One thing you'll notice when browsing through our site is I don't use 'to top', or 'back' buttons.

When you get to the bottom of a page, use keyboard commands if you're like me and don't want to move to the mouse and go up to the 'BACK' button on your browser. (command is Alt and the left arrow key). If you wish to go to a page you've visited in this same visit, the right arrow key works with ALT also.

The mapping is fairly straight forward. Each of the titles in the left column matches a section on the very front page of the entire site. So, you should never get lost. I try, (can't always remember) to also include the 'chapter' definition on top of the article subject title as well. I realize chapter definitions are a bit vague and may be misleading, but we're trying to work within my original ideas. This may change as inspiration hits, but not overnight. The site stands as a framework and as text and ideas are interwoven, each section or chapter will open and evolve.

Anywhere you see underlined and the mouseover indicates a 'grabbie hand', it means this is a link. I see I've installed some mystery links, but normally, they all should go where indicated.

I love my music and often have RealAudio playing something cool while I surf. I won't impose my music on you, unless there is something so perfect for a page I just can't resist. So far I've resisted. Ditto animation. I have a couple of little animated gifs, but I like to read and these are distracting.

As of this writing, the site is only two weeks old, so there are some glaring blank spots. (Photos:) The llamas are always doing amazing things and I am usually without a camera when it happens. Also, our latest Oberhasli show girl (Flylo Farms Fiona) deserves a photo of her gorgeous self up onsite as well. Look for those in the near future. (As soon as the new computer is talking to the scanner and the old computer I'll get some of my pictures up and running.)

Someone told me that a web site is dynamic, always evolving. I didn't get it. Now I do. The moment I put up a page, I see things I want to improve on.

Travel:

John is an avid canoeist and here will eventually reside his canoe links, and things that relate. He already has a few wild Texas Water Safari tales to relate. (260 mile canoe race)... I'd love to regale you with them but this is his story and it'll have to be his telling .

We both are passionate about Belize in Central America, have some great memories to share, and they'll pop out here from time to time. You can look forward to swimming with jaguars, crossing a flooding river on a rope bridge in a Land Rover, driving the Mayan Mountains guided by moonlight when the truck lights were out,, visiting ancient Mayan ruins, STICK VIPERS, and much more.

 

The Travel chapter also may be the best spot for some 'cerebral meanderings', such as dreamscape, future travel, those lovely intangibles.

 

 

Kitchen:

Since we currently live in a trailer house our kitchen is an afterthought. It doesn't have the lovely pantry full of canned produce nor the walls of spices I'd love to display. I have cooked in the restaurant trade off and on, have cooked over a wood stove (which I loved), have put up hundreds of gallons of produce in canning jars and such. So, this is a section that will be receiving a great deal of attention from time to time. After all, the kitchen work is the final, glorious step in raising your own produce and dairy and meat producing animals.

And the rest of the index looks glaringly bare to me, so there is much room for improvement.