Travels and Homes

Not sure what your weekend has in store apart from driving north and soccer. We were in Boston, Massachusetts yesterday having caught up with things at the 'ranch'. Weather here this past week has been great and the Fall colors will soon be appearing in all their New England glory.

You would feel at home here - deciduous woodland (and conifers), lakes and mountains. Just like that place south of where you are. Difference is that I have it all on the land we own and there's plenty more outside the property boundaries. Just over an hour's drive down I-93 and we are in Boston, MA, so in no way cut off from the world. You may recall that I liked my country walks in the UK when I lived there. Still get them here although I often ride out by ATV or horse and then explore a little. We have so much land I doubt I have explored it all yet.

All a great contrast from our homes in Florida, California and Oregon and excellent for relaxing and just doing things we both like. Ash is a quite a country girl, too, despite her otherwise sophisticated self. Great horsewoman and of course loves horses, as I do. I can't recall whether I told you that G and I owned two horses back in the UK, which we had sold on in the early 2000's. So not a new interest for me. You really hadn't found the real me had you in our time together. You should have behaved and stayed - biggest mistake of your life, lady!

I promised to continue with a gallery of my travels, mainly to 'rub in' what you have missed and to compare with your much more limited itineraries. So here is the next installment:

C for California and our bolt holes in San Francisco and San Diego (China should be in here too, but I don't have access to my photos of it, here in Mass.)

D is for Denmark

 Note the car

D is also for Dorset and our home in Sandbanks

More to follow in due course. Working through the alphabet.... of places.

We are still in Massachusetts, looking at property. This one will be for us - not an investment - and right by the shore. Will post some photos if what we are looking at goes ahead

By the way, in my list, in a previous blog I forgot to mention an apartment in Singapore and our home on Oahu, Hawai'i. You might think that they don't not get used much and say, what do you need all those places for in the US Europe, Asia and Australia. Well little lady, we have a large family between the two of us. They all travel, as we do, and we allow senior staff to use some of the places. So, there you are. Massachusetts will be for us and the family and house guests and still be in relatively easy reach of New Hampshire and the horse ranch.

Here's a thought, reflecting your foolishness and encapsulated on a tee shirt. I have one for you, gathering dust! Note the small print...

Ciao and, to mix languages, c'est la vie or ,if you prefer Italian,  così è la vita.