General Information
I started to build this web site in late October 2008, so it is over 13 years old. I try to update it fairly regularly, so do come back to see new content. The bulk of the content is William's and expresses his views. If you take exception to any of the content, please blame him! You can contact us at: contact@whillyard.com. I designed the site for screen resolutions at least 1280 across as this seems to be a reasonable minimum these days, and I built it using WYSIWYG Web Builder software.
Wherever you see text like this, you can get additional information by hovering your mouse cursor on it. All photographs & external links open in a new window, while most internal page links open in the same window.
Feel free to link to this site, preferably to the home page, but please refer to the Terms of Use for important copyright information. Please note that I am extremely intolerant of hot-linking; if I find hot-linking to our images, I have been known to substitute some "very inappropriate" alternatives! Please report any problems to webmaster@whillyard.com. The site is tested using Edge version 123.0.2420.65 , Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. There are known issues with Opera if you use the Opera Turbo feature, though the slide shows are rather jerky in their presentation. Some readability issues have been reported when using a Mac.
Wherever you see text like this, you can get additional information by hovering your mouse cursor on it. All photographs & external links open in a new window, while most internal page links open in the same window.
Feel free to link to this site, preferably to the home page, but please refer to the Terms of Use for important copyright information. Please note that I am extremely intolerant of hot-linking; if I find hot-linking to our images, I have been known to substitute some "very inappropriate" alternatives! Please report any problems to webmaster@whillyard.com. The site is tested using Edge version 123.0.2420.65 , Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. There are known issues with Opera if you use the Opera Turbo feature, though the slide shows are rather jerky in their presentation. Some readability issues have been reported when using a Mac.
News, Views & Changes
| Nov 22nd 2020 | Almost finished the post-crash rescue with only a small amount of loss. Found a number of errors in the site that I have fixed. Waiting to see my orthopedic surgeon to have yet another trigger finger fixed. It is extremely painful, but I have lessened the pain with a home made splint using band aids (sticking plasters) and a popsicle (ice lolly) stick! While a little inelegant, it has helped enormously. |
| Dec 26th 2020 |
Hope everyone had a great holiday, whichever you celebrate. Let's hope 2021 will improve on 2020, which will not be difficult. Had my trigger finger surgery, though the finger continues to be rather painful. Having stitches out was horrible! |
| Jan 8th 2021 |
Finally, we have our new President recognized as well as replacing both Georgia senators with Democrats! Unfortunately, we have to face the incredible scenes in the Capitol. Democracy in the US is forever changed. Needed to have a cortisone injection to help the pain in the finger. Now all seems fine. |
| Feb 9th 2021 |
Quite a few changes in the vacation sections; added pictures of trips in Connecticut, New York and Delaware, as well as sprucing up many of the other sections. |
| Feb 25th 2022 | A year since the last post. I must maintain this more often. A very quiet year due to Covid, with travel much reduced, unfortunately. |
| Mar 3rd 2024 | Over two years since my last post here. Lots has happened including two doses of Covid, just once for Deborah. A whole series of trigger finger release surgeries as well as Carpal Tunnel release surgery in both wrists, and removal of a cyst in my left middle finger! Almost every finger, and thumb, treated for trigger finger. Writing this on the new desktop that has finally replaced my old Dell that I have had for over 10 years! It is an Alienware R16, and it is noticably faster! I did stick with 32 gigabytes of RAM, but now have a total of 9 terabytes of disk including my backup drive. Hope this will last for another ten years. Also have a new laptop for travelling. I kept it to a 15.6 inch screen for portability. Deborah has a new laptop too but with a larger 17.3 inch screen. Both working very nicely. |
