Evolution at high speed! We arrived for our August long-weekend holiday on Thursday July 30th and discovered thousands of frog tadpoles morphing into little frogs around our dock. This entertained the kids for a couple of hours. It was pretty cool.
The wiskey jacks were happy that we were back. Laurel is tempting them with dog kibble - which they love.The weather was fabulous for our stay. In the mornings and evenings we could just faintly smell the smoke that was blanketing much of southwestern BC but our skies were clear and sunny and the water was beautiful for swimming.
We had the special treat of having Amber with us over the weekend. The girls were thrilled and we enjoyed the sounds of giggling girls all weekend. Thanks for coming Amber! You are welcome anytime.
Will and I (mostly Will) managed to get lots done this weekend. Will stayed up for an extra 4 days after we headed back to Nelson to keep working on stuff. Here is a picture of our newly finished kitchen. I'm really pleased with the way it tured out. I still need to finish the island so the plastic table cloth is to protect it until then.
Will also finished our fireplace surround. The wood is from our left-over pile. It started as rough-cut fir that Will ripped, planed, sanded and varathaned. The tile and pebbles still need to be grouted.
We had some landscaping done this trip- thanks to our neighbour Ron and his handy backhoe. Will has planted it with grass seed and stuck in some willow stakes along the canal. The deer in this picture are enjoying a game of pull-out-the-willow-stakes. Roger our other neighbour has offered to make sure it is well watered over the next few weeks while we are gone. Hopefully we will soon have a lawn fit for badmonton tournaments.
This may look like a simple post and railing but really it was a major brain-twisting exercise. It took both Will and I at least half an hour to figure out the post geometry. Will continued to be challenged with the geometry of the railings for a couple more days after we left him. Again the wood is from the left-over pile and started out as rough cut fir beams. I'm hoping by the time we finish the cabin and yet-to-be-built storage shed we will have used up all the wood in the left-over pile.
As a spur of the moment decision we purchased Diana and Bob's (about 5 lots along from us) 15' bowrider speed boad. It came complete with canopy and 80hp engine as well as an electric trolling engine. Although we have enjoyed our little blue putt-putt it is really only able to take a couple of people at a time. I think Bob was sad to part with the speed boat. He has suggested to Will that he woudl be happy to accompany him on fishing trips. The girls are looking forward to doing some tubing next trip up.
