September 2026 Island Trip – Day 13
We’re back at our mainland home. Pulling out was a lot more complicated this time due both to the volume of things we needed to pack out post gathering, and the fact that Stella’s fridge did a big piddle on the (new) floor, and in the drawer beneath the fridge as it defrosted. This happened […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 12
I’m pleased with what got done today: Stella’s baseboard now has a complete coat of sealant on it. There’re more steps to go, and we don’t have to worry about it warping should the weather get damp before I get back next month to continue with the project. I picked more apples and pruned a […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 11
I did too much today in a short amount of time… We have a rather large stack of alder rounds on the west drive that need to be moved before the drive gets reworked next month. I put a load into the truck and unloaded them into the wood shed. Now, before y’all start hollering […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 10
We’re off to Tim’s for dinner in an hour. I’m bringing a Korean-ish chicken dish that includes sweet potato noodles to make there along with olives and a melon and apple salad. We’re still going through goodies leftover from Saturday… It’ll be a good meal even its pieces are scrappy when siting side-by-side. I ended […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 9
It was a relaxed day, if you consider processing 5 itty bitty loads of laundry relaxing 😂. It was at least soothing to get the gathering, guest, and personal laundry done and put away. Joe was here with his crew to line trim, and OHMIGAWD, does the place look, well, soothing! As I was writing […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 8
This morning I met with the road contractor I hired, through our general contractor, to remediate the west drive. He was very generous with his time, patient with my questions, full of good advice for how to handle the truckloads of soil that will be coming off the west drive, and how to handle the […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 7
We slept in, and slept really well! In nights leading up to Saturday neither of us were sleeping well. My brain wouldn’t stop working on gathering details… Waking up 3ish was an exercise in ticking off things already on a list… Night brain 🙄. After breakfast I met my daughter in town. We wandered the […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 6
We held the Celebration of Life for my folks this afternoon. It was a just what I hoped; a gathering of people who loved and appreciated them, and found delight in being together. I saw hugs that come with recognition of friends not seen for too long. My heart is full. My middle daughter and […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 5
Today has been more prep for tomorrow and, My neighbor to the east took me to her friend’s farm where her friend picked beautiful dahlias for us for tomorrow. I finished the remainder of the shopping, including finding Meyer lemons and picking up the oysters! The Kuku is prepped, which will save quite a lot […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 4
Today was mostly about preparations for Saturday. Fortunately some of that involved picking apples! I also got a load of laundry done and hung up. We made a lovely little pizza for dinner and got to bed on time, for a change.
