My bride and I had the opportunity to go to Greece, Turkey and Italy for three weeks as part of my Masters Program at St. Stephen's University in New Brunswick. I couldn't help myself from riding this sweet camel in the hills of Cappadocia.

I hope you enjoy.

Hi friends,

My first blog is not coming to you with dulcimers and harmonic rhythms, rather with a peak into my little patio project that turned into much more than that. I was drinking coffee this morning with my bride on the patio talking about how my love for life, family, and the patio seemed to fade by the third day of patio construction. I didn't know what I was getting in to. Why do I always do this? It seems like a pattern repeated again and agin over the years. It even reminds me of demolishing the kitchen in our old house and thinking that I could actually remodel a kitchen from the bare studs...that was brutal. Anyways, as you can see by the pictures, we made it through this valley and new mountain top in one piece.