For Sale

My definition of home is wherever Donald is.  This is the sole requirement, but don't tell him that.  (There are certain amenities that I have become accustomed to having...)

When I first saw this house three years ago, I instantly fell in love.  Since it was a foreclosure, many things were missing, but I had a vision.  I knew that it was destined for greatness.  The vaulted, beamed ceilings in a room full of windows facing the lake was breathtaking.  I still feel that way.  It never gets old waking up here.  We have worked tirelessly to make it our own, and now, everywhere I look, I see things that I love.

Although we love this home, we've decided move to the other side of the lake.  Donald's parent's purchased a house there, and when the family gets together for fun on the lake, we're never truly all together.  Still, we have finally finished all of our remodeling, and I am thoroughly enjoying it while we still live here.

Here are a few pictures of everything we've accomplished!

Closer view of the countertops.  

Ok, so this part didn't require any work.  It's just our cove :)

It's not all hard work.  We still make time for fun!!!

The Mission of Photo Filtration, Attempt 1: Aragon

I love photography!  Unfortunately, many times I leave my photos filed away on a hard drive somewhere, never to be shared.  Occasionally, I lurk through and enjoy them, remembering the moments when I captured them, but even that doesn't do them much justice.  I like to shoot in raw, and time constraints don't often allow me to edit them as I should.  I try to keep retouching minimal, depending on the type of subject.  Still, I like to make sure the lighting and white balances are to my taste and make the occasional adjustment, trying to find my style.  The end result is that I don't publish much of my work.

Lately, I've found myself on a new mission to comb through photos I've taken but never touched and share them.  This mission, as others, may be short-lived, but experts say putting things into writing helps you bring them to fruition.  I plan to keep it realistic (unlike the massive photo collection I have... seriously... it's insanity,) but whenever the urge hits me, I'll try to prepare a few to throw out there.

To begin, I rediscovered these photos I took in Aragon, Georgia of the old mill and its surroundings.  This began as a quest to find old photographs of the town for my father-in-law's store, but even though this town has a historical society, original pictures are surprisingly scarce.  The folks that do possess the types of pictures we were looking for aren't exactly reading my Facebook posts.  The pictures I did find were mostly low resolution scans, not so great for print quality.  I decided to go with a different theme and take some photos of the ruins instead.  This was a scary operation, as some local birds really had it in for me and decided to spastically zip by my head intermittently... Ha!  Still, it was fun, and here they are!  (I threw in one of a duck from the nearby pond for good measure.)