Author Archives: Kent Jarrett

Welcome Home

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Miss Sharon and I closed on our new home in Sachse Texas today!  It is official we are Texans.  The tradition continued as I carried her across the threshold into our third home.

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Our house was finished yesterday and once they got the sod in we were granted a certificate of occupancy!

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Life is good and I am blessed!

Kent

Firewheel

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I moved to Sachse Texas, but almost everything I am doing or need is just three or four miles away in Garland Texas.  The area I really like is named “Firewheel”  Firewheels are a native wildflower, in fact it is the Oklahoma state flower.  They are also called Indian Blanket.  While driving around, I found a large patch growing on the side of the road.

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Thought this one turned out decent considering it was shot with my iPhone.

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More to come as I start to live my new Texas life through my lens.  I’ll post when I can.

Life is good and I am blessed!

Kent

 

 

 

Martha Ave Update 5-12-15

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The moving truck showed up today on the Illinois house.  The Sachse house is now about a week behind due to all the rain.  Right now we don’t have a final closing date but hoping for sometime before Memorial Day weekend. I was able to walk through it and get a few updated photos.

KJ5D1858 Our SubdivisionKJ5D1856 We have concrete and graded today!KJ5D1779 12 and 14 foot ceilings mean extra tall front door.  I am guessing 9 feet tall.

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Office Doors are finished.

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All tray ceilings are done.

KJ5D1786 KJ5D1787 KJ5D1790 KJ5D1796 Light fixtures are in and plastic off the windowsKJ5D1797 KJ5D1799 Trim around the islandKJ5D1800 Finally a gas cooktop after 12 years of electricKJ5D1802 Built in Microwave and oven

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The hardwood was covered with paper, but this closet wasn’t covered.KJ5D1829

Laundry room still missing base cabinet and counter top.KJ5D1838 KJ5D1839 KJ5D1845

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Our pool for the summer of 2015, five houses down the street.KJ5D1853

Hopefully we will be able to limit the numbers of nights in the hotel.  More in the adventure to come.

Life is good and I am blessed!

Kent

 

Urbana Grand Prix

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Yesterday I finally got to watch my son Matt race in a road race.  I have seen him race mountain bikes several times but I had kind of avoided the road races.  Mountain bikes hit speeds of 15 to 18 MPH, and crashes are mostly on dirt.  Road races a different story.  Speeds pushing upper 30’s and crashes on concrete.

Matt raced the Urbana Grand Prix, and he even made the local paper.  Check out some of Matt’s photos and write ups over on his blog at Cycles In Life

PBKJ1639-FrameShopPBKJ1584-FrameShop PBKJ1599-FrameShop PBKJ1630-FrameShop PBKJ1735-FrameShop PBKJ1738-FrameShopLife should get back to some type of normalcy soon, until then I’ll post when I can.

Life is good and I am blessed!
Kent

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Texas Blue Bonnets

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30 or 40 acres of Texas Blue Bonnets are right down the street from the new subdivision. Thought I better take a photo of the Texas State Flower.

KJ5D1507_8_9_tonemapped-FrameShopWish i would have had a tripod and some cool clouds in the sky. Oh well you have to roll with what you are given!

Life is good and I am Blessed!

Kent