June 2026 Island Trip – Day 13
The morning went swimmingly. A fellow stopped by to buy the jacks, which we were unable to use under Stella, and he helped me put the desk my grandfather built (my mom’s father, who I never met) into the back of my truck! Then a few hours later a woman and her husband stopped by […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 12
The heat backed off today. I split my focus between sewing and taking care of chores that will advance a smooth departure tomorrow, but nothing too strenuous. The hardest thing I did was untangle a 100’ hose that a gremlin or goblin must have gotten ahold of, because it was put away in an untangled […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Days 10 & 11
I’ve been in Irrigation Irritation hell for the last two days. How a valve/timer/filter setup sits quietly on a shelf for 7-months with no one even looking at with a sideways glance can ‘wakeup’ with stripped threads in beyond me. And the specific filter that needs replacing isn’t available on the Island 🙄. I even […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 8
Being recovered from Monday’s drippy grass eradication, I mowed for 6.5 hours today. Yes I make questionable choices from time to time, and the rider is put away until July. It just had to get fucking done. I need to call our blade guy to both change the mower blades (I think I’m bludgeoning the […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 7
After yesterday’s mowing madness in the wet weather, I sewed and visited with my neighbor to the east today. It was a delightful difference. I also made a few quilt blocks from the shop-hop accumulations from 16-19 years ago 😳. It’s a finite project that doesn’t take up a lot of space. Weather dictates that […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 6
The weather closed down today. Nothing dramatic, just wet all day long. I was able to finish the grass around the house, and most of the east field before things got too sopping to continue. I also got a couple of loads of laundry done. Even though our clothes line is out of the weather […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 5
After what we call a Farmer’s Breakfast (over easy eggs, chicken sausage breakfast links, and leftover little roast little potatoes, sliced in two and fried with the sausage) my (hero) DH addressed the jacks under Stella. When you permanently park a travel trailer, the tires start to degrade because of the weight of the trailer […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 4
Today was the first day of the Island Artists’ Open Studio Tour. Our neighbor to the east wanted to join us, then wanted to start at noon, and then needed to bail. She’s in deep mourning for her sister and found that she just wasn’t engaged, so we dropped her back off. All this meant […]
June 2026 Island Trip – Day 3
The mower got a rest today, but the heat gun warmed up!! I removed the original spice rack, and the wall paper behind it. Then, after my DH arrived, we installed the magnetic/stainless steel spice rack from our mainland home. It’s perfect for an Airstream. We don’t use it at our mainland home as the […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 