Randomness

[tiggymalvern]

We're in Walla Walla this week on an anniversary trip, and we were just wine tasting at Kyle MacLachlan's winery. We were chatting with the winery lady about his career and got to talking about David Lynch's Dune.

Winery Lady: I never read the books.

My SO: I read them all. I always tell people to read the first three then stop. After that, they're all backstory and world-building without much plot.

Winery lady: (looks confused)

Me looking at this casually dressed middle aged woman who knows about wine-making processes in excessively nerdy detail: It's like the difference between reading The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, if that makes any sense to you.

Winery lady: Ah, I see!

Sometimes you can take a pretty good guess about someone you don't know at all.

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[bymyverytoes]

:)

Sorry not to have watched your recent dive videos. Been occupied. We took a short break to the seaside which was just wonderful, and now we want to move to the seaside :)

Am looking forward to watching them, however :)

[tiggymalvern]

Which seaside did you go to? A move might make your regular swimming easier :-)

We picked a bad week to come to Walla Walla. The weather last week was good, the weather next week is supposed to be perfect, and what we have right now can favourably be described as 'mixed'. We went on a scenic drive in the mountains earlier and got hailstoned on. Now of course the sun is out again (but no guarantee it is up there). Good thing the wine tastes good even in the rain!

[bymyverytoes]

"Which seaside did you go to?"

One just fifty minutes' drive away from our home, but one I've never actually stayed at, as opposed to making day trips. Not having to spend hours flogging up and down the highway was nice, and we did some great birdwatching! You can swim there, and even on a line-guarded beach, but I no longer trust sea swimming. Too much shit washes down the drains and straight into the ocean.

Buying is likely to be impossible without a loss of quality of residence and a lot of cost upgrading (we've *just* got this place perfect, and anything in our price range at the seaside would need the same kind of expenditure). So it might have to wait until we downsize or one of us dies or something :(

Sad about the weather, but sitting drink good wine while you watch the rain is far from the worst idea for a short break I can think of :)

[tiggymalvern]

Yes, people do like to live by the sea, it does things to house prices. You've been in that house a long time, I'm glad you've now got it right, but wow, that's been a slow process.

Yesterday we had significantly better weather.Today's going to be gorgeous, but it's also the day we're leaving!

[bymyverytoes]

"people do like to live by the sea"

The important thing is that people like to *retire* to the sea, especially to this formerly cheap and unfashionable destination. The housing stock is older and when people retire, they don't typically spend a lot on those properties. So the housing stock is either much older there, and in poorer condition, thus needing a lot of work we don't feel like doing, or it's brand new flash retirement style homes which are well above what we need and can afford right now. We'll move there when we're downsizing.

"wow, that's been a slow process"

To be fair, we've been renovating and maintaining two other houses for a while now. And our knowledge of what works has been evolving. It's taken a long time to work out how to beat the climate without just installing aircon in every room, and to convince the SO that some of this stuff is necessary.

I hope you enjoyed the nice farewell weather!

[tiggymalvern]

Yes, learning as you go can be a factor... I'm glad you not only managed to learn, but to persuade your SO too!

We had lovely weather for the first half of our drive back, then hit the rain as we approached the mountains. Now we're back at home where it's damp and grey again.