also have a large fireplace in the living room.


New "Homeowners"


Celebrating at the Rockaway Athletic Club.

has always wanted to live in a craftsman-style, brick bungalow in a funky older neighborhood. As of noon today, we've got us one!

Pics to follow.

is finishing Bastille Day with Roqueforte, next to Deliece de Bourgonne with the Magister's homemade blueberry chutney. Vive les frommages!

Leaving Ellijay GA after a great weekend with great friends.

No-knead bread is the greatest invention since, well, you know ... the cliche'. (HT L Carlson).

sez: Homework is done. Now for the hottub, if there's room.

has joined the ranks of careful posters now that her Mom & stepfather joined Facebook, plus most of her nieces/nephews, aunts, cousins, etc.

is headed to bed to rest up for another intense day of meetings and writing and being on call. Kinda like grad school 24/7.

wishes The State (newspaper) would find some other SC govt agency to "dredge up" info on. Today's was a stretch, even for their standards.

notes, in news from across the pond, that even wizards aren't immune to Swine Flu. RT @birdflu, http://ping.fm/bppaD

was surprised to learn that mockingbirds like to eat fresh tomatoes. We harvested it a bit early, and the caprese salad is quite tasty.

quotes Colbert: "Today was Canada Day and I celebrated the way I normally do -- by not knowing it's Canada Day." Sorry, Canucks, eh.