March 2024 Island Trip – Day 2
It was a people intense day: A beekeeper that the tenants met came out this morning to see if the property was a good place for one of his hives. It is. This came about some time ago when the tenants went to a seed swap at the grange where they met Scott. I am […]
March 2024 Island Trip – Day 1
The day did not start off optimally with the new trailer once again separating from it’s hitch. This time I was a mile from home and my DH came to my rescue. We got back to the cul de sac, and I managed to get to the ferry and keep my reservation. Further, the gent […]
Crazy Trailer People!
It’s been a fun/interesting weekend. We went to a town over the mountain pass yesterday to look at a 20’ 1972 Aristocrat Land Liner for an office, as well as guest accommodations, on the Island for my DH. We’ve been on the prowl for something to fill this need for a while. This was the […]
On a personal note…
After a weekend of doing far, far too much, my lower back threw me a curve ball Sunday night. I couldn’t walk for a spell. I have given birth three times, and surfed kidney stones. There is little that sends me around a bend in terms of pain. This did. A dining room chair was […]
Lois Continued
On Saturday we called the PD of the island Lois lives on and found out the muddy encounter took place on 1/30. The PD put in another Driver Retest request with the state after responding to the muddy encounter. The timing is kind of amazing. If this had happened two days later, the police would […]
A Day with Lois
We spent most of five hours today with my mother in law, Lois. My DH has scheduled a day off every, more or less, three weeks to spend with her. Today was the first. Lois has dementia, which is in an odd way easier for her and my DH to manage because she is willing […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 13
I had about seven property items to take care of today as well as tucking Stella up. Everything got done. One does not have a choice when leaving the trailer in the winter… Taking the mid-afternoon ferry landed me at our mainland home after dark, which is a little odd for some reason. Things are […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 12
The pest management company called this morning, and I learned about the dryer shed inhabitants. The wasps are queens waiting for warm weather when they can create new colonies, and the flies are cluster flies. Aptly named. When Paul stopped by, he sprayed the exterior of the dryer shed and said a bug bomb was […]
Jan/Feb 2024 Island Trip – Day 11
My DH did a very brave thing this morning and cleaned the gutters on the upper barn. Even the 12’ ladder is too short to do anything but get you onto the roof so you can crouch while using a trowel to remove the stinky organic matter from the gutters. He found two very small […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 