September 17-30, 2016 …… Moonlight Maid came for a visit … Banyon and gardening

Alan and Heather (Moonlight Maid sv) came from Halifax 

for a visit, we took them to 2 of our waterfalls in the Owen Sound area

this is Inglis Falls and the other we visited was Indian Falls at Balmy Beach

and we had a great sail on Clarity (Terry and Kim), actually

it was a motor trip, no wind today

a lot of gardening went on this summer, I separated my day Lilies and it didn't

take long for the neighbours to pick them all up

doing some landscaping around the new deck

another Halifax sailing friends where in the area, so we met them in Goderich for 

lunch, Alex and Dave (sv Banyon), they are now back in the water and heading to the Bahamas

the best breakfast ever puffballs and bacon

our new Fur Baby Girl, Mars … Lily's boyfriends dog

she is stays put with an anchor … a cleaver idea Mike

the deck now with the wood chips free from the compost site, 

thanks Richard and Ella for the use of your trailer and all your help

my Coconut Palm sure has grown this summer,

Joe's brother has taken it to Toronto for the winter months

September 2 - 17, 2016 boat delivery - Jaxson's 2nd birthday - more deck work

Joe, Jeff and Steve delivering a boat from Owen Sound to Wiarton … coming in to the dock

a 7 hour delivery in nice weather, sailing most of the way

and a pot luck at the end of the sail with Jeff, Joe, John, Doug, Roberta and Steve

Jaxson's 2nd birthday party

another nice day with Bouncy Castle in Lily's country house back yard

the theme is Paws Partol and Jax's dad is a fire fighter

face painting .. Layla with her rainbow 

the kids just had to try on all the gear

super birthday cake

these little guys are all 3 months old and born within weeks of each other, and their

mom's are all friends

the boys especially loved to drive the fire truck

it was a great party

back to our deck

half of the cedar decking laid .. bring out the champagne 

another step  completed

another one of my projects

glass plates made into a garden flower

McTeer and McTeer 2 .. license stickers installed .. getting ready for another year

August 17 - September 1, 2016 Summerfolk - tiling - decking projects

one of my crafty ideas, sea glass and drift wood wind chimes

working on our first ceramic tiling job at Lily's country place

a great idea to charge your cell phone at Summerfolk in Owen Sound

pedalling a bike to product the power

the day started out nice and sunny

but of course, it would not be right if it did not rain

even the puppy was protected

Natalie McMaster preforming

the amphitheatre completely packed full

we are finally starting our deck at Joe's place

holes being dug

sono tubes all installed and leveled

Joe and I laying laminated flooring for a customer

just about finished

a few times a week our neighbour leaves us fresh tomatoes …

we do live in a great neighbourhood

grouting the wood looking tiles, next comes all the baseboards, and bi-fold doors

next stage of our deck .. rebar installed down the sono tubes

Mike, Lily's boyfriend, helped us mix and pour the 50 bags of cement

my job was filling the holes

next came more levelling and making sure the slope of dirt was kept away from the

house and out to the lane way

Lily came and cleaned the McTeer mobiles