Moved!

Posted on by Ian C.

It’s strange to talk about moving house, and to arrive back at 8002 which we’ve owned now for more than five years and already lived here for nearly six months this year – but now we’ve completed the sale of our Gloucester, Massachusetts home, and own only 8002, I guess we have moved!


I took some last photos of our old home, before we left:

All the best to new owners, Pete & Tara; and goodbye, for now, to our neighbors and good friends Pat & Dave, and Joanne & Earle, and their families.

Silk Floss tree growth

Posted on by Ian C.

A couple months ago, before we left 8002, I took pictures of the garden, including the Silk Floss tree that we grew from seed (see last years post). On our return, the Silk Floss tree has grown a lot; here’s my attempt to frame the picture the same:

Stepping back enough to see the whole tree, and close-up of the spikes on the trunk:

If it grows this much in two months, what’s it going to be like next summer?!

Greasy’s Garage

Posted on by Ian C.

Now just a couple of weeks from our move to Florida, Greasy’s Garage today was a perfect place for a last get together with MINI friends, including Pete, Theo, John, Thom, Reed, Ivan, … I also got to watch Ivan get various changes to his nicely colored MINI Coupe, including fog light reprogramming by Theo, and removal of a resonator by Pete, to increase exhaust growl:

A bit sad to be leaving my friends, but with luck I’ll meet them again, and meanwhile meet new MINI friends in Florida.