I am a retired 44-year veteran of the Real Estate Assessment field. As with real estate assessing and how it applies to real estate taxes, one can make many acquaintances, but not many real friends. It was a great career choice.
It has been nearly 10 years since I reclaimed my home and my real passions within my home. I enjoy it more each day and tip my hat to those who I left behind.
Each day I try to stretch myself with the use of my computer as it relates to this site and using it to print out labels for quilts for trying to incorporate photos into my sewing. Life is so full and I know that I have room for more.
Sitting in the patio porch enjoying the day when there began a loud crack followed by several smaller cracks. No, not a firecracker, but a large limb from the top of the Maple Tree that snapped off smaller branches before it hit the ground. What we thought as enjoying as a brisk breeze may have been a bit swifter 75′ in the air. The butt of the broken limb landed on the very edge of the patio. There will be some chain sawing next week.