Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Our area is in for a heat wave over the next few days starting its climb tomorrow and peaking on Saturday and Sunday. Since we are in the forest on Texada we decided to come over and take advantage of whatever cool we can get.

I had barely unpacked from our last trip before I was packing up again; in fact I think the two things coincided. It was a bit of work to get projects ready to bring over with me but I have plenty of cross stitch, a few sewing projects and an old crewel embroidery UFO. If I run out of those things I know I have an embroidery UFO, an embroidery kit and several hardanger lessons in my cupboard here.

I had a lot of computer work to squeeze into my daystar home. I managed to get the Hall accounting to the accountant and I updated the Guild’s blog. I sent off photos of the Guild mystery to the designer; I haven’t heard anything back from her but I’m sure she will contact me again as she has been very good about answering e-mail during the mystery process. I got the taxes paid on the Powell River house and the Texada studio, as well as the taxes paid for both the Hall and their rental house. I have all the bills paid too; I can do banking from over here but you never know whether our signal will be strong enough to complete an action I like to do it from home. I got some birthday cards in the mail today too.

Whew, I need a break. We caught the six o’clock ferry across today even though we were both packed up and ready by two. Our local produce deliveries have started and we have to wait until between four and five for them to get to our door.

Pat sat out on the deck for a bit after we arrived this evening and the hummingbirds didn’t take long to find him. We have the feeder filled but it is still too hot to put outside so they will have to wait until tomorrow morning.

I only have a few stitches left in a cross stitch project so I’ll work on that before bed. There is a cool breeze coming through tonight. So far it seems we made the right choice to be here.

Monday, June 21, 2021

We didn’t leave Texada until the five o’clock ferry and it was a good way to end our visit this time. I had all day to get my cleaning done and I interspersed the cleaning with some cross stitching. If we leave on the noon ferry we tend to putter around until it is time to go and the day is pretty much a write-off.

But now that I’m home I’m not sure where to start on catching up. My car started but I have the charger on it now. I need the car tomorrow morning so I wanted to be sure it had enough juice left for another day.

I didn’t have time to unpack my bags from the Guild meeting last Thursday so I still have those bags sitting on the floor. The bin that I brought back from Texada needs to be unpacked and, of course, I still have all the mess in my studio that I created when I was getting ready to go. While I was away I flagged a few messages and I’ll deal with some of them tonight. I need to get the Hall accounting to the accountant; I send what they ask for and then the back and forth for more information starts. I have photos to load on the Guild blog from our party last week and, if we are going to head out again mid-week, I’ll need to do some planning and repacking.

If in doubt as to what to do first – write a journal!

Sunday, June 20, 2021

I’m enjoying seeing lots of photos of fathers on Facebook today. When I think of father figures in my life most of them are gone as well as many of the fathers of my own generation. I think of Dad almost every day as I go about my business – things he would enjoy seeing or doing or things that I can almost hear him make a comment about. Pat heard from all the girls today; we had calls from two of them while we were out at the Farmer’s Market so the reception was so much better than it would have been had we been home.

I finished the last of my sewing projects today. When I was packing I didn’t really expect I’d get everything done. I added a lot of little pieces to various leader and ender projects too. I’ll put my sewing away now and concentrate on the cross stitch projects.

We’re going out for supper tonight at the small cafe on the island; they are serving a turkey dinner for Father’s Day. It is a hot one today but I may see if I can find a bit of shade and do a little reading.

Saturday, June 19, 2021

I started my day out on the deck watching the action around the hummingbird feeder. It was quite a steady stream of visitors all the time I was out there. When I took a morning coffee break, again out on the deck, the fight was on for space at the feeder. Two birds at a time is usually fine but often when you add a third one in the fights begin in earnest. There is one (or maybe more) aggressive one and s/he doesn’t like anyone else to be in the area. Occasionally a fourth one will sneak in from the back but the peace doesn’t last long. At times there were six or seven waiting, not very patiently, for a turn.

And a note to myself – don’t wear a pink shirt outside in hummingbird season. I got very close and personal with a few birds when I was outside.

As well as watching the birds I’ve done more sewing. I’ll switch now to a cross stitch project; I’m a couple of weeks behind on the stitch along.