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…
Category: Renos
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…
First update from Duncan
Boring Electrical Stuff – and a Generic Electric Load Calculator for you… OK so you are probably used to Emma writing things about me – but there have not exactly been a lot of updates from me. What does Duncan actually do? (I hear you thinking…) Well at the moment I am growing tomatoes, peppers…
Day 295 – March 2nd 2009
Deer fencing finally complete!!! Hurrah! Finally the deer-fencing is complete and we can grow stuff! Sadly it wasn't quite soon enough for many of our bulbs this year – but hurrah anyway! AND, we can let Dexter off-leash without him disappearing off after a deer-scent. This is pretty major for us, because on Salt Spring if…
Day 227 – December 24th 2008
Hurrah – I have an office!!! Finally I have an office (it's just the end of the dining room) but I don't care! I have been working in a 4ft x 3ft corner since the end of May. This is heaven!!! See below for the full progression in pictures. The plan is to finally…