August II 2023 Island Trip – Day 5
The upper barn continued on its evolution toward a new purpose today. The aforementioned trips to the charity warren took place, along with the dump run. A rather large pile of metal is accumulating, which I’ll take to metal recycling on Thursday. We’re discovering that the pump room makes a tidy storage area for the […]
August II 2023 Island Trip – Days 3 & 4 – The Sale
I could parse the last two days into fine detail, but I won’t. I’m too tired. Here are the salient points: No alarm clock tomorrow.
August II 2023 Island Trip – Day 2
Today was about final prep for the sale. This meant a little bit of pricing for the items I brought up with me, and endless cleaning. It’s astonishing how filthy things get sitting in a building that isn’t used. As I placed items that I was asking rather a lot of money for on ledges, […]
August II 2023 Island Trip – Day 1
During the ferry ride to the Island I created a Facebook event for the estate sale on my own page, and then on an Island page. From there I shared the ‘event’ out to three additional Island centric pages. This is the ‘new advertising,’ particularly in a teeny community. There’ve been a number of replies […]
Heading Back
If I’m lucky, in 43-hours I’ll be back on the Island. Why lucky? The ferries are a hot mess right now with the Islands down to only two boats instead of four 😳. The third boat met with a mishap yesterday and will be towed, if deemed tow-worthy, from our Island to the mainland terminal […]
August I 2023 Island Trip – Day 6
Yesterday I crossed off a long standing list item: I took water samples from the house and the unfiltered stand pipe by Stella, and dropped them at the local environmental lab on the mainland. After all the grit found in the aerators, I want to know what’s in the water. The lab will test for […]
August I 2023 Island Trip – Day 5
We picked up compost for the perennial garden this morning, starting at the quarry just minutes from the property. No one was there. The office was unlocked with a key in the door. I knocked, opened the door and said, “Hello?”. Welcome to the Island! We marveled at the place. They dig rock right out […]
August I 2023 Island Trip – Days 3 & 4
Day 3: After much testing of the water system, including drawing water, directly from the wall, and through the supply pipe to the house, as it was being backwashed, and testing the flow rate in the house, my AN suddenly said, “Let’s change the filter on the well.“ The pressure problems suddenly went away! To […]
August I 2023 Island Trip – Day 2
This is a copy and paste of my letter to Tim this evening. It kinda covers the details in a broad way. The only thing not mentioned is a trip to town for iced tea, groceries, and then dinner with my tenants. Hi Dear, I’m here. Spent the last day and a half working my […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 