April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 9
It’s fair to say, barring emergencies, we have closing up down to a fine science, even with a cat in tow. The crewman who directed our parking on the boat this afternoon was our AN’s son. By the time we got out of the car he was done with that side/level of the ferry, and […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 8, & Happy Birthday Dad!!
We slayed all the things on the list today. Well, there’s an irrigation struggle in the big garden, but there’s a work around for the moment, and hand watering if the tenants really do actually plant anything! 😏 The irrigation at the house is 100% We got the rose support up on the drier shed, […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 7
Today was beautiful. Sunshine, 70º and breezy. It’s wonderful to have Stella open during the day, though we still run the little electric heater at night. We soon as we get the trailer ‘skirted’ she’ll hold temperature better. I kept working on my shophop itinerary in the morning, and made a run to town late […]
RIP AN
I found out today that our AN passed away on Easter Sunday. The disease he had offers no chance of hope, and it’s still hard when you get the news. It is a universal experience that knowing full well someone you care about is going to pass doesn’t lessen the pain when they do. I […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 5
It is confirmed that the washing machine works perfectly. 🙄 It’s last supposed transgression was twisting a load of sheets into knots when Mrs Tenant ran them through the washer. This precipitated Mr. Tenant telling me that he would be doing laundry at work going forward (nice to have that option). Today, during our test […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 4
Today was Much more sedate than the last three. I took the cat for a walk. He was actually amenable 😳. Chewing on grass featured big in his agenda. I discouraged this… And then he walked up a slope and addressed a fir tree. I also discouraged this 😏. He climbs a venerable fir at […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 3
The ‘big’ mowing was completed today!! I got the weed whacker restrung and took care of the the barns, Stella and her slope, and a chunk of the area around the fir to the west of the big garden. My timing was kinda perfect as it started raining in earnest when I realized it was […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 2
We took left over shepherd’s pie from last night’s diner, warmed it up and placed over easy eggs on top for breakfast. It was sublime. And then I got going… First up was to get the burn pile going. We sorted lumber that the general contractor has added to it from the deck rebuild. The […]
April/May 2025 Island Trip – Day 1
I am becoming a refrigerator jujitsu expert. We basically empty the mainland fridge upon our departure, minus condiments, plus items specifically purchased for the trip, housed in the garage fridge, and Tetris it all into Stella’s much smaller fridge. Yeah, we have the larger fridge in the barn for overflow (its teeny freezer is at […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 