Monthly Archives: July 2017

Wednesday 12 July some rain late in day. Some observations about posting. – notifications by email to Gmail accounts are now working. However some receive them occasionally/all the time/never in their spam folder. -comments are not the way other social … Continue reading →

Tuesday 11 July Heavy rain for a few minutes in the early am. Then sunny and very humid. Home repairs made. Sink aerator, toilet. Shower judged ok but still small. Dinner tonight with Marcia and Bruce.  Raw oysters and more.  … Continue reading →

Ignore, still on the hunt for the ellusive fix, the one one fix that fixed them all.

Monday July 10 This is mostly a test blog.  Several have not been getting emails notifiations, some work has been done to solve this. No need to do anything as logs will be checked and work continued as appropriate. Walk … Continue reading →

Sunday 9 July Old and oldest houses in Newport. Interested in pre 1700. This is 1697.  Only 17th century found so far, there are supposedly 4 such. The following, all dated, are pre revolutionary war. Each has a date posted. … Continue reading →

6 July Thursday Surprisingly good visit to  the National Museum of American Illustrators.  A private non profit featuring 150+ works by Rockwell, Parrish, Leyendecker, Wyeth and many more. A view of America that never was, white, Episcopalian, frecked, patriotic and … Continue reading →

Tues 4 July. Fireworks day and open  religious freedom program. Day starts with traditional band music, reading of the declaration, and 21 gun salute. All the churches open for viewing, this is the first year of the program; seems to … Continue reading →

Saturday 1 July Road trip to our new abode in Newport. Those with cleaning and quality genes were not happy. Much deserved fussing. Dirty oven, sheets, internet not turned on, etc. All for $8000 a month. All good on the … Continue reading →