Thursday 17 September 2015

Sept 7 - 16, 2015 buying food in bulk and the HULK came for a visit


"Snow Bird " suggested that we try Costco's Pulled Pork, to take to the Bahamas … yup we have order 12 cans and 12 cans of Costco's Chicken Breast in water ..


just add BBQ sauce to the Pulled Pork and it is delicious


some of the other foods we have stocked up on for this years 6 months on the boat … 15 containers of Coffee, 8 jars Peanut Butter, 6 cans of Red Salmon, Canola Oil, Gluten Free Crackers, paper towels … 12 containers of non pressurized alcohol fuel for our cook stove .. and that is just the beginning


of course we are still sea glass hunting .. I have finally started organizing some of it




Joe has started on refinishing another tool box, this one is a timber framers box … more pictures to follow in a few weeks


we enjoy our visits from Carter


the HULK came for a visit one day also 




Carter and I are surprising Lily with staining her made in High School table … so much fun with a 5 year old and stain .. I think I will have to repaint the wall … lots of splatters  ..lol

August 26 to Sept 6, 2015 daughter Lily has bought her self a home, Scott came back for a visit


Lily has bought her self a house in the country, near Chatsworth, including a 2 acre lot with tons of grass to cut



built in 1987, 2 years older than Lily … split level bungalow, 3 bedrooms, bath, kitchen and living room on the top level and laundry, recreation room and bedroom on the lower level


all of the rooms needed cleaning and painting, it took us about 2 weeks to paint the top level


Joe is removing the bathroom vanity top and has now installed a new one, plus changed most of the plumbing and wiring in the whole house


Sue cleaning the kitchen cupboards, we have now painted them white, and Lily is going to replace the counter top with one to match the bathroom 


Carter came for a visit and decorated the front step with his art work


the first party in the back yard


Jaxson is one year old


the theme is John Deere


Jaxson in the corn box … (sand box)


sack races for the adults




mom Ashley and Jaxson


Joe and I attended one day of Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival in Owen Sound … here is David Francey, Steve Poltz and Donovan Woods


Braden Phelan


MacKenzie Blues Band


Digging Roots


the next stage of the Walter's Falls new picture windows … Joe is installing the frames .. look at that view


once the window panes arrive we will install the siding and seal up everything for the winter


Joe is heading out to deliver this sailboat to Wiarton, there was not much wind so it took them about 8 hours


Joe's son Scott came back to Ontario for a visit, he is enjoying his work with LP Tents in Edmonton, Alberta … Scott and Ben Lemon room together in Edmonton


July 25 - August 25, 2015 Happy 82 Birthday to Joe's mom, Harriet Parker


Joe and I have been working on a job in the Walter's Falls area, removing a fireplace and installing huge windows


the fireplace is gone and Joe has made window frames, installed flooring, drywalled, and painted


then we removed the two side windows and increased there size also, we are still waiting on the panes to arrive


this is a roll top jewellers desk that Joe has refinished for a customer


we took some time off and went to the Ottawa area to meet up with "Persuasion ", Mike and Mary Ellen Taylor, they have brought their sail boat back to Canada …  we had a great visit


we toured some of the water falls in the Ottawa area


went to the Market


ate lots of great food


the Flight Locks at the Parliament Buildings


and of course  …


visited a good friend Bruce Hood


then off to see "Snow Bird ", Dave and Janine, in the Kingston Area, for a few days


back at home we had a great East Indian meal at Tilak's home, and met up again with Davey, who was visiting from California