Where am I this week?

Well, another trip to another European capital completed. This time I was off to Stockholm to visit the Swedish Air Force. Their hospitality was unparalleled! I only had a chance to spend one day walking around downtown, but here are some pictures of the old town, a rather curious stairway and of course me in front of old town! Great trip, and timely, since I'm betting by the end of October you would only see a parka in that photo and not a sport coat!

I didn't realize that Stockholm is considered the "Venice of the north" The capital is spread across several islands in the mouth of Lake Malaren and the Baltic Sea. A beautiful town to walk around and explore.

Critters in the night

Imagine my surprise the other night as I relaxed in the hot tub after a tough day, and I hear scratching along the fence. Off goes the family dog to defend his yard and raise a rucus along the fence line. After retrieving our fearless guardian Lebette informs me the "Oh, that is just Blossom" Blossom I ask? "Don't you remember when you were in Afghanistan and I told you we had a 'possum?" she replied. So here is a picture of Blossom our pet 'possum that Bacchus does NOT like. Thankfully Blossom just hangs out on the fence and lets Bacchus bark at her. (let's hope she doesn't have baby possums under her coat).

Home improvement part deux

Well, I finally got a chance to see my parents after 18 months, so of course we spent lots of quality time catching up on past events, family, and sight-seeing.....obviously you don't know my family very well. The entire week my parents were in town we spent doing home improvement projects, to include ripping up the tile of our guest bathroom. Once the old tile was up, imagine our surprise to find another layer of tile down there. Once that was up, we retiled the bath, replaced the comode, vanity and sink top. Finally we replastered the walls and repainted. This was all two months ago, and I am finally getting around to putting the molding back up and painting the trim! Aah the joys of home ownership!

Here are the photos of two layers of tile and the old wall, then the new tile and threshold and the new vanity/sink/mirror