News flash, news flash

Does this look like one happy guy.   J has been trying to catch a salmon off the shore for the last couple of weeks.  This morning from our deck he saw much splashing in the water down below.  Must be fish.  Big fish.  The trades were swarming around here this morning and John was getting in the way so he went off to  Rocky Point which is just down the road.  Look what he caught.  We figure that it is a Coho salmon.  The pictures for identification are still confusing because there are very slight variations in the different types of salmon, so basically just run with it.  There are some variations in the regulations but we are still learning. 

John has had an ongoing issue with getting the fan in the fireplace to work.  Several total evening were spent in frustration trying to get the fan to work by way of the remote.  The fireplace itself was going through its paces admirably.  Finally  J called the heating people and had someone come over.  Dismantled the fireplace, poked around,  oops, they stopped putting the fans in at the manufacturer.  We were assured several times that the fan was included.  We now have a fan in the fireplace, and J has nothing to do in the evening,  now not even to dream of the first big fish.

Painting here is in the finishing stages, tile on the floor downstairs will go on next week.  The fireplace was tiled this morning.  The rock wall continues to climb, will show pictures of that as well.




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Now what?!

So a couple of days ago this arrives, ten loads of fill.  Looks like the beginning of the Rocky mountains.

So then this arrives, well while we are at it we might as well ......  Enter a company called Slope Enhancement ( I just love their name).

 

Now we have this in progress.  The rock wall is being placed around the front of the lot and the soil will be built up so that we can plant a lawn. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am tired out from all this renovating.  Lizzie has become an outdoor cat since we moved up stairs because she kept on escaping, and it was difficult to corral her.  She is thoroughly enjoying herself.  So far she has brought home a mouse and a garden snake.  Both still alive.  I can visualize her coming through the dog door with snake in mouth.  Lizzie is test driving the latest quilting project.  She has not had much opportunity lately.

 

 

We are coming close to a close on the lower level and I will be posting a few glimpses of the changes. 

 

 

The weather continues  really fine with a forecast now of sunny days for the next two weeks.  Fall arrives here very sneakily.  I am used to Alberta seasons, where changes seem to occur overnight.  The leaves here have been slowly dying and falling with no significant changes in colour.  We also do not have a raging wind to come along and denude the trees overnight.