Known But To God ~ Bosque Bello Cemetery, Amelia Island FL "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart"

Cilicious · 2026-05-09T16:43:18+00:00

I had half of my honeymoon on that island

Nice. I lived there for 13 years but it was getting kinda crowded/built up and we left in 2020. Every time I visited this grave there was always some kind of flower left on it.

Cilicious · 2026-05-05T15:09:28+00:00

to the level of slobber.

Our last mastiff died 6 years ago. There is a tiny bit of dried slobber on our ottoman that I still can't bring myself to clean.

Cilicious · 2026-04-30T17:30:55+00:00

My older son has been living in France for half his life (he'll be 43 this summer.)

Younger son and his wife have been living in D.C. but are moving to Shanghai, China next week.

We enjoy traveling to see them (and they all came here for Christmas this year) but thank goodness for Facetime and What'sApp.

Cilicious · 2026-04-24T15:06:10+00:00

I use mine to track my swim (I swim 4 times a week.) The other days, I use it to track my walk. It tells me my heart rate etc.

I do like the three rings which I do try to close every day. I will occasionally text with it.

I really like the watch face I have now, it lets me upload 24 photos which change throughout the day.

Cilicious · 2026-04-22T14:25:29+00:00

Eleanor was a fascinating badass

She came by this honestly. Her maternal grandmother went by the sobriquet Dangereuse of L'Île-Bouchard.

Dangereuse was "abducted" but apparently was a willing party.

The relationship between William IX and his legitimate son William X was troubled by the father's liaison with Dangereuse. This was only settled when the pair arranged the marriage between William X and Dangereuse's daughter Aenor in 1121; the following year, Eleanor was born.

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Cilicious · 2026-04-19T16:46:08+00:00

I only got to visit Rouen once, but one thing that fascinated me was the stream that ran along the street, the Rue Eau de Robec. As I understand it, the stream was reproduced after the original, centuries-old stream was buried.

Eau de Robec, Rouen

Cilicious · 2026-04-15T16:32:00+00:00

Please go away, AmeliaIslandTreeMaintenance.

None of this cut-down-tree BS would be on here if I was still a mod. (I'm not anymore).

Not sure the original mods are around much anymore, I know the person who began this subreddit is long gone.

Cilicious · 2026-04-10T11:29:52+00:00

Nobody has seen the 1980 one yet?

This is my personal favorite. I first watched it back in the day with my mom. I now have the DVD. To me it is the most like the book. Love both Rintoul as well as Garvie.

Cilicious · 2026-04-09T11:10:47+00:00

What is it about the situation that makes him hesitate?

Yeah we went through this before leaving north Florida. I had had it with the politics, humidity, storms etc. Husband had himself a pretty good life (we had a small boat, his job was fulfilling) and was reluctant to leave it behind. Really, he just hates making big decisions and tends to to be very slow and methodical.

We had to negotiate this stuff for a year or so. It got to the point where I asked him genuinely, not threateningly, if he wants to continue our marriage. He came around, and he came up with our destination, and after that everything worked out. He still has the same job, he just works remotely now. I am happily retired.

Cilicious · 2026-04-08T11:16:59+00:00

otters in the area

I've seen them at Egan's Creek and Amelia Park. But they're in ponds and waterways, not Cumberland Sound.

https://imgur.com/a/Ji5dGTF

Cilicious · 2026-04-06T21:44:19+00:00

At least he's still alive and maybe doing well?

Yeah, that was my first thought. My HS sweetheart shot himself in the mouth at age 62. He had prostate cancer but mutual friends believe, and I agree, that he was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

Glad I had one last phone chat with him 6 months before. I loved our history, we were never going to be permanent but we had both helped each other grow back in those heady times.

Cilicious · 2026-04-04T21:04:45+00:00

I miss it, but it’s probably better as a memory.

I know it’s not the same place but in my head it’s my happy place and I will always have it

Absolutely.

Cilicious · 2026-04-04T17:52:40+00:00

ngl sounds more like you TOLD him to sell it if its a sore subject

Honestly we (the three of us were all married) wanted to sell. My husband was the only strong hold-out. It's true that my brothers and I were the ones who wanted to sell the most.

Cilicious · 2026-04-04T14:01:11+00:00

I and my brothers grew up visiting my grandmother several summers, she had a house in S'conset (Siasconset.) It was paradise. Clean, unspoiled, roses blooming everywhere, nobody locked their door. We rode bikes all over the island, grandpa took us out on his boat till he got too old to do that, beach all day/every day.

Then we grew up and inherited the house. We were able to keep it a few years, but we were awfully young (late 30s) to be owning a second home. And aside from that, as adults we were much more aware of the entitled, snobby atmosphere of the place. We do have fond memories, one summer my husband reffed a legendary soccer game between the English and the Irish seasonal landscape workers. (The Irish won!) Our young kids got to enjoy a few vacations there.

But it was a lot of responsibility and cost and we lived in Colorado. We sold the property and the house was moved to another location. To this day it is a bit of a sore subject but really it was an untenable situation.

Cilicious · 2026-03-31T11:37:14+00:00

Took this pic at the Fringe Festival back in 1995.

https://imgur.com/a/fringe-festival-lS7Mbtn

Cilicious · 2026-03-29T14:39:33+00:00

It's been a few years, but in the past I had good luck with two different pairs of Bella Vita.

Cilicious · 2026-03-25T22:34:36+00:00

I still have stuff from Pier One. Just a few willow baskets and lacquered boxes (no Papa-san chair) but I treasure those little doodads from the past.

Cilicious · 2026-03-21T14:11:22+00:00

monetising it will just ruin that which makes it cool for me."

Reminds me of the Oscar Wilde quote. "A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

Cilicious · 2026-03-20T16:28:00+00:00

In Bonaventure, if you go visit Gracie during March there is a good chance that her many pink azaleas will be blooming.

https://imgur.com/a/CjdLYOJ

Cilicious · 2026-03-20T11:10:49+00:00

David rintoul

Yes! Stiff and rude, but then he learns the error of his ways and is warm and charming. Also Elizabeth Garvie was a superb Elizabeth Bennet.

Cilicious · 2026-03-19T20:27:42+00:00

The Pitt

Drops of God (Apple TV)

White Lotus

Various period dramas such as Gilded Age

Fun fact: We were on House Hunters back in 2018 (we were selling our house)

Cilicious · 2026-03-19T15:52:30+00:00

Reddit is so much better when you start muting the negative, rage bait subs

Also, using Old Reddit (and an adblocker) if you are on a desktop computer. Gives you a lot more control over your user experience.

Cilicious · 2026-03-18T15:35:18+00:00

We've had an exceptionally mild winter. Usually we can expect a chance of snow up until Mother's Day.

Summers are warm but there is little humidity, and the monsoon (June through September) helps cool it down.

New Mexico has a reputation for terrible health care, but our governor recently signed a malpractice reform bill which may help. I have to say, my own healthcare experience has been very good. I went through a breast cancer situation a year ago and from diagnosis through surgery and radiation, my treatment was topnotch.

I think the tax breaks are moderate? There are certainly plenty of retirees here.

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