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July Month 2008

 

23rd day of July month, 2008


We are being influenced by the charm of the Newfie way of speaking....They say July month instead of July or the month of July and of course all of the other months, too.  When in NL do as the NLanders do!!!!

We are on our way to St John's in the motor home to meet Brett as he is flying in for 55 days tomorrow night and I am just a little excited to say the least.  We were supposed to be on the road at noon hour but as usual we left three hours late and have quite a bit of cleaning to do when we arrive at our destination.  The refrigerator has been off and somehow it got closed and I need to say no more.  We will have fun cleaning it when we stop tonight.

I realize my muzes have been a bit mundane lately so I will tell of the day's happenings so far.....

The carpet installation was completed late Monday and I had to have one room in order and that was Brett's  We spent hours yesterday and last evening moving things into proper rooms and then put Brett's room together right down to getting the window to open so a little air could come in.  Usually a little air is all one wants but we have had some inordinately hot, muggy days and nights.  The house is so well built that it holds the cool air until it heats up and then it holds the warm air and that is not a fun thing.  We don't take the storm windows off as there aren't usually as many hot days as we had this year.  We open the windows inside a few inches and there are screen covered holes to let the air through.  That usually works just fine.  Hopefully this summer was an exception and we won't have the heat problems next year.  We would like not to have to leave at all but the call of the road is yelling at us and we know we are not ready to stop motorhoming yet.

Yesterday two women stopped by to question how we had our belongings shipped and while talking they came in and saw my fiber art. leaded glass fireplace screen and dyed material that I had done when I had my line of wearable art clothes; hand dyed silk and leather.  They were so excited and complementary and asked me to be a part of the Herring Neck Art group they are going to start.  I was very excited and it was nice to meet some other woman from away.  Today, three more women came over and said they had heard there was an artist living in the house and wanted to meet me.  It was lovely.  

While they were there we were showing them the downstairs and Spotty promptly puked all over the brand new carpet right in front of a picture one of the ladies was trying to get to on my wall.  (Jon, it is the one of you holding the fish and Brett's story about being the favorite child and your addition to the story.)  That was expected as we knew he would christen the carpet sooner or later but he could have been a little more discreet about it.  She's trying to get to the wall as I am busily cleaning the carpet.  We forgot to ask what to use to clean it so I used water and will find out when we return home.  I must interject that it is an absolutely stellar day and the bays and ponds we have been passing are especially magnificent for some reason.  The water lillies are in bloom and they all look look Monet's paintings.

We quickly chatted and asked them to come back another time or anytime as we were trying to get on the road.  Fortunately Wal Mart has no check in time as we are going there tonight and then dropping the motorhome off at the RV repair tomorrow as our thermostat is not working therefore no heat or air-conditioning and our steps are not going out or retracting properly.  They're both integral parts of motorhoming.  The next three nights we will be at Pippy Park and were lucky enough to get the last full hookup spot there was in the park.  That is the first place we stayed last year and within 10 minutes the people across from us were at our spot with a plate of dinner.  That is NOT the way people in the states are; much more standoffish.  It's so cute as Newfies love to go camping and come from there homes 5 or 6 miles away.

We just stopped for an A&W root beer and a toilet so I will take a break......

Ahhh the simple pleasures in life; a great big diet A&W. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm good.  We are back on the road now and I shall proceed with the happenings as we started on our way....those of you who are feint of stomach may want to stop here but it really isn't all that bad and I had to look on it with humor as I was running back and forth in a moving motorhome.  Twilly was wandering around so I put him in my lap.  He was breathing very fast and we just assumed he was nervous.  We're also wondering how he would make the transition back to the motorhome after having 3 stories to run around in since May.  He got up yowled, which he only does before he pukes, and I chased him to try to get him off the carpet.  This entailed getting out of my seat belt and the seat.  Well, I didn't make it and he got the rug and the box fan we brought just in case we can't get the air conditioning repaired.  He was frothing so I wiped the floor up and him with some cool water all the while trying to keep my balance.  He spread himself out on the floor and I gave Freddie his antibiotics and he did a perfect job of not spitting any of it out.  Chet jokingly had said he hoped Freddie didn't join in on the fun.  Weeeeeeelllll within ten minutes of my sitting down again we hear him yowling and I jumped up and was able to keep him off the carpet.  Just a side note, we carry a lot of carpet cleaner including a green machine carpet cleaner.  Twilly was in the front and I was ready to sit down when I heard a yowl.  I ran for Twilly but it was Fredddie so I ran back to him and Twilly was there watching and started frothing at the mouth again.  I was wondering if there was something in the motorhome but we are fine.  I opened a window and all has settled down and the boys are happily sleeping.  That is the only time Twilly had ever been anywhere but the motorhome and the old boys had a 3 month respite for the first time in 5 years. I guess we will have to take them riding more often.

My god I can't find the words to explain how beautiful it is right now; the sky the water everything.  We are so enthralled every time we take a drive.  I go back to my oh, oh, oh as there is no way to impart the beauty.

I plan on a day of shopping tomorrow while waiting for Brett and I do look forward to it.  The only Costco on the island is in St. John's but they are going to build one in Gander and that is less than 2 hours away from T'gate.  We have things to get to finish the house which is so incredibly beautiful you will only believe it when you come and see.  The grasses are so high and the tops are turning purple, the lupin are blooming along with the roses and the wild irises.  The place is a cacophony of color.  We can see it from every window of the house.

Please join us........Love to you!

 

18th of July month, 2008


Right now we are sitting on our mattress in the turret part of our bedroom watching our little 17 inch flat screen at the foot of the bed.  It is day 2 of carpet installation and counting.  The room is not finished and all of our things are across the hall in the living room.  We almost went over to Bernie's for the night.  There is no place to sit or sleep anywhere.  Every room is upside down in the house.  I spent part of yesterday and today on the third floor going through boxes and starting to put together my mannequins.  There was no place to sit except one chair in the kitchen.  It is mind boggling in here.

The day stared with Wayne arriving and telling us he had to leave at dinner time which is lunch to us.  His dad is in the hospital and on life support.  He had been losing weight and is dying of cancer.  I felt terrible as Wayne is such a nice person and can do absolutely anything.  He is a miracle worker.  Lewis had to leave at dinner as he has a job at his church and had to be there for a wedding.   Ann was here and she had to go to her other job at the Harbourview.  So we were left with Elvis and Fred who bicker with each other constantly.  We went over to the Cozy Tea Room for some lunch and were so tired that when we pulled in the driveway after eating we fell asleep in the car.  I guess we are just a little overtired.  Our tv shows don't start here until 1 and a half hours after east coast time so we are up watching tv from 10:30 until 1:00 a.m.  Between that and people calling at all sorts of strange times and getting up and ready for the workers at 8:00 we are feeling very sleep deprived.  We end up eating supper at 11:00 p.m. many nights.  I finally went out and cut the lawn for a while.  There wasn't anything else that was possible to do.  

We were watching the signs of a squall across the harbor; black sky and lightning.  It was beautiful and we thought it was going the other way as the water was just like glass.  Within minutes we watched it start to come our way and were amazed at the speed of the clouds.  The water went from glass-like to chop as the squall approached.  It was like watching something on tv in fast action.  The wind started to howl, there was thunder and lightning and the rain started.  We stood outside amazed at the rapidity of the approach.  I went to open the back door and had trouble getting it open and it pulled the cabinet doors open.  For a minute I thought we were going to have a tornado.  The atmospheric pressure made it hard to open the door.  The electricity went off and we had to look for a flashlight.  I have 14 battery operated candles but have no idea which box they are in.  So much for that!  It poured and Chet and the guys had to scurry to get the carpet rolls inside.  Our living room furniture is on the front porch under plastic.  

I finally started to cry today as I am totally overwhelmed with the chaos in here.  All I know is that hopefully by tomorrow late we will have the most beautifully carpeted house you can imagine.  It is an inch to an inch and a half thick with the padding and feels like you are walking on the plushest thing imaginable.  there is one room and the hall finished on the first floor and three out of the 5 rooms on the second floor. 

 I feel like a princess.......................

 

17th of July month, 2008


The way the Newfies talk is charming when I can understand them.  I have so much fun with the workers trying to understand them.  We have some good laughs.  The one with the heaviest accent is missing his 4 top front teeth, so when he really wants me to understand him he puts his finger across the front of the space and he can pronounce his letters.  We have a good laugh.  When they all start to talk to each other it becomes almost impossible.

Today was the beginning of carpet installation so it rained of course.  Murphy's Law certainly does apply.  It is unimaginable to think that the place can get any more messed up than it was but it did.  We checked about what we had to do to get ready as the rooms had borders of linoleum squares and we were told that double matting would take care of the problem.  Well, when Elvis arrived to install the carpet he informed us that the areas would have to be covered with plywood......soooooo it was off and running to get it done.  The living room is finished and one of the upstairs bedrooms.  It is beautiful and plush.  Tomorrow there will be quite a change in the place and I am excited,  You will have pictures as soon as we get the rooms organized!

This morning we forgot to unlock the door for the guys to get in.  It was 8:30 and we were still asleep and Wayne gets here at 8:00.  Twilly loves the workers and hangs around them all day; in the toilets, tubs, closets and anything he can get into.  He came running in and jumped up on Chet and meowed and meowed .  Chet got up and Twilly kept running to the back door and standing up on his hind feet to look out and back to Chet meowing.  Wayne had left for a little while and Twilly was looking for his friends.  He is the strangest cat I have ever had.  He's like a mix between a ferret and a puppy.  Freddie is an old boy now and failing.  Spotty has taken up residence in the attic and loving it.  Moving them back into the motorhome ought to be fun!

Life could only be better if all of my family was coming to visit.......Brett will be here next Thursday and we are so excited.  His room will be finished tomorrow and it will be beautiful.

We took the storm doors off of the french doors in the living room so we could get the furniture outside for the carpet.  It made a huge difference on how much we can see the harbor.  The sunsets have been magnificent; bright pinks and oranges.  Last night the clouds looked like a volcano oozing lava.

Have a wonderful day........

 

16th of July month, 2008


Oh it is bedtime...12:36 am to be exact.  It is hot, hot, hot and so humid.  Today was a miserable day.  We couldn't even go into the motorhome and use the AC as the thermostat is broken.  Hopefully our electrician can figure out what is wrong.  

We didn't get a whole lot done as we were both feeling a little under the weather from the heat.  I had the door in our bedroom turret made into a screen door today so we could get some air in here.  We have the box fan in front of it.  I think tomorrow will be 81 with 83 humidity.  The evenings are magnificent.  

Our workers are magicians and the nicest people.  We had to let one of them go as we are drawing to a close...the carpet goes in starting Thursday.  Tomorrow the living room will be painted and hopefully our room will be started too.  I tried to paint today but it wasn't happening.

Our dryer and my Dynasty range were converted to propane.  It took 8 hours which included driving time.  It came to the tune of $900 + or -.  We will be having a chat with the propane company tomorrow as the guys had no idea how to do the dryer.  They had to take it apart and it took a couple of hours to put it back together as they didn't have a clue.  I don't think we need to pay for their day of practice.  What a rip!!!!!  They were so apologetic and embarrassed.  One of them hugged me goodbye....They're amazing here.  The electrician worked all day putting in the connectors for my village.  There is a lot of painting left but it will eventually will get done.  Everything is looking so beautiful.

I have to go to sleep.  Brett will be here in a week...Am I excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

13th of July month 2008


When in NL do as the Newfies do....their way of speaking, when I can understand it, is charming.

All is moving right along and the weekends are still busy but a welcome quiet from the 4 or 5 people working here at one time. They couldn't be nicer but the messes are spectacular!  

Carpet day is looming; Thursday is when it begins, I think.  We have a LOT to do before then and the following week we go to St. John's to meet Brett.  Costco, here I come, the mall, the movies, the hardware stores and whatever else I can cram into 4 days!!!  It will be nice to run around barefooted on my carpet and I will have to take the Newfie lead and have people remove their shoes.


People are always stopping to take snapshots of the house.  The other day three women were taking many and moving from the street to the lawn and closer as they kept posing for their shots.  I finally offered to let them see the house and after they were inside I decided it would be only the first floor.  They were enchanted and one of them started pointing to things and asking if I would sell them.  One being a gorgeous old oil chandelier.  I said no.  As we moved past the pantry she asked if I would be interested in selling anything from there as she "loved" antiques.  I said no.  We pushed through the mess and they had to have their pictures taken on the stairs in different poses.  They remembered their 85 year old mother was in the car and finally got out the front door.  Then there were the front porch pictures with Chet taking them.  As a last resort the one lady said "wouldn't you just like to give me a cup or a saucer so I could remember this place and I just love antiques".  One more no came from my lips and I said to Chet and the workers that was the 1st and last time I would do that.  It was pretty funny...I should have asked her for 10 dollars!

The weather has been exquisite and hot for here but has enabled us to sit outside in the yard in the evenings and watch the sunsets which are so incredibly filled with color. 

Tuesday they will be here to hopefully hook up the stove and dryer that we had to get parts for to change them to propane.  I have been hanging the clothes on the line....or should I say Chet or Ann, who works for me, have been doing it as I am afraid of stand on the platform to hang them.  Boy, they smell so good and it reminds me of my childhood.

Our plumber left early on Friday out of total frustration as nothing was going together right as the parts weren't available in town.  He is going to town this weekend so he will check there.  We are still waiting for parts from the US for our tub diverter.  They sent handles that wouldn't work with the faucet.

It is noon now and I think I would like to get some things done here so I will wish you a sparkling day......................

 

July 8, 2008


Oops, yesterday I made a mistake and said Carl and Jeff were coming in July instead of the 27th of September......they were sure surprised.  

We had another HOT day today but we were able to use our new screen door.  Unfortunately Twilly and Spotty used it too.  We haven't figured how they got out but it was open.   It is one of those that roll up like a sideway window shade.  It was great to open the front door for the breeze and to see the water.

Things are in such a mess as the electrician, Jim Pelley and his son Bobby are bringing all of the wiring in the house up to standard.  The prior owner, Greg, proudly showed us the new panel box in the attic and the old fuses that were changed to another new breaker box in the pantry but none of the wires connecting them were new until today.  Holes have been cut in the attic floor and in several places on the second floor.  It's not a big deal as we want the electrical right and we are carpeting anyhow.  It is just an awful mess.   Friday the rest of the linoleum will be put in the 2 bathrooms and the kitchen and I'm excited about that.  I have started to open a few boxes of my treasures and doing a little decorating.  It's really fun!!!!

Last night we went for a walk with the mosquitoes, and when we got back I was washing dishes.  I have a beautiful bathtub faucet and sprayer over my farm sink and dropped the sprayer, which was like a water snake, and soaked myself from my waist up, all of my hair, the ceiling, cabinets, walls, refrigerator and microwave.  It was pretty funny and we had a time mopping up the water.  I guess I will have to learn not to turn it on full force.  

The end is in sight and then we can sit and enjoy............

Hi WC and Leslie!

 

 

July 7, 2008


We left at 8:30 this morning to take Freddie to the vet.  It was almost 2 hours of driving time and believe it or not, we were early!!!  Along with Freddie's strange bouts of low potassium, he has an infected lower right fang that keeps reinfecting.  Due to his delicate condition and age it was suggested not to do anything but treat the symptoms as anesthesia may do him in.  We took a potty box and he was a very good boy.

We needed a plumbing part but there weren't any where we were so we went to Gander which was probably an added 2 hours to the day.  We had to shop in shifts as it was 88 outside and one of us would stay in the car with the air conditioning so the cat wouldn't fry.  We stopped at a nearby hardware store and got a screen door for the front door of our house and Chet put it on so we could let some air in this evening.  We also found an electric stove for the bathroom and will order another for the upstairs turret room.

All in all it was a good day.  I don't think I will turn on the fireplace tonight.  It is supposed to be 90 or 91 tomorrow and 82 on Wednesday.  Hopefully that won't last for too long.  We came as far as we could to escape the summer heat.


We watered our 30 new trees, and the bushes & veggies are growing.  I don't see how we will get any tomatoes or squash with such a short growing season but we'll see.  I kept muttering oh, oh, oh as we drove as the closeness of the water and the rocks and islands are so very beautiful.  Chet saw a black fox but I was knitting so I missed it.  

We were out front and the Ashbournes drove up and invited us to have dinner with them on Thursday night.  We do look forward to that.  Wayne's wife is Filipino and a very good cook.  We look forward to that.  They leave on Friday to return to Calgary.  It was nice to get to meet Gordon and Marilyn's sons and their children.

I think I shall go float in my tub.........................

 

July 6, 2008


Here we are, zooming along to meet our friends, Randy and Tracey, to buy some lobsters and finally have a NL lobster dinner.  We never had one last year sooooo we are looking forward to this.  Yum.  We are late, as usual, just because we are late people but here it is more difficult to be on time as people are always dropping by for a chat.  First, Vanessa and then Wayne, Diane and Melanie Ashbourne came to see the house soooooo we talked a little too long.  It all starts happening when we get into a conversation about "Dr." Greg Domm and most conversations seem to go there...  He is who we got the house from and the stories keep coming faster and faster all the time.  Wayne and Diane Ashbourne were telling us how Greg had cast a spell on their parents and caused a probably irreparable rift amongst the family members.  They even left from their holiday early the last time they were here due to Greg and what would happen when he would come around.  The town knows many things that happened and many read him for being a "con" man and a liar who controlled people around him so no one would talk to each other as they may have found out the lies and it would have been all over for Greg.  Unfortunately others may come under his spell and get taken for all they are worth.  It seems that most people weren't fooled at all, but they weren't the ones he was hurting.  The tales go on and on and become conversations in restaurants with others joining in.  It is said he was banned form visiting the elderly in the hospital in T'gate.  Enough already as it just doesn't seem to stop.  The trail is long and very winding and we are continuously getting caught up in it as we own the house.  It gets to be amusing as we go through and see the things we were told not being what they were supposed to be.  Yuck, we're tired of being told stories as we don't want him invading our lives.

Back to our lobster dinner.  We met at the place that sells the lobsters and Tracey's brother and wife were there too.  They are moving to Labrador City which really seems remote to us.  We had a great and delicious dinner and a whole lot of laughs.  Randy and Tracey are wonderful people and have very talented children.  Matt, their son is in Australia going to school for music and is an incredibly talented young man.  His little sister Tia is amazing too.  She played the piano for us tonight and sang.  She has talent oozing from every pore in her body.  She is 8 and is selling photos she has shot for $5.00 apiece and doing very well.

We have to get up early tomorrow and go to Grand Falls to the vet as Freddie is once again under the weather.  Poor old man!!  I told him it was okay to go and so did Chet.  We don't know what is wrong and what causes his spells.  It is 2 hours away and is supposed to be 83 degrees here for the next 2 days.  That's too hot!!!!

Our friends Carl and Jeff are coming for the visit on 27th of September month for a week.  That is only but a scratch of the surface here.  Maybe they will be intrigued enough to come back every year!!!!!!

I sure wish my other boys were coming too but there is not much I can do as they have their own projects to keep them busy.  The foundation for Jon's barn is going in now.

I must sleep ............night everyone

July 2, 2008

 

It's amazing to me that I started writing my muzes last July.  I have shared parts and little corners of my life for almost a year now...where will the next year lead me?

It's been a few days since I wrote .  It has been so hectic with the work being done on the house and the confusion that comes along with it.  Not to say that it isn't exciting to watch the changes but it is so overwhelming to have absolutely no single room that is uncluttered.  It is amazing to have lived on the road for nearly 5 years in various amounts of space and then being in a house and be just as cluttered.  Hmmm, I will have to ponder that one a bit!!!!??!!

Our friends from across the street who are from Tennessee, just left today until September when they will return for another 3 weeks.  It finally turned sunny yesterday and we had a magnificent day today.  Murphy's law one more time.  I think it was in the low 70's today and we were actually complaining that it was hot.  It has been so cold since arriving and then all of a sudden bango summer came for a day or who knows; maybe two or more.  We went to Gander on Monday for some plumbing parts, which we didn't find, and found the big Dominion market's shelves practically picked clean so no groceries.  I don't know if people were shopping for Canada Day on the 1st or they were waiting to stock the shelves on Wednesday.  Everything closes on Canada Day.  It was cold and rainy and on the way home we were pummeled by a huge downpour and there was a lot of lightning which I missed as I was dozing.  When we got home the whole backyard was covered with water.  It poured and the thunder was astounding.  I have never heard it rumble for such long periods at a time.  It got very muggy and then turned gorgeous later the next day.

I was mowing the lawn last evening and pushed through some really high grass.  I've made designs in the side yard and now am having trees planted along the areas that I mowed.  I had to promise Chet that none of them would be anywhere near our view of the water; just blocking some of he other houses.  None of the houses are near but a tree would be so much nicer to look at.  The one kicker is it takes a long time for a tree to grow so they will be small while we look at them................oooooooooooo!!  The mowing was hard so I asked Chet to raise the height and today he was mowing the straight part of the lawn he realized he had lowered it closer to the ground instead.  He felt so bad.  I just had no energy to do more today...I tried but my arms and legs wouldn't cooperate.

I went to Bonnie's today with some material I picked out for my quilt she is making me.  It is going to be so beautiful and I will show you when it gets finished!!!

Last saturday we had supper with Bernie, Joyce and Don who own the Cozy Tea Room, and a couple from San Diego that built a house here after visiting 5 years ago.  They fell in love with the island just as we did.  They are in Herring Neck on New World Island about 10 minutes from here.  Need I say how beautiful it is there...I think I have made my point about how we feel about it here.  Gary mentioned he lived in LA LA land in the 70's and I asked him where.  Freaky, freaky, freaky....he lived in Pacific Palisades about 2 miles from where I lived for 30 years.  What is the chance that we would be over 4,000 miles away from California and find out we were supping together and had lived in the same little village at the same time.  Just one more piece in the puzzle of our lives in Newfoundland.  Amazing!

We went up the hill today to the hospital for Chet to see a doctor as he hasn't been been feeling well for about 3+ weeks, sore throat, ear, tired and general all around malaise.  He is going in the morning for blood work to see if he has an infection or what..

Well, my dears, it is 1:09 a.m. and I am off to sleep.  I hope your dreams come true.................they will if you live them!

 

June 28, 2008


There is a clock at Camping World that has just the days of the week on it.  I think we really need one as we have lost our time reference.  Can you imagine what bliss that is!?!  Sometimes we can remember what we ate at the Cozy Tea room and by counting forward or backwards we can figure out the day as the specials are always the same on a daily basis.  Now, Leslie and WC, I think you can relate.  We are learning to "eat well" with Bernie now that we are here but it will not be quite the same as we don't have the variety of restaurants to choose from; 2 to be exact that we will eat at.

WC and Leslie are our dear friends "from the road" we met 2 and a half years ago and really hit it off.  We try to meet as we travel across the country or at rallies.  They are near and dear to our hearts and we feel fortunate to have met a couple we can spend a lot of time with and neither of us feel "squashed".  They are on their way to Alaska and I just realize we may be able to SKYPE them and see them while we talk over our computers.  We see Mitchell, Andrea, Mike and Brett that way and are waiting not so patiently for Jon and Erin to download it to their computer as I want to see Jack and Lilli's faces so much.

This isn't at all where my head was going when I started to write this but we will get there.  It is always a whirlwind in there anyhow!!!

I, yes I, took my FIRST bath last night in my new bathtub.  Oh, oh, oh was it good.  Living on the road is fantastic but I have yearned for a bathtub.  To make it even better, it is an absolutely a beeeautiful bathtub.  We will post some pictures.  We are missing a part to the water spout so Wayne, who is doing a most amazing job on our plumbing, used the sink spout for the new sink that is going in upstairs so I could use the tub part of the tub and shower combination.  Chet got a hold of Price Pfister and they are sending the part free except for the postage.  It took 4 men to put the glass surround on the tub yesterday; two inside and two outside.  We will have to see if any of those pictures were any good.  Lewis, who is our "Jack of all trades" mentioned he had never been in a bathtub with a man before.  We all got a good chuckle and I took pictures.  Calvin, who is putting together my kitchen cabinets that I brought here that had been in storage for 5 years, is doing a beautiful job changing the base to raise them several inches so we can have a higher counter top.  My kitchen is bright red after 5 coats of paint.  He also cut the oak for my sink top for the bathroom.   We are making the vanity out of a beautiful organ shell that was here.  Understand, I have been collecting these plumbing parts for the past 5 years so they could go in my "perfect" house.....needless to say, I am here!!!  Jim and Bobby Pelley, our electricians, are doing an amazing job and have already replaced all of the baseboard heat with little wall heaters and yesterday they hung my chandelier in the upstairs turret room.  We were supposed to go outside and look at it last night but I was still in my bathtub at 11:00 p.m.  We will look tonight and we are going to Bernie's for supper so we will see what we can see from across the harbor.  His place is directly across from us.

The cats are on a rampage as there are no crunchies in their bowl and we can't get up just yet.  Chet is still sleeping and he rolled over and mentioned about the chandelier just as I put the period on the end of the sentence.  

Twilly is a really klutzy cat and even though he ends up everywhere, he slips off of things quite often.  I do suppose that has something to do with the fact that he shouldn't be in a lot of places he ends up.  He fell in the bathtub while Chet was cleaning it out last night for his princess to take her bath.  What a man I have!  I have never been so pampered in my life and I bathe in his affection on a daily basis.  Oh, to have such a dear,dear husband!  Sometimes life with him feels like a day at the spa...........except when he tells me no and that is always said with a twinkle and love as I have no way of turning on my own governer.

Jon, my typing is improving just as you said it would!!!!!!!  I still have to watch my fingers, tho!

Sometimes I feel like I will never catch up on my sleep or just plain rest but the days fly by and I must drink the elixir of them.  Each one is a joy to get up to here as I just have to look outside and I am ready to burst with feelings of joy, gratitude and the feeling of being the luckiest person in the world.  If you can't come here I will try to impart what the feeling is like.  May I be blessed with as many days as I am allowed to have; every last second of each one as I am in paradise.

I was dying to cut the lawn last night but for some reason the mower wouldn't stay on.  Oh I was disappointed......it has something to do with not reading the directions!  Chet was looking over the ones for the shower assembly for the tub last night and saw that IF they had read the instructions first the whole assembly would have been so much easier!  

I went up the road to someone's house where they raise trees and came home with 9 trees at $15.00 each.  I think I will have to go back today for a few more for the boggy part of the yard; which is most of the yard.  It will be so nice to have some on the property as it is pretty vacant right now.  I have to strategically place them so they only block the houses across from us and NONE of the view of the water.

I'd better get up now and start another day that I don't want to miss a moment of.  I thank my God continuously for what I have....................for me to feel peace so much of the time is truly a gift.  I don't quiet often.

 

June 25, 2008


I will try to use my excellent typing skills and try to get a short muze written this evening.  I was mowing the grass which was about up to my knees and my arms are still shaking as they and my whole body are in tetany.  I had so much fun.  It was an exquisite evening and the sky was a palette of colors.  I kept getting bogged down and would have to go tap on the window to get Chet to come out and start the mower for me.  I have to think it will take many days to get the parts cut that I want as there will be patches left natural.  The grass blowing in the wind is really pretty.  I have to pinch myself to know that I am really living in this magnificence; across the street from the harbor and seeing the North Atlantic.  We are both still whirling with disbelief.

We went yesterday to Cobb's Arm just before Too Good Arm down on New World Island which is the next island form Twillingate.  I could go on and on with all of the names of the little coves and harbors; one right after the other but it would take me half of the night.  We went to buy some potted plants to hang on the porch.  Oh my, was that a beautiful ride.  I know I say that about everywhere we go here but it is all true and we don't seem to run out of magnificence.  Sometimes I just say "oh my" over and over as we round each turn.  The beauty is still astounding.  It is fun to see Chet so happy.

Our home is coming right along and it is so pretty.  I can't wait until all is finished and I can show you the kitchen and the bathroom.  My kitchen is going to be bright red but I am having a little trouble with the tone.  It will work out.

Today I got 2 new roses as only a half of one of the two we planted survived.  I do love my flowers but don't have the time or energy to do much gardening right now.  Bernie is going to plant veggies in the yard.

We had dinner with Bernie at the Harbour View which is Cal and Josse's restaurant.  Oops it is called supper here.  Saturday we will be supping at Bernie's and will meet a couple from San Diego who built a home in Herring Neck about 10 minutes from here.  All is soooooooooooooooo good.  You all must come and see this paradise as homes are selling often to people who come and fall in love with "The Rock"

Congratulations to you, Lorin and Irene on your marriage.  May you live in your paradise as we live in ours......wherever we are!

Happy Birthday to our Twilly who is 1 today and a bundle of joy.

Our hearts are singing.............................may yours, too.

 

June 22, 2008


We went for a walk this evening and were noticing the dandelions.  They are so big and healthy that they look like bushes.  It makes me want to pick a bunch and put them in a vase.  They are amazing.  

Today was work this morning with Ann who helps me clean and then I went to bed and slept.  The exhaustion was taking over and I couldn't fight it any longer.

I have been somewhat empty inside the past few days-wanting to see my children.  I so want to share this with them but they have their own fantastic adventures they are on right now.  I'm afraid them leaving them is not in the cards at this time.  Brett will have his adventure on July as he jets over here for 55 days!  I am having a good time fixing up his room.

My Mitchell just called and we had a fine talk about hi new place he is in the process of buying 70 acres in Topanga Canyon and I couldn't be happier for him.

Jon and Erin are having a great time putting their plans together to build their farm.

All of this couldn't happen to better people.

I sit here yearning for Jack and Lilli Mae but I still feel like the luckiest person to be here and have the friends we are making here.  A day doesn't pass without seeing someone and visiting.  It will be nice when we actually have a place for people to sit down in our home.

The sun just set and the sky is beautiful.  It is 9:30 p.m. and I think I will get a bite to eat.

May your days be bright............  

June 21 soon to be 22, 2008


Hi all and happy summer.  We even had an unidentified shining object in the Twillingate sky today.....(it resembled the sun)... and it was a beautiful day.  We went out and saw a huge iceberg.  We offroaded to a spot to hike to get a closer view but we didn't have on safe shoes.

I went to see the beginnings of the quilt that Bonnie is making for me.  It is amazing as is her work!

The plumber got our hot water back on today, as another joint blew when he was re-piping in the upstairs floor yesterday.  I have my new toilet in upstairs and it is beautiful..  It is the same style I had in my house in Portland.  We will wait to hook up the sink after the floor is closed up.

I so don't have any energy to write right now but want not to get too far behind.  The day our things arrived it was total chaos.  The house is full and the stable and garage as well.  The next day I walked in circles most of the day and was suffering from total overload.  Finally, yesterday, I started unpacking boxes.  First was my mom's china which arrived intact and warmed my home.  I have been doing one box at a time as I am trying to find things that are almost anywhere....oh well!  This is taking place while the kitchen is being totally remodeled and a new bathroom is being put in on the first floor, the rooms being painted...Brett's a sage green, Chet's office deep purple and the craft/turret room rouge.  They're dark and gorgeous. 

Chet had a great time cutting the lawn today; it was a good diversion.  He's trying to find some time to get the web page upgraded, maybe tomorrow.

People are being wonderful; Marilyn brought us macaroni and cheese the other night.  Bernie had us over to dinner with Marilyn and Gordon on Friday night.  We had a great time; lots of good laughs and delicious food.

Tomorrow, Ann will be over at 9:00 a.m. to clean so I have to hit the hay.  I can't tell you how tired we are and I don't see any break in the near future.  It's a good tired as we are having a good time redecorating and making a home.  We have 2 electricians changing out all of the baseboard heaters to wall heaters, someone doing the plumbing, someone doing the kitchen remodel, and someone painting.  They are all incredibly nice and we have a good time with them.  They all had done some work here and we had to let them know we weren't Greg Domm;  we don't dock them for their coffee breaks or keep them out of the rooms of the house.  We made it very clear in the beginning that we are fair and good people and I think their tentativeness is subsiding quickly.  The house has been a mystery to most everyone here and we have a pretty much open door policy and welcome visitors.   We are dispelling the aura of secretiveness and dishonesty that surrounded the place when Greg was here and also the privacy from when the Ashbourne's owned it.  They were part of the family that were the biggest merchants on the island of Twillingate.  There was an aristocratic feeling which we hope to make more down to earth.  

I miss you and love you, my family, so very much.  Sleep well.......................

June 16, 2008


I have to write this right now as my feet are killing me, I'm exhausted and want to go to bed.  It's good I use my fingers to type!!!!

I wanted to write two days ago that we got dressed in our Minus 33 woolies, 3 shirts apiece, fuzzy boots and Chet said now what do we put o to go outside.....  Someone said this is June-uary.  It has been COLD and there came a high sea with the waves crashing on the rocks across the street.

We have a little trouble getting things done as people stop in and we stop in on people and there are others that wave us in while we are walking.  Trust me, I am far from complaining as it is a great thing to be with everyone so we have not finished what we have do to get ready for the movers.  


We went to Gander today to meet the mover at customs and I must say it couldn't have gone smoother....particularly since I sat in the car and knitted.  We left home around 9:30 this morning to go 48 miles.  It really does take almost 2 hours to go to Gander but what an exquisite drive.  OMG the ocean and bays were spectacular and I am sorry if I keep repeating myself but it is too beautiful here.  

We finished at customs at 12:00 and then I was free to shop for most of the day and part of the evening.  First stop , Subway and one of our favorite tuna sandwiches.  Then, off to the stores for a dehumidifier, an electric fire log insert we are going to try and get to work in the bedroom, a clothesline to hang the clothes out in the rain.  We took ours out with the motorhome last year soooooooo. A hand mixer, as I killed mine a couple of weeks ago, clothespins, some lights for the upstairs bathroom, on and on.  The dollar store was a real treat for me and I didn't even get to see the whole thing while Chet had to go back to the airport to download some papers that had to be signed and sent off today pertaining to one of my rental houses that I sold.  It has been the worst transaction I have ever had to deal with but it went to one of the hospitals for a price I couldn't refuse.  We had the printer set up in the back of the Jeep in front of the attorney's office furiously printing out pages so I could get them notarized and at the post office in 40 minutes.  Boy was it close but we made it.  Then it was time to slow down and finish our shopping.....NOT

We decided to phone AMEX to tell them a sizable charge was coming through.  Weeeeellllll we were told our early phone payment never went through and talk about wanting to vomit as I pictured our load of stuff not getting delivered....It only took about an hour and a half and a three way call between us, the B of A and AMEX to get it straightened out.  Fortunately I had my checkbook with me so we could rectify the snafu and all was well.  

The car was reaching maximum density and Chet had no intentions of riding back to T'gate with his head pressed against the front window like he did when we made a trip to IKEA in Portland.  We finished up with one last store only because the others I wanted to go to were closed.....another day!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow morning the truck arrives and then the fun begins.  I can't even think about it right now.

Chet will be posting some pictures that my new friend, Bonnie Rogers, sent us of the frozen Harbour this past winter that her sister-in-law took.  Bonnie is the lady who is going to make my quilt.  

Tired, tired, tired and HAPPY FATHER"S DAY TO ALL OF YOU DADDIES yesterday.......

 

June, Friday the 13th, 2008


I am so happy.......................I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!  I am snuggled in my bed and it was 40 degrees out when we went to eat at 6:00 p.m.  It is now 11:33 and howling outside.  It just makes me giggle that I was dressed in my Minus 33 wool shirt and leggings, a hat, gloves and a lined leather jacket in June.  It's winter for us but we are loving it.  Watching the ocean makes it all worth it and of course being in our house makes it fantastic.

Yesterday the electrician showed up and that made us very happy.  He is rewiring the kitchen, changing out all of the baseboard heaters to small wall units, adding more plugs and light sockets, a garbage disposal, and prepping for 2 electric fireplace stoves and one fireplace log insert.  The other fireplace will be propane.  He will be back on Monday.

Newsflash....it is 38 out now and they predicted a low of 39.  

We went to eat and sat and chatted with Joyce and Don at their restaurant for 2 hours after it closed.  Last night we went for a walk and were flagged into a neighbor's for a visit.  It is impossible to be lonely.  Friends are always stopping by.  Eddie and Linda from across the street arrived from Tennessee today.  They're right on the harbor so must be really feeling the wind.  The old houses here are built like the boats here; lined inside and out with wood.  I feel like we are in the picture "Shipping News".

On Wednesday I went to a local quilt show at St. Peter's Church.  It was an amazing thing as all of the pews were covered with quilts that were made by the locals.  They were beautiful as was the inside of the church.  I fell in love with one and am talking to the lady about possibly making me one.   She made it for her daughter who is getting married so it couldn't be mine......darn!

It's bedtime now.......goodnight to you! 

 

June 9, 2008

The Newfies are a hearty lot......We had our first official worker here to work with Chet today and I had a lovely lady here to help me with cleaning up the house.  Well, let me tell you, that after 5 1/2 hours of pulling down the ceiling in the kitchen and moving boxes of things up to the 3rd floor Chet had to sit down and tell Lewis to finish as he had had it for the day.  I, on the other hand, started with Ann at 11:30 and by 4:00 I was almost moaning and when she left at 5:00 I couldn't get out of my chair I was perched on at the head of the stairs.  She literally worked circles around me and said to me " now my dear, don't you be doing things that you are paying me to do".  It was really sweet.  I told her I needed a Nanny..... 

We were invited to Bernie's for a tea and dessert party at 7:00 p. m. so we showered and literally moaned all the way over to Joyce's Tea Cozy for dinner.  We had a delicious bowl of chili and as usual started talking to some people at the other table who were also on their way to Bernie's.  It is a good thing we were chatting as they were going to the wrong house.  It is fun meeting all sorts of new people here and having such a great social life.

Yesterday, Randy, Tracey and Tia came over and we all explored the attic and looked in all the trunks and cabinets.  We were on a treasure hunt and it was fun and fruitful.  Tia is as adorable as she can be.  We went to Cal and Josse's restaurant for dinner and then for a "lickey" which is an ice cream cone.  Their soft serves are the best ever.  No matter where we are we end up chatting with the people at the other tables.  In the states that just doesn't happen.  Joyce sits with us while we eat and talks or brings her dinner and eats with us at the Tea Cozy.

We have to go to bed as we are exhausted and oh so sore and tomorrow is another day.

I wish I could give you a little piece of this paradise!!!!!!  

 

June 7, 2008

I said to Chet the other day that I don't think I have ever been more content anywhere, as I am here in my whole life.  I don't know what the magic is...but it is here and I drink up the town of Twillingate like a tall crystal clear glass of water in my favorite purple glass.  That is a funny comparison as the water here has a yellow tint to it...the fresh water that is.  I sat on the front porch and just watched the cars on the other side of the harbor and looked at the houses nestled in the hills.  What a wonderland; much like the Dept. 56 pieces of Dickens Village I had collected for years and will go up on the shelves that are already built in the bedroom.  What a pleasant relief life is right now.

Yesterday we started knocking out the wall that separated our back hall and the kitchen.  Today we finished and now have a big open room for the new kitchen.  It will be fun putting it together after having so many of the pieces in storage for the past 5 years.  I have a farm sink, a granite counter top and some cabinets that were all a display from George Morlan Plumbing.  I was waiting for the perfect place to put them.  We worked until our arms wouldn't move anymore.  We packed the car full to take the debris to the dump but it was closed.  Bernie said it isn't locked and we could have gone in anyway.

Today a cruise ship spent the day here on its' last day of a 16 day cruise that originated in Iceland and went to the Arctic, The Labrador, parts of NL and to our famous little town of Twillingate.  It was great fun sitting upstairs in the turret/craft room watching the people being shuttled ashore and watching the line of cars belonging to the townspeople over on the shore near the dock.  The ship left at 4 p.m. and all was back to normal.  

Tonight we had supper at our neighbor's house.  Marilyn and Gordon Ashbourne are cousins to Helen who used to own "Gaye's House"!  It will be interesting to see what is said about my 13 mannequins when they arrive!!!!!!!!  We had a traditional Newfie dinner of boiled meat, carrots, turnips, parsnips, yellow split peas, sweet mustard pickles, potatoes and cabbage which were all cooked in one big pot except the pickles, of course.  We had custard and date crumb squares for dessert.  It was so delicious and we had a great time.  We love to hear about the stories of T'gate.  it is a famous town in NL and so is our house.

Our things will be delivered on June 17th so it gives us extra time to get things ready as we thought they would be here this week.

Bernie came over and put a composter in our yard today and is going to plant some veggies.  It is still too cold to put them out but we will soon.  I have tomatoes, zucchini, and spinach starts to add.  Tomorrow more tearing out and some rearranging.  We are LOVING life...........

June 3, 2008

Life is good......my blood sugar tests have been PERFECT here and that is a good thing.  A great thing! 

I just thought I would start a muze before I start some of the many things I want to do at once.....paint, vacuum, clean the motorhome, listen to our new sound system that Chet set up last night, type to all of my friends but will wait the 7 days for our Internet to be installed ,as we have to change to web mail to get them to go out.  I'd like to sit and watch the ocean, open up the wall that we are removing in the kitchen, get my yarn organized in my craft room, and hold my poor Freddie as he is having another one of his low potassium and infected jaw bouts.  He comes and lays his head on my chest like a baby as he is hurting and wants comfort.  I wish I could take his pain from him.  My poor old boy.  Well, how is that for starters......now I have to choose one thing to do!!!!

Chet went down to Cal's restaurant to help him put in some ceiling fans and give back some of the help Cal has given us.  It feels strange to be in a home and alone after 4 and a half years of 24/7 being together.  I have such a good man.....

Carl and Jeff are talking about coming for a visit in September.  Oh yippie, goodie and all sorts of jumping up and down with excitement at the prospect.

Well off to make a choice about where to start.....what will take precedence!

 

June 2, 2008

Good morning! This is an early morning muze as my mind is full and I am so sore I can't even think about getting back into bed. All I want is for the coffee pot to hurry and to find the ibuprofen. My back is seizing and my shoulders hurt from painting. My toe that I broke is hurting for the first time today. I think one of our bedfellows slept on it as there were 3 cat bodies all snuggled up at the foot of the bed. Just a big OUCH is all over my body.

I am living a charmed life; I am sitting in front of the bay window at the end of the sofa and can see either the harbor or the N. Atlantic. All I have to do is shift my eyes to the right or left. Oh what a dream come true........the only thing that is missing is my family. Oh to share this with them. Sweet Jack asked me the other day how long it would be before I would come to see him. I couldn't even let the feelings surface until now as it is an ache that radiates through my heart. How do we all stay happy as we live our dreams??? Just live them and suck it up as we can't have everything. We love it here so much that we don't care to leave to go to the bigger towns for even a day. We will have to go to Gander to the customs office to meet the driver of our goods plus the ones that didn't stay for Jon. Like Bernie said they are coming for a reason!!! We shall see. We can take back whatever when we return to the West coast.

WC and Leslie are starting on their way to Alaska but are stuck in Utah trying to get their satellite dish to work, It is even baffling the technicians. We have to have ours shut off for the stay here as it doesn't want to work. It's too close to the curvature of the earth to pick up the satellites and we will have our internet in 8 days.

Well my dears, I smell my famous Jose's vanilla nut decaf fresh in the pot so I will sign off and get my ibuprofen...............if I can stand up!

June 1, 2008

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA. HAVE A BEEEEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!!!!

OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, yesterday was an absolutely stellar day; one that blew our socks off.......I don't wear socks tho! Chet kept pointing out the fog bank outside of the harbor. It was a strange one, I must say, all white and very low to the water. We kept looking and then it dawned on us that it was not fog but it must be ice. We jumped into the car and went out to the lighthouse at Long Point and there it was as far as the eye could see in either direction and as far out as we could see. Pack ice. Miles and miles and miles of it with some icebergs mixed in. There were seals below us in the water and they were having a good frolic.
The ice was so incredibly spectacular. Even more so than the icebergs we have seen. It happened to be a gloriously sunny day and we just stood in awe as it floated by. We had a million projects going so we came home and watched an iceberg float by the mouth of the harbor again. It is so amazing to watch them pass by as if a boat. We also saw two cruise ships. Later in the day we went back and a lot of the heavy ice was past us but there was still more coming. We drove to LITTLE HARBOUR and saw it close to the entrance. What an amazing day!!!!

We came back and I had started painting Brett's room so I worked for a while then we went to take a shower. The first time we used it the hot water was hot for
about 3 minutes. The others were fine. Yesterday the hot water lasted about 2 minutes, just enough time to get shampoo in your hair. I screeched a lot and
said to Chet that was the 2nd and last time that was going to happen. Off to the hardware store we went and a new hot water heater was delivered an hour later.
Chet worked all evening and got it all hooked up and boingo there went another pipe in the floor upstairs. Someone was not too well versed in soldering. Once again, no water, so we had to go to Cal and Josse's to fill some buckets for the toilet. GRRRRRRRRRRRR................. This morning the pipes were dry enough to solder so Chet fixed the problem. We held our breaths while we turned on the water and HURRAH....all was well!!!! What a nice long, hot shower was taken today.

We went to Bernie's for supper which is our dinner and had a great time eating hot dogs and salad. We sat at the table in front of his window in his kitchen and watched the water as we ate and chatted.

Supposed re-plumbing of the house was a figment of "DR." Gregg Domm's story-not his imagination. A few things might have been done but whomever did it had their eyes closed. The blow off valve had been put way up the piping and that is a big no no. It was upgraded some years ago and the water heater was an oldie which provided us with about two minutes of hot water. We will re-pipe everything and don't even want to think about the upgraded electrical work at this time.

We still love what used to be Helen's house and is now Gaye's house. We are rearranging EVERYTHING so as to erase Greg from the place as there is not a good feeling about his presence here. The one saving grace in the scheme of the puzzle is meeting Bernie. There is an ease and comfort here that I have never felt anywhere else in my life and I know that Chet would agree.

Freddie is getting another infection in his mouth so we started him on antibiotics today. The old boy is losing his choppers and is a hurting unit right now. Spotty is still fat and Twilly is a joy a minute. He reminds me of a cat that I once had that I hand raised and who was totally attached to me. His name was Horrible Hairless Herbie as all of his hair fell out as I was bottle feeding the litter and he and a couple of the others lost their hair due to the lack of something the momma cat was to have passed on to them. She couldn't feed them and moved to the neighbors because she would get stoned with the kid who lived there. I loved that kitty and memories flooded in today of how I got rid of him because Lorin couldn't stand him scratching at the back door. An ache crossed through me and I only hope he had a good life and was loved like I loved him. I'm sorry Herbie, I am.

We had another wonderful day even though it rained. My pond was full and looked so cute. We are going to put heavy plastic in the area that it is diverting the water underground to see if that helps before we divert the stream.

It is beddie time in NL so a very happy lady bids you adieu......very happy but oh so sore from painting and getting into positions I haven't been in since being on the road!


May 29, 2008

My tummy is all full of salad and Kielbasa, microwaved garlic cloves and toutons.....the grilled bread dough that they are famous for here. This morning we had cod cakes and scrambled egg whites. Oh, it will be fun when I get my kitchen finished.

Our washer doesn't work in the house. Maybe it froze to death...we're not sure.

It was a beautiful day most of the day until the clouds rolled in. It seems we get up and don't stop all day long. We are still sorting things out and trying to make arrangements for people to work for us. It will all fall into place. It just gets exhausting and it is hard to make myself sit down and write my muze.

Yesterday we saw some more spectacular icebergs and a beautiful pheasant. I had never seen one in the wild before. We didn't have the camera one more time. We have to hang it somewhere so we don't leave without it.

We went to eat supper with Bernie at Cal and Josse's restaurant last night. We see more people on a daily basis than we have ever seen in our lifetimes. We have some wonderful friends and neighbors. I really have come to like Marilyn and Gordon Ashbourne, who live across the field, very much. They're very nice people and I enjoy hearing all about T'gate from them and everyone we meet. The only fly in the ointment has been Greg Domm, who we bought the house from. The stories that are rampant in this town about him are unceasing. I would say it is his good fortune that he is in Ontario and not here, as I don't think anyone wants to see his face again. The great thing that has come of this is that we met Bernie, Randy, Tracey and Tia, the Ashbourne's, Jim and Linda Smith and their son
Caleb, and are meeting new people every day. Sometimes it is so hard to understand them as they have such thick Brogues and talk a million words a minute.

The story about Greg is so convoluted and I am so tired of hearing about him that I don't even want to begin as I would like to get this posted tonight. It will be great to get our internet on the 10th.

All of our things got packed yesterday in Portland and just caught the driver as he was putting the things I had left for my son Jon on the truck. We failed to tell Carl who was overseeing everything that we had separated a lot of things for my son. The driver pretty well remembered what he had taken from behind the cardboard barrier but I'm sure we will be getting some of the things that weren't coming, It ought to be interesting. At least the wood stove and the leaded glass windows and the farm tools stayed, Nothing like paying $1.50 a pound for things we don't need. Who knows, maybe it all stayed!!!! Chet just talked to the driver and he is picking more things up in Seattle and will be stopping in Edmonton, Alberta, Ontario and then on to us. It will probably be 2 weeks before we see our things but we need every minute of the time. We are shuddering as we wait to see how much over the estimation we were....aaaarrrrgggggh!

We LOVE it here in Gaye's house, formerly Helen's house and then Greg Domm's house, now ours.....why I even got a call from an Ashbourne in Ontario yesterday who wanted to buy some of the family pictures that were left but I had already given them to Marilyn as I could see no reason to hold on to pictures of someone else's family photos.

I will sign off and get this posted when we go down to the restaurant to use Cal and Josse's wifi. They have been a great help and are good people.

I shall sign off now as the former Hell's Angels that Greg Domm said we were.....pretty cute....not. The only bikes we ride are recumbents and don't do that all that often!

Love to you all as my whole being misses you......

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