So this isn’t really a proper holiday today, but we’re celebrating it all the same, and by “we” I mean, “The Girlfriend and I,” though you’re welcome to celebrate it too if you like. I can finally break the big news that has been brewing for a while and announce that Walkabout Estates is now in a new location!
Actually, we wouldn’t be anywhere near as far along if we’d actually moved Walkabout Estates – I’m not even sure how you’d go about that; how deep do you dig? But we’ve moved the various accoutrements that we had gathered within the old Walkabout Estates and shifted them to a new house – bigger, better, cooler, and so on. And part of that coolness was hinted at with last month’s holiday, because we have our own pond now! That was actually the factor that held off the closing date (which was scheduled then) because the deed to the pond was not perfectly clean and tidy, and had to be remedied. That’s done now – in fact, it’s been done for over a week, but we’re still in the process of moving in, much less getting things established how we want them. It’s likely even worse than I’m letting on, because this was written in advance and I don’t think we even have internet out there, uh, here, yet.
Plenty more will be coming, with undoubtedly a lot of new photos because we’ve already seen enough examples to believe this is going to be a productive place for such – you would have had some right now, except that I’ve barely had the camera in hand for the past couple of weeks. But for now, posts may still be a bit sparse – we really have far too much shit and it will be a while before it’s all in reasonable order, to the point where I don’t feel guilty chasing photos or writing posts instead of unpacking boxes and moving furniture.
Meanwhile, we’re taking suggestions on pond names, because it doesn’t appear to have one. Don’t go thinking you can poll bomb and get through some damn thing like, “Swampy McSwampface,” because The Girlfriend and I are the final arbiters, but if you manage to impress us enough that we adopt your suggestion, we’ll be sure to send something your way. In the meantime, we’ll be back up to speed here as soon as it’s feasible.