Time Flies

I just can't believe that it has been 2 months since we moved and retired.  The time has truly flown. We were able to squash all of our stuff into the house and garage and there's still room to move! We've settled into our little exercise routine of walking in beautiful Old Salem.  We have taken on chores around the house... I still do the cooking though  :-).  Jhett is all settled in and we've enjoyed being nearer to family.

   

My painter's group didn't work out as I had hoped but I have reconnected with my former co-worker, Wendy (a fabulous doll maker) and we found a paint group that we have joined.  They meet at the local recreation center once a week.   I haven't given up hope of having one closer to home but I guess the timing isn't right just yet.

We are spending time visiting various museums and galleries and I'm loving that.  There are so many within a 2 hour drive. We've been to SECCA, The Mint (both of them), The Bechtler and I hope to get to The Nasher later this month.  It is always exciting to visit these museums and discover artists that you haven't heard of before, or rediscover some that you had forgotten.  Life will continually teach you new things if you're open to it.

Tomory Dodge

Tomory Dodge

Alfred Manessier

Alfred Manessier

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter

We do not have cable tv or satellite tv... just a little antenna that picks up local channels and we don't miss it.   We have the internet and can get in depth news there if we want it but we don't spend hours and hours in front of the "idiot box" as one Currituck resident used to call it.

We've gotten our library cards, set up borrowing privileges at WFU for Randy, resorted and started selling old books on Amazon,  and we have checked into evening enrichment classes at Salem College for the fall.  Life is easy and unrushed and the pressure of the calender and the clock  is nonexistent.

We are blessed.

Life is good.