Hi, all....long time no see. For some reason it takes forever to post pictures; much longer than it used to, same camera, same size files. That really discourages trying to post.

Anyway, a few updates.

I've moved. I live in a listed home called Willoughby, on the North Shore (previously I was on the South Shore), at Bailey's Bay. This is, as visitors can attest, within walking distance of Swizzle Inn, if one is determined enough. Same visitors admonish the best route is via the railway trail, since trying to walk in the street is hair-raising.

It is a fairly convenient location - 2 bus lines immediately out front, 2 a 10 minute or so walk away - and the house is lovely. The apartment has a fireplace - probably the oldest of the fireplaces in the house - stone walls, tile floors, floor to ceiling (nearly) windows, newish kitchen and bath fittings, and despite the North Shore Road noise is rather astonishingly quiet. The house comes with the couple who own the place and their kids, as well as Coco, a doberman/lab mix who looks fierce but is rather a mush. The property is large, for here, 75,000 square feet; the total house is something like 5000 sf, tho my bit of it is a comfortable one-bedroom space, along the lines of the house in Raleigh in size.

The people pictures are Mom and Sister, from their visit at Thanksgiving, sort of.

The place pictures - a view from my kitchen, and a view into the Bay from the public dock.

If this works there will be more...