May/June 2024 Island Trip – Days 8 & 9
Day 8: The second best thing that happened today is I finished priming all the walls in the main space in the lower barn. This work, while very gratifying, has my right neck/shoulder (sight of an injury from my early 20’s) PISSED! While working with a roller overhead isn’t that bad in and of itself, […]
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 7
I started the day by working on cleaning more of the lower barn walls in order to continue priming. Having just washed my hair, I pulled the hood of my sweatshirt over my head and was immediately stung by a wasp. The wasp was instantly dispatched from this world, and I removed my sweatshirt to […]
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 6
I managed to get to 10 artists’ studios today. That’s probably 25 artist. I bought three prints for a narrow wall in our mainland kitchen that’s begging for something. The original paintings cost 1000’s. The prints cost $40-$50. They’re of mason/canning jars. This artist renders glass in paint. It’s the most astonishing modern thing I’ve […]
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 5
After a relaxed start to the day, I ventured out to attend the Island’s Artists’ Studio open houses. Most of the studios have ‘guest’ artist showing their art along with the studio owner. I went to eight studios today, and probably saw 20 different artist. Most of what I saw was very inspiring, and many […]
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 4
Two wee milestones for me this evening… I’m cooking, just for me, this evening for the first time since arriving, and I didn’t re-bandage my thumb after taking my shower late this afternoon. My first night here I made myself shrimp salad. No cooking involved! And somehow, it feels good to let my thumb have […]
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 3
Ima keep this short because I’m tired and it’s late. I mowed and mowed and mowed. Then used a pitch fork to move (very prickly) hawthorn carcasses, that the tenant slayed for me, out of the way, and mowed some more. And then more and more. Like, maybe for more than four hours. The apple […]
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 2
I woke up to rain with spots of blue sky. It went down hill from there… Every time it stopped raining enough (coupla hours) for me to think I might be able to mow, it started raining again. So I got up to other things:
May/June 2024 Island Trip – Day 1
I got here just after 2PM and was on the mower by 2:45. the grass is 2-3’ tall in general with some areas and species stretching to 4’. I focused around the out buildings, clothes line, compost bin, driveway, the south side of the barns, did a couple of laps in the meadow to the […]
MIL Update
All is going pretty good with my MIL. It is a stark contrast, in the positive direction, when thinking about my mom’s first few days in assisted living! MIL doesn’t talk about returning home, she’s gone on her first community outing (Whole Foods), had lunch with other residents yesterday, and independently made her way downstairs […]
Injury
This will be short as my first task at MIL’s apartment today was to streamline her utensils which occupied every drawer in her kitchen… I found a ceramic crock, and started placing items in it when my thumb found a very sharp knife. My edict had been that no knives would make the trip… Some […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 