Living Room, Dining Room, and Kitchen

The pictures pretty much speak for themselves. Noëlle's office is through the doorway that's partially blocked by the couch, but you can still get through. I like the nice big windows behind the sofa. Notice the fish tank in the dining room where the noise from the pumps isn't so irritating. We didn't lose a single fish during the move despite the four hour drive and then leaving the fish in a cooler overnight! The kitchen is relatively small, but it works really well with some high-end modern appliances, including a gigantic fridge and a stove/oven that is great.

Garage and Back Yard

In these pictures you can see how the boat fits in the garage, along with tons of other stuff! The white bench that parallels Limin' is my work bench and over on the other side of the boat (near the bicycles) is Noëlle's gardening bench. Ital is standing on top of Ia Ora in the back yard.

Cory's Office

My office is at the back of the house, so I don't have any windows or views like Noëlle does. I do, however, have lots of space, book shelves, desk space, and a view out the door to the garage so I can look at Limin' any time I want. I think it's a fair deal!

Blowout

In order to move from Durham to Beaufort, we had to make many trips back and forth (4 hours each way!) towing the trailer. On one of these trips I was heading back to Durham by myself when just as it was getting dark, near the booming metropolis of Kinston, NC, the bearings on one of the wheels siezed up and the tire tire stopped turning. These pictures show the results. Fortunately, I had a spare tire, some tools, some grease, and was able to jury rig something that allowed me to get up to about 40mph. I finally made it home and then a few days later bought new bearings from Overton's!

Limin's salt water launch

Just a few shots of Limin's first salt water launch here! The actual launching we captured on video, so I can't post the champagne bath, but here are a few fun shots of our first cruise along the beaufort waterfront.

Here are the wild horses of Carrot Island, which is located directly across a little channel from Beaufort.

Here I am trying to remember how to drive the boat- what's this thing for again?! Behind me are boats at anchor near Carrot Island on the left, and the Beaufort waterfront on the right.

Just limin' along the waterfront!

N's Herb Garden Update

My mini-herb garden is coming along nicely and I thought it was time for an update. If you'll recall, in mid-May my herb garden looked like this:

By late May, the licorice mint had taken off, and the lemon basil wasn't doing half bad:

Now, everything has exploded! I am harvesting mint and basil like mad, and it just keeps coming! The thyme is also doing great!

Another view, where you can see the chives also at work!

Check out the dewdrops on my mint plant!

Airshow

Noëlle and I went to the airshow at Cherry Point (about half an hour from Beaufort) on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. The weather was very hot but the show was worth it. We got to see some amazing acrobatics, neat planes, and a good show by the Blue Angels. I hope you enjoy the pictures! [Edit by N here: Can you imagine the two of US on a military base?? It was downright frightening. But the planes were interesting.]