Two more shots of the property.
So, while browsing real estate on Zillow yesterday, I stumbled across something of my dream house. It’s old (1919), very well-renovated (but still kept historical), huge barn, horse run-in, 9 acres of good crop land, stocked stream on property, and it backs up to several hundred acres of wilderness. At $223k, it’s a steal, and we could pay that off in 15 years or less.
The area is very rural, and is in the Shenandoah mountains, part of Appalachia, which is why the price is so low. However, usually houses in that area are not in good condition or are stuck in the 1970s with faux-wood paneling, etc. This one is quite a find.
Our fridge and freezer are just a weeeee bit full right now!
And yes, I buy milk in old-fashioned bottles from a local farm. I repurpose the old bottles to hold my handmade juices and sodas when I’m finished with them, if I choose not to return them.
Last week I went down to La Plata, Maryland to make strawberry jam with a friend of mine. We took several breaks throughout the day, and at one point her husband called us out into the yard to see something. It was a black rat snake! Now, most of you probably don’t know this, but I love snakes, and I used to have six of them as pets when I was a kid. Rat snakes are not poisonous and are typically fairly friendly, so I picked the 3.5 foot long snake up off the ground. It was very friendly and I held it and played with it for several minutes. Though my friend graciously took some photos of me holding the snake, I took some of my own while holding the snake! It took some careful maneuvering, especially since the snake was constantly in motion, but I like some of the shots I got, and this one is most definitely my favorite. (via Serpentine | Behind the Glass)
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Marc as a French WWI poilu.
Q:Do you have a job? How much money do you make in photojournalism?
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A job as in a photography job? No. Then again, there are very few photographers anymore who have a full time position. Even National Geographic has switched entirely to freelance photojournalists. I work as a freelance photographer, which means I work on contract and by piecemeal.
Right now my money comes in spurts, as it does with most freelancers. Some months I make $1500, some months I make nothing. My current limiting factor is the fact that in order to make ends meet, I have to do other part time work (working as a substitute teacher, doing web design work, doing social media consulting), which gets in the way of me contacting editors, shopping my work around, etc. To help fix this, I’ve saved up enough money to take a four month break from all non-photography work, during which time I’ll finally have both the time and energy to work towards getting more work.
So, according to a friend of mine who is currently at the White House Correspondents Dinner….
….Rick Santorum is seated next to the gay couple from Modern Family.
Either the world loves irony or whoever did the seating charts has a sense of humor.
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Running errands with Nadezda, our sidecar motorcycle. (Taken with instagram)
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Jindo on Flickr.
Me, back when I lived in rural South Korea.
Marc and his silly cap. on Flickr.
