The Pictures are Coming!
Well I finally figured out how to post a picture. Here is a pic of the house we are living in. It's a 2 bedroom rancher with a full basement (no doors though it's below ground). We have use of one half of the garage at the back for our new Subaru.

We're still getting settled and trying to figure out where everything is (or can be acquired). We realize just how spoiled we were in Vancouver when it comes to food. The local grocery stores are great with the exception of a few items that we didn't realize may be specialty items, namely chorizo sausage and tzatziki sauce.

We have eaten out at a few restaurants since we have been here. Unfortunately so far there is nothing to write home (or even in a blog) about. The portions are always huge but I'd rather be a gourmet than a gourmand....Oh well I'm sure we'll find a few diamonds in the rough at some point.

The temperature has been a little crazy lately. We've had several days of temperatures in the 90's (32-35 celsius) with high humidity. It's been rough on the dogs but we have discovered a new favourite toy! I bought a hose and spray nozzle and the dogs love it. Kyla wasn't so sure at first, it took here a few days of watching Brodie running around barking and trying to bite the stream of cold water to get going but now they both just go crazy. In fact if I stop the spray they both sit in front of me and bark until I start again. Pretty hilarious.

We took a drive on the weekend to a couple of parks to find a place to take Kyla swimming. The first place was a pond (think small lake) very much like Thetis lake in Victoria. It was pretty busy but we managed to get Kyla a couple of dips, she really likes to swim. Brodie wouldn't go in so we went to find another spot where we could wade in and try to coax him in too. The second park was right on the Connecticut river south of Hartford in an area known as East Haddam. There were some very nice old houses and churches in the their historic district on the way to the park. We hiked down a pathway to the river and had a nice picnic lunch but there really was no place to wade into the river.

ciao for now...