Grandfather Mountain Hike

Posted on August 5, 2021August 10, 2021 by jrblack Leave a comment

Last weekend, The Boys (Brian, Dave and I) traveled to Linville NC area for a weekend of hiking. We drove out Friday afternoon and stopped at Peabody’s Wine & Beer Merchants in Boon, for a few brews and ale. If your into verities of beers, ales, lagers, porters, stouts and more… this place is for […]... Read More

Front door–New Lock, Repair and Paint

Posted on June 2, 2020February 19, 2021 by jrblack Leave a comment

One more unplanned project in the year of Covid-19. Mid May, our deadbolt lock on our front door simply fell apart, the cylinder came our and locking tumblers fell out. Our front door never closed real well for many years and maybe the tension or pressure put on the deadbolt was too much. The door, […]... Read More

New Washing Machine

Posted on May 24, 2020February 19, 2021 by jrblack Leave a comment

A few days after our oven door hinge broke, our washing machine started making and awful loud noise. I attempted to determine what was wrong and diagnose the problem. Based on my findings, reading online and watching other washing machine videos, I figured I needed a new center shaft agitator kit. But in further exploration […]... Read More

New Convection Oven

Posted on May 22, 2020February 19, 2021 by jrblack Leave a comment

Well, as luck would have it, just after getting started on our new patio, a hinge broke to our top oven door of our double oven. Well, least we had the lower oven to use while we decide what to do. Oven replacement hinges are about $65. Not too bad, but how long are the […]... Read More

Night-time Photography

Posted on May 20, 2020June 2, 2020 by jrblack Leave a comment

My previous phone was an LG G6. It was a great phone, and had a really good camera… but night-time or dark photos was a real challenge for it to say the least. With my Pixel 4 XL, I can now decent if now capture decent if not great looking photos at dusk even at […]... Read More

Caitlin and Dance for spring 2020

Posted on May 20, 2020June 2, 2020 by jrblack Leave a comment

Caitlin started off the dance season well with Encore DCS and Star Talent. Caitlin did and excellent job at both and scored high. But the Corona virus and the state of NC crashed the party and put the rest of the dance season on hold or maybe even canceled. Amongst all the group and company […]... Read More

New Patio Project

Posted on May 12, 2020February 19, 2021 by jrblack Leave a comment

For the past few years we have been considering what to do with the space between some trees in our backyard where the kids playhouse used to sit. Well with all our kids home during the pandemic with online classes, we decided to build a patio in that area. This space is often shaded in […]... Read More

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