I met a few more interesting cousins this week: This handsome fellow was Henry Dutton governor of Connecticut in 1854 (Whig Party): It is amazing how much my Dad looks like Henry Dutton. That’s my dad in the picture below. The adorable blonde-haired little boy is me. 🙂 ………………………………………… I also met Mahala Dutton a […]

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It started with a question almost as soon as we bought the house, 2 years ago: “So… what should we do with that corner or the yard?” So for two years I turned over lots of ideas in my head and in 3D programs. At one point I was drawing up plans for a detached […]

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On to the next stage. After Holly drew up the initial plans and bought the tools and gravel and such, I set out digging a ditch and putting in the layer of blocks. It was not easy. My friend Raul came over to help with laying out the parameters and foundation. It took some tweaking […]

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Next time you are at Disneyland in California look for my cousin Henry on the wall at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. It turns out that Sir Henry Mainwaring is a distant cousin of mine and an actual pirate who sailed the seas of Newfoundland, Canada, Strait of Gibraltar, and Morocco and raided Spanish, […]

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One night this week I awoke feeling a bit overheated and uncomfortable. Almost immediately I thought, “Oh Lord, please let this be a bad dream and not a broken down air conditioner!” I tried to go back to sleep, but it was too hot and muggy in the room. So I got up and fumbled […]

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August 27th, 2012 – Ivy’s first day of Pre-K! Holly: When the big day arrived, Ivy was up puttering around the house at a much earlier time than normal. By 6:30 she was putting on her new school clothes and ready to go! Ivy insisted on being fashionable and wore her long-sleeved white sweater over […]

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