March 2024 II Island Trip – Day 2
Our AN regraded the entire area between the north side of the upper barn, where LJG will live, to the edge of the garden below Stella, and then from the edge of the drive that leads to Stella down to the east. I have always been perfectly content with the way things were graded, and […]
March 2024 II Island Trip – Day 1
We got here. That’s the big news! The trailer, Lady Jane Grey (LJG) is temporarily parked in Stella’s meadow, which we may have to rename 😏. Our AN and his sweet wife came over this afternoon to consult and plot. The plan start tomorrow morning. We planned to go out to dinner this evening for […]
March 2024 Island Trip – Day 6
A few days late… Knowing I was coming right back, it was easy to scoot out. I left the fridge on with the remaining food, as well as my stash of art supplies that go back and forth with me, my camera and Stella’s Bible. The Bible is a 4” three ring binder with every […]
March 2024 Island Trip – Days 4 & 5
The tenants expressed interest in using the drier/tool shed as a practice space for his brass horn studio. I was game as long as we discussed some sort of accommodation for heating the leaky structure during the colder months. I set about removing the encroaching rose from the inside of the building, and from the […]
March 2024 Island Trip – Day 3
I stopped into the county assessors office to ask them to help me understand why the properties overall value, for tax purposes, increased 35%. The gal who helped me was extraordinarily thorough. Like, grad school level explanation of all the moving parts, many of which I didn’t know about. I left with their annual Statement […]
March 2024 Island Trip – Day 2
It was a people intense day: A beekeeper that the tenants met came out this morning to see if the property was a good place for one of his hives. It is. This came about some time ago when the tenants went to a seed swap at the grange where they met Scott. I am […]
March 2024 Island Trip – Day 1
The day did not start off optimally with the new trailer once again separating from it’s hitch. This time I was a mile from home and my DH came to my rescue. We got back to the cul de sac, and I managed to get to the ferry and keep my reservation. Further, the gent […]
Crazy Trailer People!
It’s been a fun/interesting weekend. We went to a town over the mountain pass yesterday to look at a 20’ 1972 Aristocrat Land Liner for an office, as well as guest accommodations, on the Island for my DH. We’ve been on the prowl for something to fill this need for a while. This was the […]
On a personal note…
After a weekend of doing far, far too much, my lower back threw me a curve ball Sunday night. I couldn’t walk for a spell. I have given birth three times, and surfed kidney stones. There is little that sends me around a bend in terms of pain. This did. A dining room chair was […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 