I know it has been a while since I last updated our blog. We've been very busy.

We are enjoying living on the lake, though in the picture with the snow, the lake is very muddy looking. Yuck.

The puppy Howard is holding is our new addition, Trixie, a little female blue dapple Dachsund--about 7 weeks old in the picture. Born Nov. 7, 2009.

She's a doll--loves to cuddle.

And, lastly, Howard in front of the fireplace showing the great fire he built - it is very cold outside--we had 2 inches of snow last night and will probably get some more tonight.

We are learning our way around Albemarle and finding new places to eat and other movie theaters to try out. We have one locally, but sometimes they don't get the movie we want to see fast enough, so we'll go to Concord.

Well, my hands are getting cold, I need to go warm them by the fire. Everyone stay warm and dry.

Until next time, remember God loves you.

Under the Archive click on Lake House to see the pictures.

Here's an update on what's going on with us. The locum tenens job Howard has been working at in Norwood, NC will become a permanent position. The hospital that hired him for the temporary job has offered him a permanent position. And since we like the area and the offer was good, we have accepted it. We will move to Albemarle, NC (just about 10-12 miles from Norwood) . We were able to find a cozy house on beautiful Lake Tillery to rent for the next 3 years. Fortunately, the hospital will pay to move us (YEAH!) and that will take place November 2. The movers will come in on Monday, pack us up, load us on Tuesday, and deliver and unload on Wednesday. We are looking forward to making use of that lake - fishing, swimming, and eventually boating. And with my near-completion of the photography class, hopefully I will be able to get some great pictures while living there.
Look below for a couple of pictures of the lake. It was beautiful the day I was out there checking out the house.
Later!

Lake House

These lake scenes are from the backyard of where we will be moving to, in Albemarle, North Carolina, on Lake Tillery. The other picture is the front of the house where we will be moving to.

Okay, let's see. The log cabin is the former home of the county's first doctor. He and his wife and two daughters lived on what is now called Morrow Mountain. Beautiful area! He had a greenhouse and an infirmary where he saw his patients. Down behind the house in the woods, is a little cemetary with graves of the family. Next to the house, by the chimney, is a fig tree -- never, NEVER eat an unripe fig. Bitter, nasty!
By the greenhouse he had a scupernong arbor that we students partook of. Some of these poor students had never even heard of them! (Our photography class had a field trip here).


This is just a picture I took because I liked the clouds. It was while we were on our field trip, as are the other scenes below. Again, the lake is of Lake Tillery.

Picture one we are hiking on a trail at City Lake - beautiful area. The first in line is our friend Diane, then her husband, Rod, then Howard, and then their son, Sadri. Gabby, their daughter has gotten a good lead on us, and of course, I'm bringing up the rear. The second picture Howard is panning for GOLD. Yes, real gold. There is a place about 10 minutes from where we are living called Cotton Patch Gold Mine. We all went there and learned how to pan for gold, and actually found some! It is very tiring work. You get about 7 buckets each full of rocks, sand and hopefully some gold flecks. We found about $15.00 worth during the 3 to 4 hours we were there.
The third picture is of Howard riding his bike (duh), out in the country near where he works. I didn't have the setting on camera set right so he came out a little blurry.

The picture to the left is of Lake Tillery, about 2 miles from the clinic where Howard is working.


The picture below of the duck and the pond is at a little park in Norwood, NC (near Howard's clinic). There is a walking trail and we get to see these beautiful ducks as we walk. I'm taking a photography class at the local community college in Albemarle, NC and these pictures are some of my first attempts with my new camera.