June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 15
Our AN was unable to locate the scrap metal person on the Island and so will load up the truck around 8 this evening. I had some hope that the rest of the metal could disappear without my participation, but not enough that I’m disappointed. On the other hand, the enlarger did get picked up […]
Dinner
Dinner was far more enjoyable than I imagined it was going to be. Our friend was, perhaps, more comfortable than usual in the presence of his sweetheart. While he held down a lot of the conversation, others were allowed to participate. Her brother is quite the ornithologist, and we sat in front of Stella for […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 14
I’m waiting for friends from the mainland to arrive for dinner, and confess to a fair amount of anxiety. We’ve known the couple since we were kids, tho like us, they were not a couple back in the day. They are about 10-years older than we are, and he is getting less and less socially […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 13
My first order of business was to go to town and slay a list that included the hardware store, some family birthday shopping, and the market for dinner shopping for company tomorrow evening. I did a new thing upon my return… I rewired a light fixture from a standard 110 plug to a twist lock […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 12
The dump was the happening place to be this morning. It took 45-minutes to get in and out. One single person checks people in, runs the scale, and takes payment. Another directs traffic when necessary and drives the heavy equipment. I’m fairly sure I’ve figured out the structural stuff in the lower barn. Forensics take […]
TV’s
Stella came with two screens. A smart 32ish” in the living room space, and a 20” in the bedroom, with a build-in DVD. They are both mounted on amazing articulating arms. We Never watch TV in the bedroom. The idea of a big screen in the living room is very attractive as a second screen […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 11
There is now an opening between the lower barn’s main space and the dark room! The good news is the electrical that’s in the way is ‘the end of the run’ for each circuit. This means we just have move the outlets in question to the east in each space, rather than figure out how […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 10
It’s been very windy all day, and instrumental in deciding that I can’t leave the awnings deployed when I/we’re not here. The only awning now open is on Stella’s protected west side. I’ve closed the roof vents to protect the actual vent lids, as they clatter in the wind (surely something that’s adjustable). The weather […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 9
Many, many things got done today, but the best thing was a neighbor, who did carpentry for me a few years ago, stopped by with his dad, and picked up my dad’s pottery wheel. He’s been bit by the ceramics bug, and I couldn’t be more pleased that the wheel is now in his care. […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 8
We set the alarm for 6AM in order to get my DH to the ferry without rushing. It’s a good thing he took the boat he did because word around the neighborhood is a ferry went down, causing chaos for the exiting 4th of July crowd for the rest of the day. Evidently town was […]
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