August I 2023 Island Trip – Day 1
I arrived at the property around 2 this afternoon. It was 2:45 by the time the truck was empty, food put away, and awnings deployed on Stella. She was 89º went I walked in and is now a very pleasant 71º at 9:30 in the evening. Trolling through the NW corner of the upper barn […]
Continued Plumbing Struggles
I’ve mentioned, in daily Island trip posts, the grumpy water heater, and having it serviced. It’s a complicated problem with at least two causes. Because I need to write this up anyways, I’m going to do it here! If plumbing forensics isn’t your thing, swipe left… When we moved to the Island, the house’s water […]
Keys
I have almost gotten through one bag of extraneous keys left behind by my parents. There are two bags. When last on the Island I was able to let go of a set of three keys, from the other bag, labeled “Deb’s Apt.” It’s far more complicated than one might think, when confronted with endless […]
Back and Forth
As shared, I spent 6-nights on the Island, one night on the Mainland, then 5-nights at the beach. Now I’m back at our mainland property for 6-nights, and then back to the Island for as many as 6-nights. Returning here for the Renaissance Faire and 5-nights, then back to the Island for a week and […]
Off Site
This is the second time we’ve stayed off site while visiting the beach. There were a progression of things that lead us to making the decision, the first being, suddenly, having our trailer spot moved right next to a porta potty at the side of the main entrance to the property. It wasn’t so much […]
Turn Around Island:Beach
Monday’s exit from the Island was, as usual, unremarkable. What was a tad intense was getting back to the mainland, unpacking all the things, doing laundry, repacking all the relevant things, watering chickens, plants, and the cat, and heading out less than 24-hours later. Of the four errands I ran before heading south, one was […]
July 2023 Island Trip – Day 6
Going under the house this morning wasn’t my favorite thing to do, but I was able to locate where the waterline exits through the foundation and then likely heads to the lower barn. Next is to draw a sketch for my AN and send him my findings, complete with some sketchy photos taken in the […]
July 2023 Island Trip – Day 5
This Farmer/Rockstar life is interfering with my downtime 😂! I got home late last night, to bed after midnight, and up again this morning at 7:45, and then launched into the day. Yeah, not all that bad a night, but it’s the energy output surrounding the sleep (singing used to keep me in shape!) that’s […]
July 2023 Island Trip – Day 4
It was another busy and productive day. I got in a dump run, finished the mowing (hopefully for a while), talked to our AN about a bunch of projects when he came over to put a 6’ ground-rod in for me, went to lunch with my tenants, and then got the electric fence project 75% […]
July 2023 Island Trip – Day 3
Everything on the list was accomplished today, and more. We’ve decided to wait until I’m back next month with the truck before obtaining compost and mulch. The price plus delivery brought out the cheap skate in my tenant, by his own admission. He wants to pay for the compost. The truck is just a big […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 