Or so our wonderful new tenants call us… When we moved to Salt Spring we downsized and the plan was always to buy a rental property so we could have some income. It's notoriously hard to make a living on Salt Spring – with a population of 10,500 and a largely tourist economy. And finally,…
Category: Daily Life
August 2009 – Various updates
I can't quite believe how busy August got. Our own fault. Part of our plan to stay here was to downsize and also buy a rental propertyfor income/long-term investment. So we did it. At the end of July 2009. And then gave ourselves one month for some pretty major renos – as we cleverly got…
August 2009 – Rats!
Found during renos on our rental property… ICK! This is NOT a Rat on a Stick. It is a dead dried rat that Duncan is holding by the tail!!!
August 2009 – Zucchini Overload!
There is apparently a saying on Salt Spring. That if you can't get rid of all your zucchinis – you don't have enough friends… I bet they don't say that about apples in the fall. But there you are. So, this little haul of Zucchinis – held by our dear friend Christina – is all…
Early 2009 – How to Build a Cottage (part 1)
(ok so this is the first in a series of time travel posts where I go back in time and catch up on the blogging from the past 12 months….) So if you want to build a guest cottage there are a few things that you need to do. First of all you need a…