Missing Cat
Our cat has been missing for over 48-hours now šāā¬. Heās lived his 14+ years in the same house, on the same property, so being lost is very unlikely. My DH has done all the things, searched every shrub on our property, contacted all the local animal welfare orgs, the vet, our neighbors, placed a […]
October 2026 Island Trip – Day 4
The driveway project continued by finishing scraping all soil and rock that needed to be removed from the areas being rebuilt. They created a new ditch down the west drive, which I didnāt understand would happen. I thought the existing, though overgrown, ditch would be used. Itās very impressive. All of the s(p)oils š have […]
October 2026 Island Trip – Day 3
Road work got off to a late start due to equipment communication snafus, and yet the west side of the west drive got mowed in order to find the ditch, a path was mowed in the upper east field so the dump truck could deposit soil/rock thatās being removed, and the berm was removed from […]
October 2026 Island Trip – Day 2
Finding drain hose for the fridge was a bust today. Thereās a marine supply Iāll try tomorrow. The existing hose is smaller than 1/2ā and larger than 3/8thsā. This puts us in the realm of 16ths, and thatās doesnāt exist. If thereās a rubber hose to be found, that might work as itās so flexible. […]
October 2026 Island Trip – Day 1
Travel and set up was uneventful. I didnāt turn on the hot water as I have almost no propane and I donāt want to use it up keeping 6-gallons of water hotā¦ Stellaās two 7-gallon tanks are so far past their expiration date that no one will fill them again. I have two 5-gallon tanks […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 13
Weāre 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 Stellaās 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
Iām pleased with what got done today: Stellaās baseboard now has a complete coat of sealant on it. Thereāre more steps to go, and we donāt 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 timeā¦ 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 yāall start hollering […]
September 2026 Island Trip – Day 10
Weāre off to Timās for dinner in an hour. Iām bringing a Korean-ish chicken dish that includes sweet potato noodles to make there along with olives and a melon and apple salad. Weāre still going through goodies leftover from Saturdayā¦ Itāll 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 š. 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 […]
