June 18-20, 2009

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It has been a busy few days. The deck on the roof is almost complete, the stairway to the deck on the roof is now complete and the restaurant now has propane connected to the stove and power for the fridge. What Excitement!!. We have had a few boats at the dock in the last week which is really nice. Bob Hale from The Waggoneer stopped in for a visit yesterday and will be updating his website with news of our adventure. The Second Love (Chris and Sharon) is moored at the dock tonight along with Lootas (Keith and Donna, fellow former Albertans). Chris has been telling everyone he knows about our new venture and he is quite excited for us.

Dave and Merle (Ocean Child) have been helping us on the dock and in the yard. Their help is greatly appreciated. The weather has been wonderful, the garden is growing and we even had radishes tonight. We did not get any radishes last year, just radish seed. The hummingbirds are still aflitter and the odd bear has been seen across the estuary. We are looking forward to a nice summer, which starts tomorrow.

June 06-17, 2009

It has been a busy couple of weeks. We have had a few boats at the dock and a few that have visited. The weather has been nice and we finally had rain yesterday and last night. It was getting quite dry and the garden and flowers were starting to suffer. George had seen a few deer which is nice and we have sighted some black bears across the estuary.

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May 07-June 05, 2009

WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Hurray!! Even though we still do not have coolers for fresh produce, we have dry goods and hardware items. The docks are in place and the walkway to shore is secure. Life could not get any better, so they say. George has a clean bill of health and I am missing two wisdom teeth. (I still have some wisdom left however, with one tooth remaining). Melissa and Darren are getting ready to open. Their fridge, stove and oven were lifted onto the top floor this morning. Just have to hook up the propane and power and Sticky buns for everyone. Doug has been especially patient for sticky buns. Dave and Merle have been keeping themselves busy. Dave finished the walkway to the ramp and Merle has been keeping the yard up to snuff.

It has been really hot the last week which is very welcome. The spring so far had been cold and windy and we thought we would have a repeat of last year. The garden is even growing this year and has only been planted for a week and a half. Even the hummingbirds think it is going to be a good summer. There are dozens around the 5 feeders that are out.

We have had boats tied up to the dock and neighbors have been shopping in the store. We are hoping for a busy summer.

April 17-May 06, 2009

What to say. George's surgery went well. It was a little more extensive than previously thought but all is okay. George came home on April 24 and I was glad to see him. It was a very long week and a half that he was gone. I did not get much done as it was cold and windy. I did get some of the pricing done and the shelving finished.

Melissa and Darren came on the 26th of April and have been busy ever since. They put the store together for me by stocking the shelves and finishing the pricing. They did a very good job as they both had a very good eye at to where items should go.

On April 29 to May 2 the pile driver was here and we have piles. So exciting to be able to accommodate boats. The store is basically open, we are still sourcing out product but will have most by the end of the month. Melissa and Darren have been busy painting and fixing the upstairs to get it ready for the bakery/pub/restaurant.

Flowers are blooming and the hummingbirds are a-humming. The grass needs mowing badly, hopefully the new blades are in. Darn those rocks and witness pins!! They do tend to sneak up on a mower and jump out at it. There are not too many mosquitoes yet, but I believe it is because it had been quite cold. I think my rose tree has suffered from the cold as only a few leaves have emerged.

We had a visitor on the 27th. The San Souci called and wanted to tie up for the night. Because it was 120 ton and our piles were not in, we suggested that they anchor out. Ken and his wife are on their way to Japan, via Alaska. Check out his blog: http://www.kensblog.com/ .

We are basically open for business, just have to put up the banners.