August 2021 Island Trip – Day 10
After putting a final coat of paint on the pump room door, taking and placing a small load of rock from dad’s garden to Stella’s garden, checking one of the apple trees, and then taking an apple to my eastern neighbor, I returned to my mom’s perennial garden to continue working on getting grasses out […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 9
Lots of medium and small things happened today: Hawthorn, trimmed off the garden fence early this spring, and not finished by the deer, got moved to the burn pile. I put a gate back on an entrance to the garden. It needs some work, but it’s no longer lying on the ground. The sprayer got […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 8
The day started with one of my classmate’s girl friend (and daughter of a friend of my parents) stopping by to take a look at my dad’s kiln. She’s a glass artist. The kiln is a high fire ceramic kiln. The two arts need very different kilns. After the second person stopped by today hoping […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 7
My eastern neighbor helped me remove the remaining big fluorescent light fixtures in the lower barn. It took us less than 20-minutes, including moving things around in order to make the removal easier. Now if I could only find someone to take them off my hands! This sort of task is always combined with sweeping […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 6
I slept in this morning!! The day started at 8:30 with a call from our applicance folks with their delivery schedule. It took some light management from afar, and the new fridge precedes the remodel! I walked up to our northern neighbor to share the mussel catch. He is just 9-days home from another hospital […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 5
I returned to a People Magazine, snack bar and fresh picked tomatoes (on the the table next to Stella’s front door) from my neighbor to the north, upon my return from Tim’s where I ran a load of laundry, and took a regular shower (as apposed to a ‘drought’ shower). Tim was transporting his son […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 4
We started the morning with tea, and pumpkin pancakes with big fat blueberries in them. Mid-morning my tenant and I spent way more time than necessary renewing the lease on the house. We enjoy each other’s company, and kept wandering down conversational paths. She thanked me for the ‘opportunity to re-lease the house.’ I kept […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 3
I spent the bulk of the day listening to music, drinking tea, and sewing. It was kinda wonderful. Last year I took what’s called a ‘layer cake,’ in the quilting world (dye-cut 10” squares), of heathered flannels and created a pleasing layout on Stella’s bed. I picked up the fabric carefully so I could recreate […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 2
I got that spot mowing done, and sprayed for weeds in areas that are too large to clear by hand. My eastern neighbor stopped by and we caught up for most of an hour. After lunch I ran errands, including filling one of the propane tanks. These tanks have sensors on them so, at a […]
August 2021 Island Trip – Day 1
Taking the late morning boat is an easy way to start the day. I even got into town early enough to have a frolic at the fabric store before heading to the ferry terminal. The boat left a little late, but it did leave. Increased sailings are being cancelled due to lack of certified crew. […]
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