July, 2005 ~ "Life is a Beach"
August 2005 ~ Bermuda!, Fire Fighting Training
September 2005 ~ Bermuda Highways, Gone Fishing, John Smith Beach, Hurricane
October 2005~ Imagery, Visiting Bermuda
November 2005 ~ Hello - We are still Here, Our Place, What do I Do?
December 2005 ~ "All I want to do is Catch a Big fIsh"!, Our First Visitor, Peugeot Cabriolet
January 2006 ~ Happy New Year!
February 2006 ~ Winter in Bermuda
March 2006 ~ BRrrrrrr!
April 2006 ~ April Showers?
May 2006 ~ May Daze
June 2006 ~ June Joining
July 2006 ~ July Joy
August ~ One Year!

Friday, November 25th, 2005

What do I Do?

My posting this week has to do with my place of employment. After all, my acceptance as a "controller supervisor" for the Waste Treatment Facility at Tynes Bay was the ticket for us to relocate here. Quite a different view from exotic semitropical Bermuda I've been posting about but informational and even interesting to see. It's "what I do" four days out of eight! So how exotic is "burning garbage"? Find out! Click Here or on the image to the right to be transported to a place I call "Dante's Inferno"....

Friday, November 18, 2005

"Our Place"

So why did I move from the Blog? Simple! I got fed up with it. This html web format is much more to my liking. If you wish to comment on anything, just e-mail me (ross@goodwinstudios.com). Remember, some of the imagery will expand into a larger picture if you click on them.

An aerial photograph copied from "Google Earth" (and then played with in Photoshop) showing exactly where we live on the Island. This is the area referred to as Southampton Parish. You'll see that the Wyndham Hotel is right across the road from us. It's beaches are accessible to us as we are residents. One of Bermuda's grandest hotels, the Southampton Princess, is just down the road. You can also see Gibbs Lighthouse in the center of the island and behind that is "Jew's Bay" where Mark moors his boat. A way off in the distance you can see the western end of Bermuda, an area called "Dockyard."


Our Front View!
Actually, our front view if you walk up our drive , open the gate and cross the road. Lori took this at sunset, looking down at one of the Whynham Hotel beaches.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2005

Hello… We are still here!
It has been a while since we posted to this web site, but we moved you see. We now have a home (finally) in a beautiful part of the islands called Southampton. Actually the address is # 63 South Road, Southampton Parish, Bermuda. SN02 (Just in case anyone wishes to send us a Christmas card). Our new place came totally empty so it has been a mad scramble to purchase a bed and basic needs to get us started. A difficult process when owning only a scooter to get around.

Of course part of the relocation process is finding an Internet Provider. We have agreed to share a connection to the Internet with our landlady and thus save on the monthly bill. Her tech guy should have us up and running by this weekend. I’m posting this entry through the computer here at work.

More about our new home. Lori had two wishes for the “perfect” abode; a gourmet kitchen and a “Standard Poodle”. I laughed out loud of course. Never in my wildest dreams did I think she would find both! Our apartment has what must be the largest wooden deck in Bermuda, a covered patio complete with overhead fans, a large bedroom and a kitchen / living room area all with hardwood flooring.

Above is Lori on our front patio. The teak table and chairs were included with the accommodations. Click on the image to see a larger version.

We bought a bed and the dressers at "leaving the island" sales that occur every Saturday. There are always people leaving as well as coming and some great deals are to be had. The bed at right is the most comfortable I've ever slept in.

There is also a laundry room complete with washer and dryer and a bathroom accessible from both the bedroom and the foyer. It is all pretty empty now but we are on the lookout for a couch with a hide-a-bed for guests, a television and desk for the computer.

We must also purchase a car, as the ride to work is a bit “treacherous” this time of the year. South Road follows the coast and the winds can gust up to 50 miles per hour and the rain is at times torrential. As a matter of fact, a “tornado” touched down on land a few miles up the coast from us yesterday and removed a few roofs. Just another tropical front passing through. See the newspaper article to the left and "read all about it!" We were on our scooter at the time and the gusts of wind almost blew us off the road! ( Double click on the article and it should enlarge big enough to read)

The next day was sunny and warm. The day after that we went fishing and for a swim. That's weather in Bermuda.

At right is me at the computer in one of our "two" rooms. The bedroom is large enough to include office space in the alcove.