Last weekend Helen attended a child Neurology conference in Providence RI. Not-so-coincidentally this is where Aya lives! We had a nice visit with her, was impressed by her tidy apartment:
We split our time between Aya’s place and our friend Olga’s 300 year old ‘saltbox’ house nearby in Somerset:
Built in the 1720s, before George Washington was born (1732), it was just about to be demolished when Olga bought it 2 years ago. Olga is an architect who specializes in old structures, so it was a perfect match. We woke up to beautiful views like this:
It was fun an amazing to see how things were built back then. Olga exposed much of the original structure, including these candle burn marks on the fireplace mantel:
Olga waded into the bay to get some oysters and clams for dinner:
Speaking of wading into uncharted waters … it was a year ago that Helen and I started visiting places we were thinking of moving to. After 8 trips and much deliberation we have decided to move to Salt Lake City in Feb, with Helen starting at the University Hospital there on 3/1.
I’ve started watching apartment and house rentals on Craig's list and will see if I can pick one sometime in December. Her Syracuse co-workers were sad to hear we were leaving, but we are excited. Almost as excited as Nick and George were when they got to play with their new Trailmaster knife:
http://egreogsplace.blogspot.com/2010/10/knifin-around.html
Bruce
