https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/scattered-shots daily 0.75 2020-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963250018-25RSQXJE8DTACIK8JB9E/img_0064.jpg scattered shots - Green Lake This Lake is just across the highway from where we live. We have to look at it from various vantage points when we travel to and from the villiage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963250018-25RSQXJE8DTACIK8JB9E/img_0064.jpg scattered shots - Green Lake This Lake is just across the highway from where we live. We have to look at it from various vantage points when we travel to and from the villiage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243119-ZCWGT1ET4GLLSPA6H9BI/img_0029.jpg scattered shots - Nairn Falls The falls are located just north of where we live. They are on the river that empties Green Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243419-J8NVXX2YYYQVEQAUCDFI/img_0030.jpg scattered shots - img_0030.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243621-KG2W8KTP9MDEIK12LXSG/img_0031.jpg scattered shots - img_0031.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243520-YDYY63HT9E3V9D3YV9QM/img_0032.jpg scattered shots - img_0032.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243319-EGP1DZKUU0JIBKRYGDFU/img_0033.jpg scattered shots - img_0033.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243219-2QR9DYOK53UKTUJYY1L7/img_0034.jpg scattered shots - img_0034.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963249618-XGOV4C1MHHA0S51YKUSA/img_0035.jpg scattered shots - img_0035.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963249519-FWDXSSUDTBH1VBX56N92/img_0036.jpg scattered shots - img_0036.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963245119-9F1LC2VUOTBIR44TS48I/img_0044.jpg scattered shots - The view from our kitchen window We have to look at this mountain while preparing meals and doing dishes. It takes us a bit longer some days than others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963249919-P0LT4J9KTKGFKT8J209V/img_0057.jpg scattered shots - img_0057.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963250156-QEZHY7TIH5ANRLR3ST3R/img_0058.jpg scattered shots - img_0058.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963249719-EDC6MWM75KE5FA8LP5WG/img_0071.jpg scattered shots - img_0071.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963250219-7IR0Q09ZSO65Q7K7QSWG/img_0074.jpg scattered shots - Glass etchings Mother Nature created these etchings on the underside of the glass that covers my deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252019-6L7HW94MWNTVXABN9YJ8/img_0076.jpg scattered shots - img_0076.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963251919-1YT6OIQAYIJWKFABAQWV/img_0095.jpg scattered shots - The creek This is a winter view of the creek from the bridge we cross when we walk to the market in the summer time. In the winter skiers have to cross this creek to get from one part of the village to the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963247319-EB9ZR45KUCBHYGM5CRNG/img_0212.jpg scattered shots - The creek The summer view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252219-DUS16R94F9MT3W7FJEMB/img_0118.jpg scattered shots - The River of Golden Dreams If you enlarge the picture again you can see more clearly the duck in the center of the picture, in the middle of the river, in the middle of the winter. Dumb duck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252118-KF1OMPN6VHIN59TGD4I2/img_0128.jpg scattered shots - River of Golden Dreams This time, no duck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963247218-8G5WNKG8QHQBR1SIUN6M/img_0213.jpg scattered shots - Wildflowers 1 of 3 We had to look at these flowers for several weeks every time we travelled to and from the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963247519-MATYKPOYDGW862E6ZN6D/img_0214.jpg scattered shots - Wildflowers 2 of 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963247418-4NNCGKFMMO17PAE8ZSLB/img_0215.jpg scattered shots - Wildflowers 3 of 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963248029-2CN3I10QROTYJN1ANPLB/img_0240.jpg scattered shots - Foxgloves These are at the entrance to the road that services the cabins on the lake that is across the highway from where we live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963249419-D0PNEQ3BMDTN5JU774IW/img_0242.jpg scattered shots - Fox gloves This is the kind of display you would wish was in your garden. Alas it is in a patch of gravel beside a road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963248121-N9Q37M0SMIUBPHCEL96V/img_0244.jpg scattered shots - Roses This picture was taken from a bench beside the man-made stream that flows through our village. The glacial water is diverted from the creek that separates the two parts of the village. Mom and I sat here for quite awhile one sunny afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963248029-XVI0P4H2FFNMPKKGNBYL/img_0252.jpg scattered shots - Wildflowers We have to look at these flowers for several weeks each time we go out our side door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963248029-PKNUGRUZZ08FAH46MA6H/img_0253.jpg scattered shots - img_0253.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963249818-LQO6S7XXGJDQ1JDT2HS1/img_0317.jpg scattered shots - Crow Probably a he, shared popcorn with Mom and me. He never got close enough to share our love seat beside the creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963250318-ZCIBYJHI51DP3IOPMWXN/img_0318.jpg scattered shots - Black-Eyed Susans I think. I would know for sure if they were in my garden. They are in the garden of a neighbour just up the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243720-2VFKWHC6HXKCT9RPLETQ/img_0005.jpg scattered shots - Aunts and Uncles Mom was one of 11. Two sisters have died. These are her siblings who remain in the summer of 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963245219-BCHW9OQBU7E04X181XFW/img_0345.jpg scattered shots - Lost Lake 1 of 3 Shots taken during a Sunday walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963245419-KGO5TPK55O7QVB5Y7L5V/img_0346.jpg scattered shots - Lost Lake 2 of 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963245319-5I3ZO5JUTPG77XV86KEW/img_0347.jpg scattered shots - Lost Lake 3 of 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963245019-ZO5858A3089U7AGB9FPM/img_0356.jpg scattered shots - Clouds There is a "silver" mountain somewhere in these clouds. The picture was taken on our walk to the post box where we pick up our mail. Picture 33 is the same shot without the clouds at a slightly wider angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963247619-6BQGQSKULB63CRV3GKQP/img_0364.jpg scattered shots - Lake view We saw this lake view on our walk to the post boxes one day in the late fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963247719-Z37OWLFX4M8E3PL7UWPV/img_0365.jpg scattered shots - Mountain view We saw this view from the post boxes just after we saw the previous lake view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963245719-5L1VVGX4IV036U4XQQ65/img_0001_2.jpg scattered shots - Snowbank We see this bank each time we leave our house. 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remembering Puss (-2004) 4 of 8 she maintained my tools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963240820-27R398LKVSJMNOER6EZQ/scanned+photos+030_1_1.jpg catsnaps - remembering Puss (-2004) 5 of 8 she cleaned the bathtub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238520-543EQ7Y6ACP0QPD10O62/scanned+photos+031_1_1.jpg catsnaps - remembering Puss (-2004) 6 of 8 she dusted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-7X1VQAHOH595AVW9G6TX/cimg_0001.jpg catsnaps - remembering Puss (-2004) 1 of 8 I'd been alone for 16 years when Puss 'flew' into my life. I didn't want a cat but after she arrived I remember not being specific when I thought I said to myself a few days earlier, "God I need some company". We had a few laughs over the years when wondering about the circumstances of her arrival. She came to my door. I called her Puss because she'd probably been called Puss and giving her a proper name would have made her mine. I tried for a week to give her away then spent 8 years loving her. She was an angel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238620-V3XU160G3K758NTCIN17/scanned+photos+038_1_1.jpg catsnaps - remembering Puss (-2004) 7 of 8 she entertained me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238720-0PZL4IB0VFTLF7INB08S/scanned+photos+034_1_1.jpg catsnaps - remembering Puss (-2004) 8 of 8 She taught me how to take life easy; and in eight years she never once asked me to take her out. At the end the vet suggested we "put her down". I resisted for a week or so but finally decided to take her in Saturday December 18 2004. On Friday afternoon I carried her upstairs to have our last of countless naps together. When we awoke I carried her downstairs and placed her on a pad on the heated floor. Mercifully sometime during the next 2 hours Puss died. I cried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-HDNAAB71EXYDQD9YRNE5/img_0116.jpg catsnaps - Lady Zola and Lord Nelson I bought them at the local shelter October 2007. At that time Nelson was a 3 year old been there done that cat. Zola was an 18 month never been anywhere done anything cat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238319-PHN6OTGS9E3OUWZ633CB/img_0066.jpg catsnaps - Zola exploring the washing machine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236819-Z3JM3G0H5A10TY5G2YMC/img_0062.jpg catsnaps - Nelson He will lie anywhere but he prefers laps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963241020-8M8EYAK6H28O259C3RTS/img_0001.jpg catsnaps - purrfect pair. especially if it is Mom's lap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236119-5464GBO4YD1YBIZAEC88/img_0085.jpg catsnaps - the mouser Nelson hunts the mouse while Mom plays solitaire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238421-93S9KM0WXNLT1AEUI0J5/img_0059.jpg catsnaps - purreference No lumpy laps for Lady Zola. She prefers the royal cushion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238220-VH9L9FJ492EMAOM8UZO9/img_0082.jpg catsnaps - purreference too or the back of the king's chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236920-TXSBRN9MZAOPHKS8S3NH/img_0061.jpg catsnaps - Zola climing the rubber plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236219-VERLWZGXDQ1RYDM2NXSQ/img_0002.jpg catsnaps - table scraps friendly jousting at the dinner table https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963235919-UCU9YVMG4YRK8YHD4DX3/img_0115.jpg catsnaps - helpers They thought the plastic sheet should be on the floor where they could play with it rather than on the mattress to protect it from drywall dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236719-L000LMA1Z3F03K0MEBS2/img_0133.jpg catsnaps - the writer If there is something worth reading on these pages, Nelson probably wrote it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236420-SH9JRYD07I5ERS0LGHK9/img_0134.jpg catsnaps - the writer blocked He knows the frustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236020-MHXKFLSEIIRNM0LSGSPU/img_0086.jpg catsnaps - copy cat Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963236320-XFTS1UJNYJDKJYB09I33/img_0147.jpg catsnaps - Zola The beautiful delicate 'flower' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238819-3EPCC3ZOXN77IA1J4H4D/img_0294.jpg catsnaps - where's my suitcase? What suitcase? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963238920-BMPYLYRLA43AVN2UCR8I/img_0288.jpg catsnaps - keeping up on the news Lord Nelson reading over my sister Suzanne's shoulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963239120-Q71QKJ24GQNW7EQIRE2T/img_w0002.jpg catsnaps - helper Can I help turn the mattress? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963239020-9S1DGSOXAXQLH86UH145/img_w0003.jpg catsnaps - helping "OK; I've got it." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963240520-OD223OUEHYYILI3R41N1/img_w0004.jpg catsnaps - helper? I need a break! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963241119-M32H291G21NCOCSQK6SN/img_w0005.jpg catsnaps - helper again I've got it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963235820-8RM88CQV4CKS7X7PTQQN/img_0407.jpg catsnaps - Hope Seventeen months ago I bought two cats from the animal shelter for $140.00 each. Lord Nelson, the big male is a Velcro cat. Lady Zola the pretty female was a +pole cat, sadly the same pole as me. For almost 17 months approaching her has been like trying to put the same + poles of 2 magnets together. When I'd get within 3 feet of her she'd make a cooing sound then buck like a horse an trot away. I was thinking I had wasted my money for what good is a cat that doesn't want to curl up in your lap once in awhile. Recently however, Zola discovered she loves to get brushed. Now if she is awake when I head down stairs she races past me and sits by her brush. I usually accommodate her. She has even begun to jump onto my lap on occasion, when Nelson isn't there. Zola is just like a woman I know. I have been waiting for her to let me get close for 17 years. Perhaps there is hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-JAJ40HV1IXVJIIA1YMW1/img_0359.jpg catsnaps - Lord Nelson A hot air register is the next best thing to a warm lap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-UMV0UOP92TV7DWU3FF71/img_0417tt.jpg catsnaps - Lady Zola It doesn't look like it here but I really am a lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-7DNV1D7MMHOSVFORC28H/img_0331.jpg catsnaps - Lady Zola She does windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595368544485-FGCEO63TMHMFPCSQH1GJ/IMG_0044.jpeg catsnaps Lord Nelson is one helpful cat. 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Isn't that just like life? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963243019-U5WKA7HAKQZU3LD362P9/IMG_0896-sm.jpg+hummingbirds welcome guests - IMG_0896-sm.jpg hummingbirds https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/paying-projects daily 0.75 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963276219-PXEI9IFMVIB864QPZ9RY/workimg_0002.jpg paying projects - Kitchen cupboard doors Vertical grain fir plywood doors were fitted onto existing cabinets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963276219-PXEI9IFMVIB864QPZ9RY/workimg_0002.jpg paying projects - Kitchen cupboard doors Vertical grain fir plywood doors were fitted onto existing cabinets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963277720-CANGZTGE7VX972C4AFBC/workimg_0007.jpg paying projects - Free style log railing 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963277820-GLY4AWBD0S30MNAYA4HC/workimg_0003.jpg paying projects - Free style log railing 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275919-HJINT43OI4JJFG3QGQY8/workimg_0001.jpg paying projects - Free style log headboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963278520-7J81NZPFHBWAUU2JMA9N/workimg_0001_2.jpg paying projects - Stand for Chinese vase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280019-2KO27C6TL2EJA7LIGB2X/workimg_0011.jpg paying projects - Glued up ring for previous stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275818-1F0FHT7Q6JKOFG5DRKPT/workimg_0001_1.jpg paying projects - Log trimmed mirror My pleased friend is reflected in the mirror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963276119-KEB8E1ILF1208WZAS628/workimg_0004.jpg paying projects - Pantry The perpendicular shelving unit closes against the fixed unit in the back of the pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963278019-816H9FVHMX2A9T03XYAH/workimg_0005.jpg paying projects - Entertainment unit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963277921-LGN3D3PQWHHLRKUKLL58/workimg_0006.jpg paying projects - Wine glass shelving unit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963277620-DRZTO75B750J6HPU9VSQ/workimg_0008.jpg paying projects - Free style log railing 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963278119-8QHCXKZZ2TGTQM1EWTD2/workimg_0012.jpg paying projects - Curved railing (before) Eight or ten 1/4 inch strips were glued and clamped with bolts to a form fastened to the stairwell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963278419-BRO9B5UQTY0NW04S2024/workimg_0009.jpg paying projects - Railing and stairwell (after) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963278321-35EV1WDTS2SBVGX6PYRA/workimg_0013.jpg paying projects - More traditional headboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963278219-MA0QQ6HTRTAVDO36KWF3/workimg_0015.jpg paying projects - More traditional footboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280219-RD94L1BQU1TD7TF7TYBU/workimg_0010.jpg paying projects - Coffee table The top is a slab of Redwood and base is made of yellow cedar logs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275719-6K2S2GRNSZHWE23ATN6X/workimg_0016.jpg paying projects - Shelving unit 1 It is made up of base modules, upper modules and a corner unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963276019-1T0LW0T2HD9AQTBWVLY1/workimg_0014.jpg paying projects - Shelving unit 2 Close up of modules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275518-T96JU21OC0VCWLQI9P8S/workimg_0018.jpg paying projects - Kitchen island The base is made of solid vertical grain fir. The top is plastic laminate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273622-31XMJX4LMNM7JMN88DYJ/100_9260.jpg paying projects - Beam cover 1 This 16' long cover makes a built up beam look like a solid fir beam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273519-DYZGW0C5SWM111HFC1QK/100_9262.jpg paying projects - Beam cover 2 Beam installed and stained. There is a second one in the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275619-VUVCPSLKTU010A4AHNFN/100_9261.jpg paying projects - Laminated trim for arched window I made a form, cut 3/4 inch stock into about 10 1/4 inch thick pieces, glued them 2 at a time and clamped them to the form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275419-HBYFQR7AUI48ML197BMF/workimg_0019.jpg paying projects - Coffee table The inset granite is an offcut of the granite that trims the fireplace in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963275319-6TEO956BI12YSGJE2Z3K/workimg_0017.jpg paying projects - Ski boot fitting benchs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280320-5HI9W6S5EQN0NX8GQSIM/100_9280.jpg paying projects - Ski/snowboard wax bench with the extension down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280119-S4OUY03YVN0HWHBSYUUQ/100_9279.jpg paying projects - Ski/snowboard wax bench with the extension up https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/bathroom daily 0.75 2020-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963281019-QEU1VZMAZQ37B5ZTTHD0/100_9236.JPG bathroom - During 1 I removed all the drywall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963281119-NZ9080JP4NV5BC4BA3C6/100_9238.JPG bathroom - During 2 The one and one half styrofoam insulation is in addition to five and one half inches of insulation in the wall. The black is the water proof membrane for the shower/bath. The outside curb is barely visible in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963282820-1TJS6L268DYMLO1PA1JK/100_9251.JPG bathroom - During 3 Cement board and drywall were installed on insulated walls. Outside curb is visible in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283419-Q70HO8HFUQQ87R89F6KQ/100_9254.JPG bathroom - During 4 The tile was installed by an expert; anybody can paint so I did that. Note the serendipity seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283524-HI7NINEQED6CWWYH39J4/100_9266.jpg bathroom - During 5 The shower enclosure was installed by experts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280520-S416ZIN06S1L2AO0HTZG/100_9287.jpg bathroom - Custom maple towel rack I made the towel rack. I am an expert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280720-9IN9UOHA5DHZCKHAZ8IA/100_9288.jpg bathroom - Custom maple toilet paper holder I made the toilet paper holder. I am an expert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283320-Y2PJZCYC0O6IHL8FXB6Q/100_9304.jpg bathroom - Vanity pieces The pieces on the bench are made of mdf with a 1" maple edge and a plastic laminate covering. In the background are the pieces of the shaker panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283019-5EB5CTZGOHKVAHLND9R5/100_9309.jpg bathroom - The vanity What can I say? It is ready to installl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280420-RD3JZWYQ2S35OYVSIMFZ/IMG_0041.JPG bathroom - Final inspection 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963280919-ZY90SBTSH6D78RMM4Y6A/IMG_0040.JPG bathroom - Final inspection 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283219-Q3DZDFEOS3VC648HJUK5/img_0307.jpg bathroom - finishing touch After thinking about how to protect the window from shower water for the entire length of the project I finally dicided to install small glass doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963282919-ZV4IDB5L6U8E82HSRCQZ/100_9235.JPG bathroom - Before 26 year old bathroom https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/remembering-mom-12281915-07272010 daily 0.75 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258518-LEL8OBATTAW9KELXB60L/100_9289.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - River of Golden Dreams 03/06 again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258518-LEL8OBATTAW9KELXB60L/100_9289.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - River of Golden Dreams 03/06 again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963256018-UHFDT2V8337RVDUZ9N8B/100_9270.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - River of Golden Dreams 01/06 This view of the River of Golden Dreams is one of the most beautiful water scenes in the valley. The picture is that much more beautiful with the presence of Mom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261619-5QI5IPIRBZ3QDXPSY97H/100_9172.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Cleaning pails I got 20 paint pails to haul bark mulch from the source to our garden. Mom cleaned the dried paint out of them alone only as long as it took for me to snap this picture. Honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261821-AQC6F9ZBXGRDG8YEPH7X/100_9205.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - The grim sweeper Mom starts sweeping inside then goes out the front door, down the steps and finally sweeps the entire driveway. We have the cleanest driveway in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270119-I7G5AMLJJKDGVU2H8YQ5/img_0153.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Portrait of inspiration taken 03.13.07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264122-CPW6CVPFRAMSCC1S77AB/100_9175.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Filling pails Mom filled the pails alone only as long as it took for me to snap this picture. Honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963263720-RUH24DFWICIIYEQA1SMN/100_9181.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Lupines Lupines grow at dozens of locations along the highway. These are at the entrance to the source of the bark mulch. Each time we pass a patch Mom admires their beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267420-UVSFVAHOB0I7QRRN2AGZ/img_wb0001.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - A rare rest I offer her a 5 minute break every hour but Mom seldom takes a break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258119-0ZON2ALKR6NZGDF3YUVB/100_9211.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Sanding the railing I offered Mom the power sander but she doesn't like to wear the ear protection and dust mask. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255918-57RZXPXY8B7A8H41DV8T/100_9220.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berries picked There are about 12 lbs. of strawberries here. Mom loves to pick berries. She did not pick them alone. Honest. A couple months later we picked raspberries. We picked blueberries and peaches at the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258220-22L1AOFXEP5II648YO6Q/100_9221.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Wildflowers These flowers grow about 50' from our backdoor. Too bad we have to go so far to enjoy them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270621-ZTQ6LGZN0VT2TNKT2BQY/100_9226.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Cutting grass The patch of grass is about 250 sq. ft. It is as thin as my hair but Mom enjoys cutting and raking it, the grass that is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270719-9AG1SRQ21K075BSS7XCU/100_9227.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Asiatic pot lily The supervisor takes a close look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270819-EE1AO5XS3QAUN5OMEGI9/100_9230.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Sifting gravel Mom and I removed, and cleaned all the debris from the gravel in our garden paths. She sifted gravel alone only as long as it took for me to snap this picture. Honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963272519-D7W2AT1W7GD6IDYBNL9P/100_9233.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Teeing off It is just at a practice facility but Mom enjoyed hitting the ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267219-1D4ZVRXGVHERJL613WWB/img_wb0002.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Nasturtiums The flowers weren't beautiful enough so I forced Mom to sit among them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261419-CRJEFC7OYE01LTZYCII4/100_9239.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Our lady of the mountains This sign is at the entrance to Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church located where we begin our walk through the woods to the lake. I think it suits Mom perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261520-V8HMTZVJ4PD4C62ICVNF/100_9240.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Fall flames Mom competing with the fall colors and winning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267320-ISD3ZKO32HXINV6CHWWF/100_9242.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Our Japanese maple The Japanese maple is a deep burgundy color throughout the year. It becomes more beautiful in the fall when it puts on its crimson coat. Mom can put her coat on any time of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267620-SABEYC2QASIBY6CIWC1I/img_wb0004.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Tennis We only use the front half of the court but Mom still gets full court pleasure out of hitting the ball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270419-YXUXRBH4792C3FEJYV9K/100_9255.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Christmas cactus Mom supervises the indoor garden as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270519-8FKCUJR1SGF5OL4D6T0N/100_9259.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Sweeping snow at 90 Whether it is summer or winter, dirt or snow, Mom loves to sweep. Most of the time though Mom shovels the snow; but not all of it. Honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270320-6UDUV3IM0LRLFKA18LZ2/100_9264.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Christmas flower The flower is a gift from my sister Sharon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255719-Q8WTKP5SF0UOX9Y2XWJI/100_9272.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - On the trail 1 It was a bit late on our first day of skiing but there is always time to look at a scene this beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255819-G1TQDSLZ1K04OMD2PYG0/100_9274.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Click and drag queen I introduced Mom to solitaire on the computer in the fall of 05. Now it is next to scrabble as a favorite brain game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261020-779CANOIA5S2JTXPPVAL/100_9278.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - On the trail 2 At this point we are half way around a 3k loop and also half way between Mom's falls. Click here to read about the falls. (to come back click "photo album" then "being mom".) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963270218-0N7S44L8OOVE0K0ESGH1/100_9286.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Dog sitting The dog is my brother Don's Lakeland terrier Brisko. He is always a welcome guest. If he comes before Mom is up he heads right for her bed, jumps up and stays there until she awakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258619-5HSMMRPPAVRG5111V47K/100_9291.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Resting before return walk We park the van at the beginning of the trail, walk 1.3k through the woods to Rainbow Park where we sit for a bit before the return trip. If you are going to rest, can you think of a more beautiful setting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258319-LVQ7DC29GYQ822JCOZAU/100_9292.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Rushing spring There is still lots of snow around but even 100 sq ft of garden is enough to clean up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258419-UEXQTSWDHJQ05UX43J00/100_9295.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Cultivating the cactus This is the second flowering in a few months. Mom never tires of its beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963257819-3K5BJ60UZ6XRNJFRB7D8/100_9308.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Lumberjill Mom and I always have a nap after lunch. On this day when I got up from mine, I found Mom clipping the branches off the tree I had cut down. That doesn't happen all the time, honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963262019-I2R6JZESK8FMWPYJ7EN9/100_9322.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - The perfect match Mom loves to have her colors match. On more than one occasion before leaving the house I have had to go upstairs to exchange socks Mom noticed didn't match the rest of her outfit. I asked her to put on this hat and blouse so I could take her picture beside the current bush. She loved the matching colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963263819-DJQJG6UJ4PMP2K4MG3T4/100_9335.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Mom and her lupines Mom enjoys the beauty of the lupines growing by the side of the road so much I gathered some seeds and planted her own patch. These are second year plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963272921-AZJII6J4P1ZGGLQAVNMS/100_9343.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berry picking 1 Mom and have different picking techniques. She just bends at her waist and picks. I crawl along on my hands and knees because I am afraid if I bend over I may not be able to straighten up and I have to drive home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273019-BFOREO58EIL2Q1NNFD3X/100_9344.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berry picking 2 Mom stood up just so I could take this picture. She really is just a picking machine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963272620-5E0T0G6MOZ0MDB1IDJXP/100_9345.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berry picking 3 There are about 11 pounds of berries in the box. Mom picked most of them while I emptied her picking container and took pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261359-Y2JVTQE1M1KWS1F0051K/IMG_0065.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Memorial bench Across the highway from where we live there is a lake with homes along its shore. Mom and I often walk along the road that services these homes. Due to the shape of the lake the road ends and begins again about 100 meters further on. The two ends of the road are connected by a lovely path through the woods. At the beginning of the path there is a memorial bench that we often sit on to enjoy the view. It inspired a poem I called "Mother's Bench". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963261219-8GZ1ZNLTUFX5H0F5SLE2/IMG_0056.JPG remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - The market (10.08.06) Every Sunday throughout the summer there is farmer's market in town. We went most Sundays mostly just to enjoy an outing together. This picture was taken on Thanksgiving Sunday, the last market for the year. The experience inspired my poem, "Market Memory". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258818-K38SB209BD9GCTO94BGI/img_0094.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Mom's silhuotte We are on the bridge we have to walk across when we go to the market each Sunday during the summer. This day we are heading to a restaurant where Mom treated me to lunch so she could have a break from doing the dishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267519-BNLXVVHWZWIX34JEU1OQ/img_0117.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - The River of Golden Dreams 01.20.07 I make no apologies for a third picture of Mom gazing at The River of Golden Dreams on one of our many walks along the valley trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267820-FR9KFN3WSNSFLHWW017F/img_0142.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Riding Mom never quits; but sadly, like all of us, she hasn't figured out how to pedal backwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963269819-H10SHC4LPOWYRMAW7KI0/img_s0002.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Spring? cleanup 03.19.07 When there is debris to clean up it never too early. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264819-7A0ADMTKAEUDECSZ0T5J/img_0168.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - More cleanup It was Mom's job to remove the stones from around the base of the maple tree, clean up the dead leaves and replace the stones. She had some difficulty on the sloping path but she managed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963266620-ZQWLJIF8Z704EEXL6ECJ/img_0169.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Break time Believe me this picture was not posed. I do give Mom the opportunity to take a break, once in a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963266719-LI7BF6RA6KJUEVGDWD90/img_0175.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Vacuuming This was my idea. Honest. Even Mom looked askance at me when I suggest vacuuming the hemlock cones off the gravel path but she did her usual thorough job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267019-52R4TC12VM9ZDRFSQAVZ/img_0176.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Wood cutter 05.17.07 Mom wanted to use one of my dull carpenter's saws but once she got used to the little pruning saw she worked like a beaver. She did it all by herself. Mom even tightened the wood in the vise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963267119-WWL4WVPH8ONJ9K77XK60/img_0186.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Worn out I had to get Mom a new broom. Mom would have kept using the old one until the bristles were gone. Then she would have used the handle and when she wore that out she would have kept sweeping with her hands. I think I bought the old broom when she came to stay with me in 2001 because I can't imagine I had any need for one before that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963269720-L5TCBPA93OV692J5H6Z8/img_0210.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Scrabble queen It is a conservative estimate that since beginning to live with me in 2001 Mom and I have played over 1600 games of scrabble. I think she has won about 1 in 5. Each time she reacts the same. First she laughs and slaps her leg. Then she says, "Incredible". Next she tries to console me with, "You can only play what you get." Occasionally she will ask me again who won. I would like to think she is putting me on but sadly, although she can remember how to spell and add up her score with the occasional help, she can't remember who won a few minutes after the game. If Mom does ask, I tell her again and she gets to enjoy the experience a second time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264219-A9FTDEDY3F33RGSUA88P/img_0232.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Summer do The barber got carried away. This is the shortest Mom's hair has ever been. Still she looked good as always. The summer of 07. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264725-8YRLO7U3MBVMSAZJ3NU7/img_0235.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Foreboding I thought I was going to title this picture "the last sweep". It was taken just after Mom suffered through an attack of shingles followed by a bladder infection. For the first time I had to help her down the steps to the driveway so she could sweep. Prior to her health problems she would have swept her way down the steps and swept the entire flat area of the driveway without stopping. This day she lasted about 5 minutes before she needed a rest. I thought I was going to lose her. Happily, as you can see Mom recovered most of her lost life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264620-TBC1NIWA5KXOIZLNR6JO/img_0241.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Favorite flower We were at the market. Mom is enjoying the activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264419-PNQAIE6CIKGB9I9OQVS6/img_0245.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berry picking '07 This might be the last time we pick berries. Mom picked a lot. After we picked our 12 pounds Mom said she would have picked more quickly but was slowed down because she had to hold on to the wire supporting the raspberry canes to keep from falling. She didn't notice that I cried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963254818-5XLBZOLSJTFMUVM70NIC/img_0246.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berry picking '07 The scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252719-MWQZJWZZ9134BQ247WBW/img_0247.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Berry picking '07 Mom and the berries we picked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264319-GPUD4JWJUQM2YOMF4DXG/img_0001.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Cutting the grass One more time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963264520-64S193NUPJ7YS3LMS2F8/img_0258.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Cleaning gravel I dumped it into the wheelbarrow full of water. The depris floats to the surface. Mom removed the debris with a kitchen sieve. I shoveled the clean gravel into buckets. It is a bit like moving a pile of sand from one spot to another but we did it together. This year Mom was a reluctant helper. She agreed to help only if I provided a chair with two cushions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963254918-TOYAPWBHWUF3IGVO4C4G/img_0261.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Mom and sister Suzanne Suzanne came to visit. We packed a picnic lunch and set out to pick berries. We ate lunch on a bench of straw bales under a canopy. The three of us then picked strawberries. Afterward Mom returned to the shade of the canopy while S. and I picked blueberries. It was a successful outing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252819-8YAACWYXCUZVTCJ6F9YK/img_0278.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Happy sweeper. Mom uses a broom to sweep up the tiny male fir cones. It helps to be happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252420-V06ZRJBZY4D4GHBBTJ0B/img_0293.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Mom, sisters Suzanne and Sharon. Suzanne travelled from Vancouver, Sharon from Ontario to spend Labor Day weekend with Mom and Me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963260718-R38RE5OQV0LGKVM8MAMY/img_0045.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Resting place About half way from the parking lot, next to the bridge we cross to get to the market there is a lovely little park where we often take a break in our walk. Behind the grass are the love seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963260619-DW9JYC3CO342ZDIVXZFC/img_0314.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Love seats This day at the market Mom and I bought a bag of popcorn then returned to the park and the love seats where we relaxed in the sun, listened to the river rush by and ate our popcorn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963258719-QDXI2OUXCH332Q9SZI4M/img_0047.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Sun and Mom Between the path we walk on back to the parking lot and a road there is a strip of woods. On this day the filtered sun and Mom looked particularly beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255419-DKW4ATYD3PMWU8RU7VFK/img_0352.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Fall clean up Mom's moto is, what we do in the fall we don't have to do in the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255619-8LHW9X9VA5AKDSUZQ0N3/img_0363.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Winter clean up There wasn't enough snow to shovel; just enough to sweep. After Mom made a pile I shoveled it from the driveway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255518-2LQW37AAM9PGLV6U9AHB/img_0372.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Shoveling snow There was enough snow to shovel this day. Even though it was only the 22nd of December 07 I gave Mom the shovel I bought her for Christmas. It is 6 days before her 92nd birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252619-3RFKB8LEH5SXZWJ223ZB/img_0390.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Happy 92nd birthday Mom We shared the mini Blackforest cake, her favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252319-NF2L9K60L3WX3GWDXFUF/img_0393.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Mom's snow job When it snows Mom considers it her job to remove the snow from the deck. In previous years she thought it was her job to clear the snow from the steps leading down to the driveway but she is now uncomfortable working on uneven surfaces. When she finishes the deck Mom usually helps me clean up the driveway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963252918-OZIB9BBQTY26IPSY0LWW/img_0419.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Really good hair day I took this picture after a regular home made wash and dry. I asked Mom to change her blouse because it matches the cactus on the shelf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963255320-7DUYD4PZX17EN4LPKTBQ/img_0429.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Spring clean up 08 Just to do get out of the house and do something besides walking we got a start on spring clean up. We raked and swept tree debris from the snow onto the driveway then shoveled it into the garbage pail. We didn't finish that day but as Mom says, "It was a start." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963257719-20T4K8JFSILDZFS16K4Q/img_0437.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - Soaking up the new year sun. Most weeks we have a pizza day. When the weather is good for sitting in the sun we park in one part of the village, walk to another part where we have our pizza then we walk to the base of the mountain, buy a cup of ice cream and sit in the sun until our bums get sore. Then we walk back to our van, drive home and I have a nap. It is always a good day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273123-W1CMUCN7MALWJKVW1AOE/img_0729.jpg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 - img_0729.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595267977553-3Z484M4XSM7Y3IGQPAWL/IMG_0893.jpeg remembering mom 12/28/1915-07/27/2010 The last photo I took of Mom https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/being-me daily 0.75 2023-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627314598301-8943UU9ABIGIPZ3OYJW5/IMG_0088.jpeg being me - Fall Ride 1 On one of the hundreds of trails around my mountain home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627314598301-8943UU9ABIGIPZ3OYJW5/IMG_0088.jpeg being me - Fall Ride 1 On one of the hundreds of trails around my mountain home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1626799221045-T6G18EU0JO8PAK3U3X8I/IMG_0090.jpeg being me - Fall Ride 2 Same trail, another location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1622906578045-P5WMJMH52LAIVJJWX2DY/IMG_0056.jpeg being me - Storing wood: fall 2020 1.5 cords. My snowblower/wood mover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1622906582238-T6A430ZHPLOAN8IRINQT/IMG_0057.jpeg being me - Road up to the wood shed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1622906588502-OTOHEAAPC1GK26WHBDRC/IMG_0063.jpeg being me - Snowblower loaded with wood pulling me up the ramp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1622906585992-TJUVAZZQ1N3E1N9ZQTT1/IMG_0061.jpeg being me - Slide to move containers of wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312172974-51CTL966CPBS2OC2R5AL/IMG_0067.jpeg being me - Nectarines and Prune plums preparing to freeze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312196389-0XJON6AT6SI8476P6LXR/IMG_0049.jpeg being me - Slicing Peach Wedges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627167806353-LQVMOGCGKEQ5WJ37E45B/IMG_0050.jpeg being me - Peach Wedges Laid out on freezing trays. Pre-freezing the wedges before bagging eliminates the sticky mess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312163156-7S3AXIRB1WGH0UOQU2EM/IMG_0037.jpeg being me - Delicate Raspberries I place them on screens, spray them with water to wash off any dust, dry them with a gentle blast of compressed air, pre-freeze them, then bag them without mushing them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627313395694-JG1MGAKJC64XLFB7IDHS/IMG_0038.jpeg being me - Pre-freezing raspberries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312158472-NBM66QX078XEZYJOXUZP/IMG_0052.jpeg being me - My Ideal Bread I ate a lot of loaves that looked like bricks until I stumbled upon a recipe that yields a loaf with roughly the same amounts of carbohydrate and protein. It is the perfect fit for my “Ideal Diet”, part of “Nature’s Nutritional Ideal”, noted in the sidebar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312168089-0EOR7TH80I6RXEXW2LXF/IMG_0054.jpeg being me - Ideal Bread Slicer for Ideal Bread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627747447567-2E20P1344DNEEG0X3QAE/IMG_0260.jpeg being me - Stirring Seitan Seitan is my meat substitute. Lord Nelson is waiting to lick out the pot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312191732-1KL4GZHKHRJVT0SMQOX7/IMG_0082.jpeg being me - My sprout garden A blend of broccoli, broccoli raab, radish, mustard & arugula. Sprouts have many times more nutrients than the full grown vegetables. Look it up. The batch on the left is ready to eat. Six days from seed to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312181632-7T3LZTCFIKHHN4GCOORF/IMG_0183.jpeg being me - Winter Ride The roads to the lake were bare and dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312186619-7K1NR05LF1UXHF8UYEHK/IMG_0141.jpeg being me - Winter Ride End I did have to push my bike up the driveway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312201294-77FB67MZA7MX3R1ILTPB/IMG_0045.jpeg being me - House Work Vacuuming Lord Nelson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312933399-BC0BGLKZGF3N0Z87KV2F/IMG_0199.jpeg being me - Me and my Railing Post There are many more photos of my just my railing in the railing gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627312939172-VH0RN902FWUI1DFNVWQX/IMG_0088.jpeg being me - Fall Ride On the Lost Lake trails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1627747260626-YZ1KJNIZ6SK404TJ0FJR/IMG_0220.jpeg being me - Lord Nelson Having a look at life from my point of view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273319-H1GXZY317JGNK402LOI6/100_9282.jpg being me - The chef, circa 2005 Or is that the "chief"? Mom calls me both, often at the same time. She used to call me Bob and Don a lot too. She never called me Sue or Sharon though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273420-FJRDSZ720S5CTHF9NT91/photo_2005_7_21_15_13_50.jpg being me - Easy rider 1972 In the fall of '72 I rode from Oshawa Ontario to Panama, flew without my bike to Cochabamba Bolivia and stayed with my sister Suzanne & Bob for two months. I rode from Panama to Key West Fla., to L.A. Cal., to Vancouver B.C., to Red Deer Al., and stayed for a month with Betty and my brother Bob who took this picture. In the spring of '73 I rode from Red Deer to Oshawa, sold my bike within a week and haven't been on one since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963273220-HXQFYCE0I4A56JZMEQ49/img_0196.jpg being me - Me the stone mason, circa 2006 I am working on the only kind of walls that we should build. https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/railing daily 0.75 2020-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-IO5YDKURSG9B1ALCXUSK/100_9166.JPG railing - Step 1 I began by fitting the two end posts and fastening them in place temporarily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-IO5YDKURSG9B1ALCXUSK/100_9166.JPG railing - Step 1 I began by fitting the two end posts and fastening them in place temporarily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-9AAP4O0P2UWPGRQPVIRZ/100_9171.JPG railing - Step 2 I removed the posts and fastened them in a frame the exact size as the stairwell. The top rail is on the table ready to clean and fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-20PS5UQDH40Y0UA2OSUI/100_9173.JPG railing - Step 3 The fitting has begun. I positioned the rail over the posts and traced the shapes of the post tops on the rail. A bit at a time I removed material with a drill and chisel to create a socket for the post tops. The process required several tracings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-Z9462KCRYYUG29LIVCX3/100_9211.JPG railing - Step 4 After the fitting was complete my apprentice and I ground and sanded the rail smooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963234526-IM42G7KASAC1E60ZWNC6/100_9225.JPG railing - Step 5 I lagged the finished posts in place permanantly and secured the top rail to the posts. The next step is to fill in the spaces. That can wait until I renovate Mom's bathroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595121340757-D07CAKRAYSE3112887WI/84813D61-A975-42B5-8ACF-96A29007CB61_1_105_c.jpeg railing - Lower rail Lower railing shaped to fit far post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595110723438-6OGYWEI74KG8NSVO6YTC/F927E6AB-DF8A-410D-A27B-7D6E5B88BE99_1_105_c.jpeg railing Good fit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595110774907-2K0HSDM0K6WN2KFTN39U/168992BD-AC47-460B-AAC8-01D0D75C86F1_1_105_c.jpeg railing Good fit on the other side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595110827553-37O5LKNPKVIVYSTE90N6/AFC4E1EF-8B46-4FCF-86FA-D9E4BE15173A_1_105_c.jpeg railing Good fit at the opposite end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595110873494-6R6ZLZI9NDM1X679491E/C8BAA2E9-C015-4321-9A18-A8457ECE83C9_1_105_c.jpeg railing Most rails don’t come out of the woods ready to fit. The top and bottom rails were exceptions. This one I had to split along the curve with a bandsaw, squeeze construction adhesive into the kerf and clamp it as straight as I could. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595119958718-HGZ0NSUQMEXD4OI5L2GN/B53A9696-7E64-4620-9F36-0453F38AF3B2_1_105_c.jpeg railing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595110913522-KWFSM7JA1JTPFEBN0NGZ/63042D00-90F6-4E32-AF5F-0CB1C08D8DE0_1_105_c.jpeg railing This is just a dust collector for my Shopvac so could work on the railing in position and not in my shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595110948430-GX4CM40N7GKT8V2Z1N88/5BF6B5B5-637F-4884-9E66-9E5F2174A10B_1_105_c.jpeg railing Another rail to straighten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595112060886-FO1ARSOGMP0JCDMZ0H3I/EBA62C53-E50B-41A8-BF4A-1C250017E89C_1_105_c.jpeg railing And even another rail to straighten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595111737387-KGB6CLFNONFLRTCKD960/4DE99A06-0857-4C8E-B51B-0F97357FA714_1_105_c.jpeg railing Starting to fit the bottom sloping rail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595111810021-9H3Z2Y9V7XZTQA76QA94/0D5A8D2C-0232-4005-B67B-42BFE33F338B_1_105_c.jpeg railing Setting up to fit the upper sloping rail to the bottom post and the bottom horizontal rail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595112102401-1PC9Q3EX5P8090ELNV1K/4C8E658B-BEB8-4252-A7AC-01F0021332AE_1_105_c.jpeg railing Applying 2 coats of clear finish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595120016714-XL0JLPQ5XC6JPTZO1CFB/0713FCF1-9E9A-437C-8083-DD6A9F0446A5_1_105_c.jpeg railing Set up to fit slabs between rails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595120232564-WG75HOGHEQE3CND1005C/575F469E-FEE8-422F-ABEB-527E04056025_1_105_c.jpeg railing Upper slabs installed, lower slabs ready to mark and cut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595112288573-2J4N1WPIT28M5W23SS03/22556BBD-8254-45F2-9F64-BA91CC83B1D9_1_105_c.jpeg railing Fit of rail to post looks good even close up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595120354458-DHA1TGGD0D0TW9L8ACTR/0918587B-F027-4B1F-AAC1-DFB2407F5EA6_1_105_c.jpeg railing Looks good from the other side too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595120285586-OFDE4JCUON8QS9ESQ3C0/797066AD-8EBF-4218-A196-A6E68701426E_1_105_c.jpeg railing Upper railing complete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1595120437158-WVBS8ZQ1FNPMYGX31NLB/BDA57D8B-4BC2-455A-9A2A-F2F48C53397B_1_105_c.jpeg railing Lower railing complete https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/our-home-and-garden daily 0.75 2020-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288619-F4AV42JX305L9JGFZIPV/100_9176_00.jpg our home and garden - Our home the view from the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288619-F4AV42JX305L9JGFZIPV/100_9176_00.jpg our home and garden - Our home the view from the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297719-GMEH5N7GYH6GGLW0KJNN/100_9168.JPG our home and garden - Our house In 1980 I built a 30' x 28' square box cabin that followed the lines of the front walls that are set back. In 1999 I added an 18' wide x 10' deep section to the left side of the front. The addition gave me a front entrance, a wide set of stairs up the living level, floor to ceiling windows and another 108 sq' of living room floor space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285819-64QPDP7JVAWP56O1TYW9/100_9169.JPG our home and garden - Living room windows The windows face east. The view is a picture that contains some very big trees against a background of snow capped mountains. When we are close to the windows we can see quite a bit of our garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963292519-FYRNS4FZJUM51XLJ4MLO/100_9177.JPG our home and garden - Garden wall The garden wall was a huge pile of rocks I dumped around the trees in the right side of the picture in the shade. I was going to cover the rocks with dirt; but I pulled a few out to retain the bank so I could plant a tree. They looked pretty good so I pulled out a few more. Eventually I had a wall and a wall needs a cap so I poured a concrete cap. I then squeezed mortor into the gaps between the rocks using a mortor bag. Some guys can make a project out of anything, even a pile of rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297618-7K30E8J2NONNRSAQHJDQ/100_9178.JPG our home and garden - Mom's garden 1 I call it Mom's garden because had it not been for her persistent raking I probably would not have had a garden. click Angel 1 (to return, click on "photo album" then "our home" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963292720-7Q2PDZ5Z4DWR2ZT51V8F/100_9179.JPG our home and garden - Mom's garden 2 I divided the garden into sections using paths so that Mom could cultivate more easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963292618-Y9J7YPLPR0VX1FYDTAA6/100_9180.JPG our home and garden - Mom's garden 3 Another path, 2 more sections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295519-296WS293FDZFHXGFZ1CA/100_9281.jpg our home and garden - Winter scene Scenes like this still make the shoveling worth while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963294819-65KD9R6NA4ZA5KUTR29R/img_0107.jpg our home and garden - Winterlude In the winter we grow snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295718-DXEWP4LUB8K7HRGSS9HG/100_9339.jpg our home and garden - Foxgloves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285419-6DO1SUNEZGSE6HHL3H5C/img_0174.jpg our home and garden - Azalea This is in our indoor garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963291019-D3TT67KRPCY12UD5IAJM/IMG_0043.JPG our home and garden - Nasturtiums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963291219-B3CDSS8XGF6E9W3KMNII/IMG_0051.JPG our home and garden - Anemone with a visitor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295619-U2TKD6U2PZU0FHZIFWF2/img_0052.jpg our home and garden - Virginia creeper in the fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295318-EG7LLKRLG2IX2ZSG0TAU/img_0200.jpg our home and garden - Doronicum Leopard's Bane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295219-NZ2E3X2UW32Y477UUSHI/img_0201.jpg our home and garden - Lily-of-the-valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295419-0R7ZLOP8P451ZZNI2JOD/img_0203.jpg our home and garden - Bleeding hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295123-L4PP2Z4Y46I33QR5O0SK/img_0204.jpg our home and garden - Bleeding hearts too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297519-XYB1OSN0YRGYH6KUGHVC/img_0190.jpg our home and garden - More bleeding hearts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297420-LFAEA0VT7EDTIQW7421P/img_0191.jpg our home and garden - Doronicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297319-Z0UQ9P85BI6940TLU0T5/img_0192.jpg our home and garden - For-get-me-nots These grew out of a pile of discarded dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963292919-Y5W3JKR880OJZ1BIC5Y6/img_0199.jpg our home and garden - Red Flowering Currant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963293020-YG28AI3CAOKGJ3B19QNG/img_0205.jpg our home and garden - Iris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963293319-GKFQCZDKALAL36CD69GR/img_0206.jpg our home and garden - Iris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963293219-Z8DL9KDK10XXDB9B7Z32/img_0207.jpg our home and garden - Violas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963293118-YH0RL9ATG2OIYQCDZ0CU/img_0209.jpg our home and garden - Bluebell, Wood hyacinth This one came with the dirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283818-T3OX0PHMQ1YRHOK2UFCZ/img_0208.jpg our home and garden - Lupins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283719-MDYH8BK4P8IUNNV5YN72/img_0216.jpg our home and garden - Geranium (cranesbill) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963283620-RDDPVCD9V7WCG6BUJYHK/img_0217.jpg our home and garden - White Siberian Iris When I first posted this picture I didn't know what this flower was because I didn't plant it. It came with the dirt. So I asked for help. A person named omeomy took the time to tell me the name of the flower, in my guestbook. Before I posted the name another visitor confirmed the identification in a comment she left else where. I was grateful for their time and the information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285620-FHNZFELOX4ZS7TUVWQVD/img_0248.jpg our home and garden - Hollyhocks 2007 was a good year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285921-XBC1TZMEEHZIDQRTO513/img_0250.jpg our home and garden - img_0250.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963286019-3NE1A60Z1K981TZXOG7J/img_0256_1.jpg our home and garden - img_0256_1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963287919-ZLZ4DWE6Y32ZNY9RT7J1/img_0257.jpg our home and garden - img_0257.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963287819-R2VQOPQZLKSTV05THF0X/img_0265.jpg our home and garden - img_0265.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963287618-J9APPKGZ7Z4K9PN0D72Q/img_0266.jpg our home and garden - img_0266.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963287519-ANSB1Z8R9NTAV4BU2QDW/img_0267.jpg our home and garden - img_0267.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288419-1N7KFGOSKGGQVXMYH0TF/img_0268.jpg our home and garden - img_0268.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288320-WENEMIR2YAF3S6QQ9NY3/img_0269.jpg our home and garden - img_0269.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288219-3XRHORPH65PG2B4BFFXL/img_0270.jpg our home and garden - img_0270.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288018-6HWJG4SJCB0SDZC35YQ7/img_0271.jpg our home and garden - img_0271.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963288521-E55JV02147OOLRQ8SJWG/img_0272.jpg our home and garden - img_0272.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290219-FM47DLGE277Y64JU50FU/img_0276.jpg our home and garden - img_0276.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290119-KR3O03QAI66IQI31XO08/img_0277.jpg our home and garden - img_0277.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290719-52OW8LYUCQ7TEN398FND/img_0295.jpg our home and garden - Anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290618-TUWNU7E8AW97IDZ8UNTS/img_0296.jpg our home and garden - Anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290519-YTHP2NPUF45R5P0NBA5F/img_0299.jpg our home and garden - Aemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290319-510WJEZ8WMR26VPINZ4O/img_0300.jpg our home and garden - Hydrangea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963295019-H9WIDV8O8CKBXM74JYNL/img_0027.jpg our home and garden - Trailing Petunia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963294918-WDXQ46LFD6WF5CNAX3MV/img_0042.jpg our home and garden - Sunflower This one just appeared on its own. Perhaps a Jay planted it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285119-KR46T2GKSUPKK86MO7D9/img_0180.jpg our home and garden - Violet At least I think it is a violet. It came with another plant and it has spread like wildfire. It makes an attractive ground cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285221-Q2EOZW859JJWB0MC9T4F/img_0264.jpg our home and garden - Azalea The florist said potted Axaleas rarely bloom a second time. Apparently this pretty one didn't know it was not supposed to bloom a second time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285320-GPVDHS3TIDYPGI4HMW2R/img_0281.jpg our home and garden - Monk's Hood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285521-MB1HQ9FMQEIXQ0G06UW0/img_0282.jpg our home and garden - Asiatic Lily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963285720-8UVE8LPA0PA8APFGN9VA/img_0336.jpg our home and garden - Roses We cut these before the frost to enjoy them a few weeks longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963292819-FDYPW0K9PPSEI95US1QT/img_0369.jpg our home and garden - Snow trees They were particularly beautiful this winter of 07/08. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963293419-V3XU8G92XRYCRZM68UJO/webrose+3.jpg our home and garden - webrose 3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290820-4K3JO58HWVB90XWJRDJ3/img_0902.jpg our home and garden - "Mother's Healing Wall" 1 of 2 I had torn down a retaining wall of loose laid stone before Mom died On July 27 2010. The day after I decided I had to rebuild it. This is a picture taken just before I began pouring the footing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963290919-KH9QTJHWYHSGY46MIR6M/img_0909.jpg our home and garden - "Mother's Healing Wall" 2 of 2 The completed, "Mother's Healing Wall". https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/remembering-dad-02021915-04092004 daily 0.75 2020-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963307320-I6PLCVKOJLP056D8WLA5/img_w0001.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - remembering dad sitting in their sunroom at the condo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963305420-RJP8GOGQ04WWR4J2DL9P/img_0001_1.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - heading to the cottage The cottage was on a 2 acre island in Big Cedar Lake north of Peterborough Ontario Canada. It was a summer retreat for about 30 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963305219-6JT5A2TXX02C9Y2OMYJA/img_0001_3.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - skiing, obviously Mom and Dad were on one of their yearly visits with me. We always skied. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963305318-MGYBIADC52H4SJLKXJGR/img_0001_4.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - just relaxing We didn't ski every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963305719-YP2SMFBWAUNMILK7KRBU/img_0001_5.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - golfing, obviously On my yearly Thanksgiving week visits we always played a few rounds. Golf and the cottage were Mom and Dad's retirement activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963305619-WC3W5VNA6K0I90CU79ZV/img_w0001_1.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - the best hole Playing golf with my parents in a setting like this was never a good walk spoiled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963305518-SIWY7L20LJTF3JDPWFO0/img_0001_2.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - the last canoe ride. Paddling the canoe around the lake was a frequent activity over the thirty years. This picture was taken during our last outing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963304918-Z31UN2TLBN4P480AW02F/img_0001.jpg remembering dad 02/02/1915-04/09/2004 - Dad and Brisko Brisko is my brother Don's dog. He jumped up to say hi, stayed awhile and said goodbye. https://thelastwhy.ca/photo-album/fall-colours daily 0.75 2020-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297819-Z8917A6QIJUOWQVU3Y0B/fimg_0003.jpg fall colours - summer cottage This was our family summer cottage from the mid sixties until the late nineties. The sadness experienced at close up time each fall was mitigated by the fall colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/553fac64e4b06df6c1207143/1431963297819-Z8917A6QIJUOWQVU3Y0B/fimg_0003.jpg fall colours - summer cottage This was our family summer cottage from the mid sixties until the late nineties. 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