Glint, the new member of our family

I have been remiss in reporting on an addition to our family, Glint. She is a Siamese mix short-hair orphan cat that Lynda obtained in Sweet Home, OR while at her mom's house. Originally she was referred to as Buddha Belly because when fed her belly would be quite distended. Now she has more than doubled in size and slimmed out (not so big a belly) living up to her name of Glint, a mythical dragon character in the Guild Wars mythology. She is quite playful and gets along well with Marcus. Our senior resident cat, Peanut Butter, tolerates Glint now but has not shown much familiarity. Welcome to our home Glint and please leave those plants alone.

Fence art, Part II

Well the work continues and now the path is paved, still needs a little work to level it better but this should keep the weeds down in the path. All the stones come from local quarries made to create the forest service/logging roads. They come flat and merely need placed down. Looks pretty nice now in that area and if you look in the window you can see Lynda's newest creation of art, the crocheted curtains. Below is a picture looking from the inside out. The pattern of the salmon swimming goes well with the decor of the office/art room.



We didn't get much more of that summer weather so the trip I referred to last posting was nice but not very photogenic, not much contrast between water, clouds and islands. Nice cool, wet weather, can't complain much about that. ;),

Fence art

At last, the fence is up. This has been a project of long duration and it is nearly completed. All that is left is the gate which still needs designed. We also plan on paving the rest of the path with the local flat rocks that we pick up out the road or with the boat across on the mainland on the beach. The crosscut saws came with the little house on the left in the basement and this is Lynda's idea of how to use them artistically. The bush is a local elderberry bush, should do well in this climate since it is a local plant. The weed barrier under the cedar mulch is outdoor carpeting left under the house, should do for awhile and will save taking it to the dump.

Today was beautiful with sunshine and 71 degrees. I took the day off since work was slow and got the fence done and other projects. Maybe we will get a few days of summer. Hope to post a little more often. Tomorrow is another flight to Juneau, may get some pictures as the sun will be shining.