Dog!

As in, sick as a.......
I've been under the weather the last 2 weeks, so I've not been much up to posting any great thoughts from the drafter. Butch tried to take care of me as much as he could, but since he is never sick for more than a day, the lingering cold is just too much for him. We're getting really good at sleeping with the vaporizor on this winter. My favorite perfume has been Ode du Vicks,
and I've bought stock in Kleenex. You know, I really thought that not smoking anymore would help me with the chest congestion when I did get sick. Guess I was wrong, wrong, wrong on that one. Okay, sorry, obviously, the whiney factor has really kicked in. I'll go lie down now.

WWH: 12/31/07 Williamsburg Part II

We spent most of the day in Jamestown in the mist. It wouldn't quite rain, but then it wouldn't clear up at all. The next day....was worse. It poured all day. We took the battlefield tour of Yorktown...in the van. There were a number of stops that would have been nice if you could get out and explore, but it was raining so hard, you couldn't do it. It's something that will be on our "to do" list next time we head back there. I guess New Years isn't exactly the best time to do a walking tour.

Monday turned out to be a beautiful day. A few mud puddles, but hey, you can hop them.

We went into Colonial Williamsburg and wandered Duke of Glouchester street to look at the Christmas decorations. All the decorations there must be done as colonial era. No lights or any modern ornaments of any kind. You didn't have to worry about the herd of lighted reindeer in a front yard.

This house has indented bricks where the workers placed scaffolding when it was being built. At the holidays each year, they put apples in the nooks. The alternating red and yellow apples really set the house off. As the apples rot or are eaten by the squirrels, they're replaced.

You just know that when this guy was growing up, his nickname was Ox. He was just that big. The oxen followed him everywhere, untethered, like a dog, and would not move until he cued them and then they would beat feet up the road to him.

Window decoration-this has artichokes and dried flowers.

Pomegranates and dried flower wreath.

This was in the garden. They put bell glass over the tender shoots at night to give them their own little greenhouses and left them open in the warm part of the day.

You can tell the Merchants had the big bucks...pineapples in every wreath, and two in this one.

This one had cotton, apples and music in it.

More window decorations. I know, I know, I'll stop now.





Okay, this one has nothing to do with the holidays, but was a really cool tree I saw. It was actually shiny. ooooh, shiiiney.....

We went to this huge, lavish, resort for New Years Eve. It was a 5 course meal that was to die for! Caviar champagne amuse bouche, endive/radichio salad with rasberry beer vinigrette, she-crab bisque for the third course.....and for the main course, I had shimp and scallops over a truffle pollenta. And tuxedo cake for dessert-talk about a chocolate buzz to end. Butch had duck and I can't even remember all, but he just kept mmmmmm ing, so whatever it was with his duck must have been pretty good.

Unfortunately, we got up the next morning and came home. rats....damn work

WWH: 12/30/07 New Years in Williamsburg

I'm a little behind in this post but it will be my first real "We were here" (WWH) post.

We went to Williamsburg over New Years with V & R, Butch's sister and bro in law. Stayed at the Potain Plantation Fairfield property. It was a nice place that would have been even more nice if it wasn't like zero degrees out and you could have used some of the outside facilities.

We went into Jamestown, which was something we hadn't done in the past. Got Butch signed up for one of the National Park Service's senior park pass which was 10 bucks for a lifetime membership. He can take 3 guests in with him for free, which in my book is pretty darn cool. R even made the investment for himself. Here's a pic for V-the boys spending their money.....

Of course, the V and I are WAY too young to qualify for the Sr pass! I did get my National Park Passport replaced. Check out the NPS site, there is a real cool program they have where you can get passport stamps in each park you visit. I wish I knew what the heck I had done with the one I had. Makes me mad I lost all my validated stamps. Anyway, I bought a new one and started with stamps from the Jamestown settlement, and also the Jamestown Glassworks.

The church at the Jamestown settlement had a speaker that day. He was a participant in the archeological dig there. It was a very interesting lecture from a gentleman who was quite passionate on the Jamestown settlement.

We toured through the museum they have there. They have found so many artifacts that even what they have on display is just too much to take in. We tried. Lost Butch. You know how he is, he had to study every single thing. I tried, but after a while, it is too much to take in, and you just have to start skimming through some of it.

A statue of Pocohontas is there to honor her for all that she did to aid the settlers. It is said to bring you good luck if you shake her outstretched hand. We all shook her hand (hey, I'll go for the good luck anyway I can) Here's R's turn.

In the background you can see the monument they use as a benchmark for the dig. (I can not remember the name of, or find info on-I'll have to do better in the future)

Did you know you can buy wine in Wal-mart in Virginia? Way cool....

We finished off the first day the way you always should.

Good company, good food, good wine...

Sorry V!

Where's Waldo....

Just testing out this site.....

Do you remember Where's Waldo? Well, this is our version called Where's Butch?

He's there somewhere......honest.

Of course, that is the picture I'm waiting to see again. It's not quite as bad as this...

That was a month ago, but it sure feels like Spring will never get here!

Virgin territory

Yes, this is virgin territory for me. We'll have to see how this works out. I would like this blog to be a journal for us and our adventures. Cause living with the two of us is always an adventure!