Happy Halloween Oct 31, 2010

Happy Halloween to everyone.  It has been a busy month and a half.  George went for his check up and received a clean bill of health in regards to his throat.  His next visit is in January.  It has been windy and rainy for the last week or so.  We have had a few nice days however and were able to accomplish a few things.

Terry, our brother-in-law was here for a week at the end of September.  He was able to help George finish the dock to the ramp and a few other things.  Looks good.  No more ramp on the dock now, just the one to the walkway.  Thank you Terry for all your help.

Been busy canning tomatoes and making jam and zucchini relish.  Thanks to Doug for the extra jars.  I really needed them.  I have over 4 dozen jars of jam and 2 doz jars of relish.  There are 18 jars of stewed tomatoes and still more tomatoes to can.  What to make next??

Now that we have had some rain, the garden decided to take off, but still only 6 plants of peas and 3 of beans which are long gone now.  Damn those birds, lol.!!  Winter produce is still thriving and I am looking forward to some beets and turnip.  All for me as George does not like them.  His loss!!

 

The geese have been abundant as of late and there are 6 great white breasted geese that have taken up residence.  They do not scare away easily.

George has been busy taking the wall out of the addition to the restaurant.  After Terry left George found out he had a blood clot in his leg, so had to be stationary for about three weeks.  It was hard for him to sit all day with his leg up, but it paid off as the clot has dissolved.  He is still on "rat poison" for awhile to keep his blood thinned out. 

I was able to go to Edmonton for 8 days at the middle of October.  It was so nice to see the "girls" and Darren too.  Melissa is looking good and Signe is just "trouble".  She has a real personality now and is almost walking unassisted.  It won't be long.  Darren is doing well in university and starts his practicum in November.  They have since moved to Grande Prairie, as Darren's practicum is in Beaverlodge which is not far away.  Christine is doing excellent in university and has settled into the residence quite nicely.  She is enjoying herself and her and Loren do alot together.  Logan is back in Peace River and is working hard.

Don't expect to get any trick or treaters this year.  I would have thought that someone in the neighborhood would dress up, but it is not to be.  Maybe Doug will be dressed up when he comes to dinner tonight.

Doesn't the dock to shore look nice?

Season has ended

The season has now ended, or so it seems.  Yesterday was the first day since the middle of June that we had no boats.  We even had supper at the house!  We had a very busy and exciting summer, exceeding last years by quite abit.  It was more than we expected.  We made over 300 pizzas and just as many fish and chips and burgers. 

We enjoyed each and every boat that came to our dock.  Christine and Logan left on Aug 26 and George and I had to fend for ourselves, which we did quite nicely.  A routine had been set up which made everything so much more easy.

Crabs were being caught with gusto as Christine and Logan showed.  We saw a Grizzly at the end of August on our beach between the Doug and us.  Doug called us to warn us of his coming.  Of course we chased him back towards Doug's.  Colyn, Connie and I then went and picked plums as Dougs, so the bear is gone now.

Had a cougar in the yard the other night.  I was by myself as George was in Campbell River getting the Tawun home. (the engines were fixed).  I have never heard such a strange noise before and do not want to hear it again.  I scared the cougar away, but he left slowly.  I believe he was either hurt or sick as he was not moving very fast.  It is gone now and we have not heard it at all.  However, we will not be going up the logging road any time soon as that is the direction it went.

Have seen a big black bear at the head of the estuary, which means that there are no more grizzlies in the area.  The bears have not been around all summer.

Berries are all picked, cucumbers, tomatoes and zucchini are in abundance.  Time for canning!  All the jam sold this summer, so time to make more for next year.  The garden is late this year, because of the dry summer and cold spring.  Now everything is growing like mad as we have had quite a bit of rain lately.  Where was that when we needed it?!

Fall is soon upon us and time to get ready for winter.  Wood needs to be gathered, things need to be put away and the barge needs to be shut down.  We will still be open for business however, and can do pizzas at the house and deliver to the customer.

Thank you each and every boat that graced our dock this year.  We thoroughly enjoyed having you and hope to see you again next year. 

Now, to go see that granddaughter of ours!!

Where has the time gone - Aug 12, 2010

Where has the time gone.  Summer is almost over and so is the season.  It had been slow for the last couple of days, but we were full again tonight.  The weather has not been the best this year with only a few days with no wind.  We did have much needed rain however.

July 4

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PEEK-A-BOO
A visit from Valleyview

A storm is brewing

July 2010

The month of July went by in a blur!  It seems like it was only last week that we did the fireworks.  Many boats have come and gone, some twice already.  We can only hope that August is the same.

FULL HOUSE

PIZZA, PIZZA

THE WIND IS GONE, SO ARE THE BOATS- SAFE JOURNEY

HERE WE GO AGAIN!