Month: December 2018

This Week on the Island.

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We had a long power outage the other day followed by plumbing woes. Fortunately our son was visiting and he was a big help. The problem began around midnight when a transformer exploded in front of our daughter’s home. We arrived the next day just as about 15 trucks came to repair things, installing new poles and cutting down offending trees in the roadway. The kids loved the excitement.

The trucks arrive….

Watching from a distance….

We then went walking on their new property to see it in more detail. We inspected trails, the pond, huge old trees and more.

Some of the gang…

Old house and equipment…

Wonderful tree…but the old treehouse must go.

Exploring the path to the back of the property.



Back at our place, we found a downed tree (once again!) which landed on the deer fencing which then needed fixing. We saved one branch with pretty fungus attached to it.

Every year we need to work on the deer fencing…

That’s it for today!

December 4, 2018

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We have had a nasty time of things with Ric hospitalized and me needing to share his room for well over a week. The food was….you can guess.
We were in a scary place and are working our way out.
Ric was hospitalized and I was with him, being the only one to calm him. He weighed 132 pounds and blood pressure was low, as in 81/47.
He also has a “sliding hernia”…which you can read about if that sort of thing interests you.
Sarah (our daughter) & her husband Wayne are our heroes.
We are working with medical marijuana of various kinds to get him through terrible nights. I can’t keep up with emailing right now, but special thanks for caring and I’ll let you know details when I can. Likely after an appointment in Vancouver on the 11th….or even a week or so later once we find Parkinson’s disease results. . I am hanging on and have care all around.
Also Adam (our son) kept in touch from Haiti and is now in Boston and in touch.