April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 2
We took left over shepherd’s pie from last night’s diner, warmed it up and placed over easy eggs on top for breakfast. It was sublime. And then I got going… First up was to get the burn pile going. We sorted lumber that the general contractor has added to it from the deck rebuild. The […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 1
I am becoming a refrigerator jujitsu expert. We basically empty the mainland fridge upon our departure, minus condiments, plus items specifically purchased for the trip, housed in the garage fridge, and Tetris it all into Stella’s much smaller fridge. Yeah, we have the larger fridge in the barn for overflow (its teeny freezer is at […]
Wool Moth Treatment
We have turned our house inside out, exposing all baseboards possible, vacuumed, dusted (and dusted, and dusted), and now wait for the pest person to come and do the first of two anti-wool moth treatments. Once underway, we have to be out of the house for two hours. Not too bad an eviction. In a […]
Property Management…
I confess that this is not the favorite job title I have possessed in my varied career. MIL’s House: Island House:
Drier Shed
The south wall has it’s new siding installed! The rose looks a little forlorn that it’s been excluded, but we have a piece of wrought iron fence to attach to the building for the rose to grow on. I’m a fan!
My Birthday!
And so yes, today is my birthday! My first desire was to sleep until I woke up on my own. This I did. Second was to spend time in the garden. Box checked! My DH got me two new pairs of Smart Wool socks. I LOVE these! When one gets to a certain age, shoes […]
Music
I had a good meeting at our local independent coffee shop with a musician who lives in the same town. They too stopped with the Covid shutdown and are only now peeking out to see what opportunities might be about. They found me on an online music forum I have a profile on. We sat […]
Happy Birthday Grandma
My Grandma would have been 112 today. I didn’t get to meet her until I was about 9. She turned out to be one of my biggest supporters and allies. Not in a loud way, but in her way. Her advice was heart felt, even when I didn’t understand its orientation. I came to understand […]
Rugs Con’t
The little freezer arrived this morning. The rugs are chilling. The pest service I used when I had mom’s mainland house leased is onboard to provide moth eradication services. Evidently there is a lot of prep we’ll need to do before the technician deploys the anti-moth juice. Sally was going to send me the prep […]
Rugs
I’ve been battling wool moths in my mom’s Navajo rugs for a number of years. I’ve tried all the things… combos of vacuuming, diatomaceous earth, sunlight, air, sachets both homemade and purchased, moth traps, sprays that won’t hurt the rugs, my grandmother’s cedar chest… It’s when I opened the cedar chest and a wool moth […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 