“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” – George Bernard Shaw
Monday, June 10, 2013
Flowers on the Deck
A nice photo from Lynne's Lytro camera of flowers on our deck. You can barely see the pool in the background too. This shows off the refocusing feature of Lytro photos nicely. Just click where you want to focus:
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick Robinson on 06/10/2013 at 01:52 PM
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Bella at the Beach
Recently we had a chance to visit very dear friends at their NJ shore house--recently restored after damage from Sandy. We were able to take the dogs. And, we were especially curious about how Bella would react to the ocean. She does like to wade in water, but had never seen salt water with waves.
Here is a video of the experience:
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick Robinson on 06/04/2013 at 06:58 AM
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Busy Week
It has been a busy week. My mother flew out to visit us for Memorial Day. The weather was awful--rainy and cold. She flew from El Paso to Houston with the plan to take a plane from there to Newark where we'd pick her up on Thursday evening. Her flight into Newark was canceled because of the weather here, and she was rerouted to San Francisco and from there to Newark! She arrived on Friday morning very tired. But, as she said, she'd seen three oceans in one day!
That first weekend was cold and rainy and we even had fires in the fireplace on a couple of nights.
Then the weather improved and we were able to get out and about.
On Sunday we did a food tour of NOLITA in New York City. We barbequed on Memorial Day. We visited the 911 Memorial Site during the week. We took a few drives, cooked good food, hung out around the newly opened pool and generally had a great time. On her last day here we went to Warwick Valley Vineyards for a tasting and lunch.
All in all, a great visit.
She is now home having taken uneventful flights yesterday. And, I assume she is settling back into her normal routine.
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick Robinson on 06/04/2013 at 06:50 AM
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Monday, May 20, 2013
2013 Pool Opening
Opened the pool today. More later, I am sure!
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick Robinson on 05/20/2013 at 08:53 PM
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Can, Must, Should
Just want to capture this thought before I lose it:
When dealing with customers and "unusual" situations in business, you must make a decision about what to do.
- You can do what you "must" do, based on contracts, agreements, legalities
- You can do what you "can" do, which may be the best you can do
- You can do what you "should" do, based on what feels right and what you would want if you were the customer
Posted under: The Business World • by Rick Robinson on 05/15/2013 at 11:48 AM
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