politics & a farmhouse

Well, the Americans voted Obama into office and everyone seems so incredibly excited about politics and the presidency this week. I have to say that I was very satisfied to see that my old home state, Virginia, backed Obama. Virginia almost NEVER votes liberal so it's significant that they did this time.

Here's a nice picture of Virginia:


Good job, Virginia! (and all you other states, too. Except for you, Idaho. I saw what you did there.)

I also got some pictures from the weekend we spent in Gunning Cove with close family friends in an ancient yet glorious old farmhouse. All of the below pictures are courtesy of Kristie, and this is her with Oliver:


And some close-up shots of old farmhouse glory:




The farmhouse is like a grand damme who is not ashamed to revel in the beauty of her age. Kristie's sister seems to be in love with the place and has started to slowly restore it. I think she hopes to one day live in the place full-time. That would be awesome.

Kristie's mom made her famous seafood chowder while we were there. That lady doesn't skimp on ingredients. I've never seen so much lobster in anything except a lobster shell before, and Mark claims that he found his first piece of potato halfway through his second bowl. There was THAT MUCH feesh in it. I ate as much as I could and then some.


We went walking around Gunning Cove with the dogs and had lots of adventures. Arlo was really excited about somebody's yard one evening, but as it was dark we had no idea what he was getting excited about. The next day we walked by the same yard and there was a big fat porcupine in it. Arlo really really wanted to go play, but I didn't think that would work out very well for him. The porcupine completely ignored us and snuffled around the yard in an unconcerned way.

Nine more days and I will own my own yard, and I too will snuffle around it in an unconcerned way. It's gonna be great!