Update on All the Things š
The smoke has fled, and it rained today!! Hard at times. What a summer blessing. The island out our kitchen window has color and definition again. The property manager got back in the communication loop after I reached out. We are on track. What a relief. I did reach out to Timās landscaper who is […]
Neighbor to the North
I found out yesterday, via social media, that our neighbor to the north passed away yesterday. He had just entered home hospice at the end of May with an expected 5 or 6 months. He wasnāt afraid to pass, and indeed grumbled that the hospice staff was stopping in far too often š. They assured […]
July 2025 Island Trip – Day 5
By the time I got back to our mainland home, after 5PM, my feet had been wet since 9AMā¦ It started raining on the Island last night, and continued to do so all morning. The shoes I traveled in arenāt waterproof, But did I want to wear my more waterproof shoes breaking camp, and then […]
July 2025 Island Trip – Day 4
The east field took about an hour to complete this morning. Iām glad to have gotten to it before the day warmed up, and while there was a breeze about. You can tell where the leach field for the septic is. The grass over it was 18ā long and dark green. Itās the best looking […]
July 2025 Island Trip – Day 3
I got up on time (!), and made a lamb stew in the crockpot. A trip to town yielded a few things including some Malbec for the stew. I ran into neighbors at the grocery and had a great chat. This is one of the things I love about the Island. Taking a pause for […]
July 2025 Island Trip – Day 2
Today started later than I intended, but then last night lasted longer than planned. I spent time catching up on writing and plotting. This evening will involve an earlier bedtime. It took longer than I expected, after talking to Tim on the phone, to unhook and load Stellaās propane tanks, breakdown more boxes than I […]
July 2025 Island Trip – Day 1
Tim bowed out of being my body guard at the Andy Grammer show siting mobility wonkiness. And itās just as well as parking was challenging, and the round trip stroll was at least a mile, with significant elevation changes, from where I was directed to leave the truck to the venue, over not a lot […]
Battery
This morning the truck gave me the tell-tale āclick-click-clickā sound when I tried to start it. š. When trying to start it at the end of May, it red-lined. No clicks. The AAA tech ran and then reran diagnostics after we let the truck run for 10-minutes, and the battery checked out. This time, with […]
Small Victories!
We treated ourselves to motorized cellular shades for the upper windows (12-foot ceiling) in our living room at the conclusion of our kitchen remodel. They stay open June through early October, and then are closed. No daily up and down. So imagine my surprise when I went to raise them, via remote, this spring and […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 