Leaving town for a week; extensive property inspection out there on the Kona Coast. Back on 8 August 2004. Swung by Hilton House today, once the sun came out, and was pleased with the progress. Ben and his Band of (Roumanian) Brothers are fast!

This is looking down the bedroom hall to the kitchen wall way down there at the back. Living/Dining wing is to the left.

Nice cool weekend in the Bay Area today - lot's of fog.  We took a trip to Hilton House this morning and, for the first time, strolled around on the floor, albeit the subfloor, not the finished floor.  In any case the floor is framed, insulated, and the subfloor is going on today. Next, the exterior walls, then the roof trusses.

This is a view from the end of the living room overlooking the neighboring subdivision with the hills beyond:



And this is a view from the kitchen with Mt. Diablo in the distance.  We'll be negotiating with the neighbor to maybe move her garden shed:

 



This was taken from the Entry area overlooking the guest apartment and the trees beyond:

 


And, finally, the view out the window of the Master Bedroom:

 


We'll keep everyone posted on further, major progress.

A picture of Tewkesbury Abbey, on Hanako's way to work - the weather is typical for this summer thus far! Hmmm...not quite Copperopolis.

It appears that learning this Blogger stuff may be a bit more complicated than I had anticipated. Anyway, the humungous pix of last week have been erased. I have reformatted them to be only 600 pixels across and I'll try to post them now. For posterity, I'll repeat that these are pix of 155 Quail Meadow Court at Saddle Creek in Copperopolis, California.
 
This is the backyard view:
 

 
A shot of the unfurnished living room (with its off-center mantlepiece) and den beyond:

  The kitchen is below, with the dining area beyond:
 

  The rear of the house with the covered lanai/porch/whatever:

  And, finally, the front of the house.

 
These were taken on Wednesday, 14 July.  Temperature was 88F, typical of July in the Sierra foothills.  Enjoy!
(I'll try to post some construction pix of the Hilton Road house later this week.)

These are a few shots of the new house at Saddle Creek outside Copperopolis in the Gold Country of Northern California. The house is almost completed and the window coverings were being installed when the pix were taken on June 22, 2004.Front view w/MiekoThe front of the house.
KitchenKitchen looking into the Living Room. Dining is to the left.
LivingLiving Room with window blind packing (soribouthat)
Master Bath The Master Bath, and. . .
Back Yard w/view of Golf CourseThe back yard with a distant view of the 17th fairway.
Anyone looking for a rental?

I was really looking forward to a brief dissertation on the charms of Graeagle and Copperopolis California, with which I have recently become reacquainted, but duty calls. These are the final pix of cats, with their foster mother, on this blog.

Food, Wine, and Urban Architecture are the opening subjects here. We'll start first with food.

I order my eggs fried sunnyside up. For years I have used my fork to separate the egg white from the yolk, and I eat the whites. That leaves me with two round yolks and I endeavor to swallow each of them whole. When I'm successful, which is most often, I leave a plate with absolutely no evidence at all of eggs on it. This is great for the dishwashers.