I know I've been quiet

Thing is, my 'puter died. Well, my laptop 'puter died. It has been repaired many times, and it has died again. This time, I'm not fixing it.

I normally don't buy extended warranties, but I did when I got the HP laptop (purchased through Micro Center). It's a good thing! The laptop was expensive, and the repairs were big. In its lifetime, it has needed a new screen, new motherboard and new hard drive. So the extra for the extended warranty paid off in a big way.

Now that the extended warranty is done and the computer is over 4 years old, I have given in. I ordered a new laptop from Dell. It will take a couple of weeks for it to get here.

Since I usually do my blogging with the laptop, its demise has limited my blogging a bit. But since I'm downstairs at the desktop computer (the one with lots of horsepower that I use for all of my photo work), I figured I'd post something.

So how about more Cape Cod photos before I go back to rugby?

First, some shots of the room in our lovely B&B...


The bed. Always essential for a nice vacation!


Marc in the sitting area, in front of the fireplace


A spot to sit by one of the windows


Part of the bathroom (you can see the jacuzzi)





And now let's get out a bit...


A beach where we stopped with Patrick. This is where I took the photo of Patrick and Marc that was in the prior post.




Marc outside the Wellfleet Candy Company

Marc took us on a tour of Cape Cod candy stores. Wellfleet--coincidentally, in the town of Wellfleet!--was his favorite.


Inside Wellfleet Candy Company, we could watch the candy being made.




Marc and the owner, comparing notes on candy making techniques


Patrick chose some items to sample

There were many fabulous things to eat. These people knew their business! Just looking at these photos of the candy is making my mouth water, as I remember how good they were...









Another enjoyable stop was Arnold's, a local favorite. Don't let the photos of the menu fool you. While it mentions grilled food, etc., I didn't see a bit of it. Everything anyone gets there is deep-fried...




Patrick waits for his order

Wait! This is quite a find! There, on the end of the tray in this next photo, you can catch a glimpse of Arnold's food that isn't deep-fried...


Yes, it's a lobster roll! (Well, part of one.) And wow, was it overpriced!


The rest of the food

Can you say "coronary blockage," children? I knew you could!


Okay, the clam chowder wasn't fried, either. But that would be a neat trick!

Now, back to the room...


Our little balcony where we would have coffee every morning


Our view of the back yard

That's all I have from the trip. I didn't take a lot of photos, but it really wasn't that kind of trip. I hope you liked this post anyhow!

A few photos from Cape Cod

As we watch the debate (taking place just a few miles from here), I want to share a few favorite photos from the trip. First, Patrick's arrival was heralded by "The Official State Bird of Patrick," the dragonfly...



What do you mean, it's not a bird? Are you sure? Hmmph.

Patrick took this shot of us at the bed & breakfast...



And I took this shot of Marc and Patrick at the beach one evening...



They actually make a nice looking couple. (Okay, Patrick, back off!) ;)

There are more photos (and I'll share them in another post), but I think those are the top three.

The weekend

We had a lovely time on Cape Cod. We got to meet Greg, and we also were joined there by Patrick. We had fun enjoying the great outdoors, had a lovely stay at a local bed & breakfast called the Whalewalk Inn and ate some tasty, if mostly unhealthy, food. We also found a candy company that got the Bokey seal of approval. That's not easy to do, so I will include a link to the candy company's website: The Wellfleet Candy Company.

We had a lovely weekend, but now it's back to life as usual. And that's fine. As much fun as it is to spend time with friends (and meet a new friend whom we'd previously known through blogging and e-mails), it's nice to be home with the pups. Getting home is also a nice reminder that I love my life here with Marc. Traveling is fun, but it's important to remember that we have many blessings!

I know you're probably wondering why I'm not including any photos. Well, that's simple. I haven't taken them off the camera yet! :) I didn't take a lot of photos this time--it was mostly a trip meant for pure relaxation--but I soon will share what I did take. Just give me a few days!

Heading for Cape Cod

Tomorrow, we're heading for Cape Cod. We'll meet Greg for the first time, and Patrick will be meeting us up there late tomorrow night. We offered to drive Patrick up there, but he has to work part of the day, so we're going ahead and he'll take the bus up later.

I'm not even sure what we're going to do once we're up there, but I feel sure we'll have fun!

In the meantime, how about more rugby photos? These are from the last match we attended...

















































Well, what better place to stop than with Jason's lovely body rolling in to score?

I hope you all have a nice weekend!