Too Many Fumes?

Hey Everyone,
Sorry I got pretty lame about getting up new posts for a few days there. I managed to kill an entire weekend painting an old wardrobe of Angela's. And I was the one who requested and volunteered to do it.
In fact, if you could have made a list of all the useful, productive, or even interesting ways I could have spent the past weekend, "Paint Angela's Old Wardrobe" would have ranked somewhere around #427 on the list.
Oh well; the wardrobe looks marginally better. I'll put up pics of it soon. In the meantime, there are more posts coming imminently!
-Sitzman

History Course

Hard day's work at the Breton history course today, with students in good form and fortified by Liz's excellent lunch. We covered the period 1532 to 1789, from the union of Brittany and France to the French revolution, with special subjects of trade and industry, society and religion. (Photo - Parliament building in Rennes).

Stonington Lobster Boat

Stonington Harbor, March 2009

Long Neck Point From Contentment Island

Long Neck Point From Contentment Island
John Frederick Kensett (1816-1872)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Dredging The Nissequogue

Nissequogue River dredging project, Kings Park, January 2009
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North Devon Karting

North Devon Karting Centre can be found on the Pottington Industrial Estate as you leave Barnstaple heading for Braunton; it's just before the dual carriageway. I've never been before, but my husband took my littlest one before Christmas and she was keen to go again so we all went over for an hour this afternoon. I just watched (well someone had to take some photo's - plus I got an excellent video of daughter no.2 crashing!!)

It's expensive at �4 per go-kart, and with each ride only lasting 6 minutes, so they only got two rides each. But they all loved it. Despite the crash and the two man rescue all three of my kids were keen to do the second race. Daughter no.1 wants to come back with her friends (I told her she needs to get a job!) The nice thing was that little ones can ride with an adult and they have seperate races for more powerful cars, so big people don't have to race with the slower little people. If you can afford it, it's worth a couple of hours to visit. Next time I might even have a go.

Stepping Stones Lighthouse

Stepping Stones Lighthouse, September 2007
First Lit: 1877

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