Settling In

Our new home: 8943 Wesley Place in Knoxville.

My apologies for missing last Friday's post. We've been busy settling in to our new home. As you can see from the picture, it's the end unit in a row of four townhouses in a very pleasant neighborhood of similar homes. It was the first one we looked at, and although we looked at others we kept coming back to this one. With its large windows and light, airy look, we both immediately thought "This looks like home!"

The previous owners had been a very old couple who had passed on, and the property was being sold by their children. So lots of things needed updating. So far, the interior has been repainted, the carpets in the bedrooms have been replaced, and this week we had new wood floors (actually some kind of wood-looking composition) installed. There are still some smaller things to be done, but those were the biggies.

We are now carrying things in from the garage that were until recently in a storage unit near LaFayette. I expect that process to go on for a while -- in fact, I hope I live long enough to see enough room for two cars  to park in our two-car garage!

Since all our furniture was sold in the estate sale two years ago, we were very fortunate that the sellers were willing to include many items of furniture that were in the house for no additional charge. All-in-all, we feel very blessed.

Next on our agenda is selling our truck and trailer and replacing them with a smaller trailer and a light truck or SUV so we can get back to the footloose traveling we love this summer and fall. 

We have great plans, but we never forget that "man plans, God laughs!"

If you like my photographs, you can see more of them in my online gallery at https://davejenkins.pixels.com/  Looking is free, and, who knows? You might find something you want to keep.

The second edition of my book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia will be released in June, 2023. 

Photograph and text copyright 2023 David B.Jenkins.

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Soli Gloria Deo -- For the glory of God alone.