July 2022 Island Trip – Days 4 & 5
Day 4 The new gutters were moved higher on the facia so when it rains hard water will actually flow into the gutters rather than over the top of them I had a moment with the house… There are SO many things that need doing, and the one thing I tried to do (put the […]
July 2022 Is;and Trip – Day 3
Today: We learned, after much testing including using a CO sniffer we tested with an automobile, that we had a bad CO detector. The water heater is not trying to do me in. The folks who showed up to help diagnose the CO/water heater problem are also electricians, and installed the new vent over the […]
July 2022 Island Trip – Days 1 & 2
Day 1: The boat was running late, but at least it was running. I arrived at the property 11ish, and was mowing by noon. The grass wasn’t as deep as my AN led me to believe, but it wasn’t any picnic either. I got the area around the house, the meadow to the east of […]
General Update
It’s been a good day. My hair is full of Welsh poppy and foxglove seeds. Mid-July is the time in the garden when these plants are done regaling us with their beauty and I tear them out. They shower their seeds everywhere, and show up next year. I’m lifting the skirts of the Rhododendrons and […]
1950’s Extraterrestrial Experience
Mom’s college buddy called me when I was last on the Island. We caught up a bit and then he told me a story: Mom lived on the grounds of the university where she was doing graduate studies. One evening while sitting with the wife of one of her professors, mom witnessed a three-demeninal black […]
Jane
Jane died in early February. She’d been vaccinated and boosted for Covid, and contracted it anyway. All but a few members of her memory care community tested positive for Covid. And like most, Jane only had the sniffles at first. In a week sniffles turned into pneumonia and she was not up for the challenge. […]
“I don’t have dementia.”
My mother-in-law called this evening to ask if we wanted her, really wonderful, canoe, and kayak. I answered the call as my DH was occupied. She spoke as tho she was going to sell the house immanently. This seemed like a total turn around from our most recent conversations with her. I rolled with it. […]
Roof Rot
Here are pictures of the facia and exterior car decking rot that the roofer has excised from the house. He explained that the builder of the house (who owned great swaths of the subdivision, and whose buildings are now number of different homes, including this one), tarred the top of the car deck ceiling. This […]
Letter to a Late Friend
Dear Ben, I know you’re not walking on this plain with us any longer… I’ve been editing my bookmarks, and clicked on your website. I am delighted to see it’s still up. 💕. While I’d much rather you were still here, the last batch of years have been nothing that would have pleased you politically […]
Island Roof
The roof replacement started today. I’ve had two calls from the contractor. The first was to say that there was plywood on the roof (Yay!!), but it was wet in some places, and rotten in others. The bottom line is I don’t have to pour another $3600 in plywood into the job. Maybe hundreds… He […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 