I was once again delighted to open this Christmas present from my daughter and son-in-law—another bookshelf miniature—the third they have given me! And once I had finished my winter puzzling … Continue Reading Miniature Bookshelf Loft – Getting Started
Now that my wife and I have started the discussion of downsizing one day, it has gotten me thinking a lot about what things I am willing to let go … Continue Reading Hanging Out
Continued from: Doll House for my Sister’s Granddaughter – Phase 3 Sorry for the cliffhanger but this is where I left you in the last post, trying to seamlessly fill … Continue Reading Doll House for my Sister’s Granddaughter – Final Phase
Continued from: Doll House for my Sister’s Granddaughter – Phase 2 While the glue was drying on the house body, I worked on the upgraded stairs I was incorporating. When … Continue Reading Doll House for my Sister’s Granddaughter – Phase 3
Continued from: Doll House for my Sister’s Granddaughter – Phase 1 PREFACE: My apologies to all my doll house fans out there for keeping you waiting for over three months … Continue Reading Doll House for my Sister’s Granddaughter – Phase 2
Winter is essentially over (thankfully) which means it is time to bring you my annual winter puzzling story. If you have read my previous posts, you know that I typically … Continue Reading Winter Puzzling 2025
Continued from: Firenze Trip – Getting Fed We took two trips out of the city during our stay. On Friday afternoon, we took a wine tour to the small town … Continue Reading Firenze Trip – Getting Abroad
Continued from: Firenze Trip – Getting Culture When one goes to Italy besides all of the things you might want to see or do, certainly tasting the local fare would … Continue Reading Firenze Trip – Getting Fed
Continued from: Firenze Trip – Getting Acclimated In the screen shot above you will note the highlighted route takes a few gentle curves. What we did not know until it … Continue Reading Firenze Trip – Getting Culture
Continued from: Firenze Trip – Getting There My wife had booked us into one of the oldest hotel in Florence, the Plaza Hotel Lucchesi which opened its doors for the … Continue Reading Firenze Trip – Getting Acclimated
Unless you are a native of this country or have been there, you would not know that Firenze (Fee × rent×say) is what Italians call the capital of the Tuscany … Continue Reading Firenze Trip – Getting There
Continued from: Travel 2024 – Not a Rebound So Far After busy June and July travel months, we did not go anywhere in August until the very end of the … Continue Reading Travel 2024 – No Not a Rebound
Continued from: Travel 2024 – A Rebound? By the middle of April, my wife and I ready were ready for another trip—this time a road trip. We drove just 2.5 … Continue Reading Travel 2024 – Not a Rebound So Far
PREFACE: Today (February 9th) marks the completion of my 12th year of blogging. In years past, I have dedicated an entire post to mark the milestone. But this year, I … Continue Reading Travel 2024 – A Rebound?
My daughter and son-in-law previously gave me for Christmas a non-fiction book about the 1927 Dole Derby, the Race to Hawaii by Jason Ryan. This was a story I had … Continue Reading Best Books of 2024 – Epilogue
I once again must credit BookBub with bringing this book to my attention by an author I did not know. Several years ago, I read a very interesting non-fiction book … Continue Reading Best Books of 2024 – Chapter 4