June 2025 Island Trip – Day 12
I started the day early to nab a Thursday ferry reservation at a reasonable time. Success! Then, some re as expected from yesterday’s painting, I allowed myself one tank of gas with the big line trimmer. It didn’t seem as tho it went as far as usual… That was just fine 😏. Matt showed up […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 11
The two plumbing irritations were handled today! Turns out the kitchen faucet was what was causing the low water pressure. It got replaced and pressure was restored. The tenant is thrilled. The stand pipe in the garden also had to be replaced. Evidently they like to be used, and this one hasn’t had much use. […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 10
The boys, DH and the cat 🐈⬛, headed to our mainland property this morning. The cat, of course, knew something was up, and barfed his breakfast 🙄. I am a ninja when it comes to hearing the signs and then grabbing the poor cat and getting him to a solid surface before he blows. Poor […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 9
After a hearty breakfast we set off on the Island Artists’ Open Studio Tour. Like last year, it was incredibly inspiring. Around 2pm we paused for take-out sushi, returned to the property for lunch, and then I headed out to take in three more studios. My DH stayed to take care of list items.. Things […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 8
Finishing up in the garden with what the push mower could do was a nice milestone. That mower is put away for this trip. The line trimmer refused to start. I RTFM’d (Read the fucking manual), made sure I had the choke set correctly, addressed the spark plug to no avail, asked my DH to […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 6
Laundry featured big today. Three hoses have to be connected from the well’s pressure tank to the ‘lil washer to make this happen. Make sure each connection is Tight, and then, dang there is nothing better to end up with clean clothes to hang on the line when we’re here. 99% of the push mowing […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 5
After a late night, I slept in until 9 this morning. By just after 10 I had the push mower going and slogged through most of what I needed to use it for. By the time I rounded back to edge’s of Stella’s slope, (after dealing with all the out buildings, the house including its […]
June 2025 Island Trip – Day 3
The cat (barely) let us sleep until 8AM 🐈⬛. We enjoyed our Sunday farmer’s breakfast, after feeding the cat 😏, and then got to work on installing a new system for under our mattress. This is a travel trailer/RV thing where a mattress sits directly on a platform in a coach where condensation is always […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 