My apologies for the delay in between posts. The basic training course required for virtually all new federal agents at The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center here in our new home in South Coastal Georgia is called the Criminal Investigator Training Program and it is three months long. Once a student graduates from that course they proceed to their own agency's specific training and that is what I am in the middle of instructing right now. My agency's course is another three months for the students which makes for a long time away from home. The students graduate in two weeks to the well earned title of Special Agent and then my schedule will be a little more predictable. I will miss the classroom and instructor environment though.
In between after-hours surveillance courses and before dawn "Duty Call" practice, I picked up the latest copy of Garden and Gun magazine as both the title interested me as did the cover of Nashville, TN, designer Rachel Halvorson and the gorgeous porch swing she created. Both the swing (made of reclaimed barn wood) and the photography are bella and rustica. As you would imagine the gun portion focuses on hunting so the photos of the sporting dogs caught my eye. I researched more about Rachel and found her blog, The Nest Egg, which I have now added to my list of Places to Stay Awhile. Best of all, Rachel shows you how to build your very own swing which I fully intend to do for my new home which I will tell ya'll (part of learning Southern) about next week.....
Notice the burlap accent pillows - works everywhere...
