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01 Aug. 2001, 00:00 PDT
 
 

Welcome to the new look. Rebirthing the ol' web site has become something of an annual ritual now, it seems. Just when I thought I was done with home page design I realized that I was sick of the old look. And since I'm the one who uses the site the most (as in, it's my homepage and portal whenever I'm online, which is...always?..) it seems to me that I should change it when it feels like it needs to be changed. In the case of this particular design, the goad this year was the need to have an online dictionary button on my portal (the "words" link on the far left) -- which led to a rethinking of the look, which led to consultations with my dear and patient mate, which led to this new look. I'll leave much of the content from my old site as it was, changing only a few decorative items in order to blend better with the new look. But from here on, I'll use the new template(s)...for now. Perhaps this site will evolve again down the road. In fact, it's a sure bet... 

So much has happened since my last entry, which this new look helps to celebrate. Instead of the Hacienda, we bought the Orchard. Liz and I were both torn on the Hacienda -- while a wonderful property, we felt it just didn't suit our needs in the long term and would have been an ill-advised purchase from an investment perspective otherwise. The Orchard, on the other hand, is a completely different story.  

The first thing that struck us about the Orchard was, of course, the fruit trees...there are 43 of them. Cherries, peaches, apricots, plums, apples, pears...we will have more fruit from our own trees that we will ever be able to properly gather much less eat. I'm sure we'll have a time of it caring for the vegatation, as it were...did I mention strawberries and raspberries as well? On 0.56 acres, the 2650 sq/ft home is architecturally interesting, has incredible panoramic views of downtown Reno, Mt. Rose and the Truckee Meadows and borders a county park which gives our grounds a feeling of isolation that far surpasses the acreage. We absolutely fell in love with it once we tasted the fruit... there have been other unanticipated changes that have occurred since that moment in June when I decided to give the ol' web site a face lift. No, that was just the beginning. We knew we were going to be moving into the Orchard before the 4th of July. Much more has happened since then...