Category Archives: Pets

A New Boarder – Booksey

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Darlene & Ken

December 15, 2018 We have a new boarder staying with us for the winter – my sister Sheryl’s kitten, Booksey. Life got a lot more interesting since he arrived. Hanna is now six and Sox is five, so its been … Continue reading →

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2016 Year in Review

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Darlene & Ken

December 31, 2016 Another year has come and gone with more than its fair share of both happiness and sorrow. The year was off to a rough start with my mother’s funeral on January 2. It is hard to believe … Continue reading →

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Threshing Exhibition

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Darlene & Ken

September 26, 2015 A couple of weeks ago the Old Iron Club of Strathclair held an old time harvesting demonstration. Sisters Laverne and Sheryl and I attended along with the famous Babushka Fur Babas, Hanna and Kensi. The event was … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Bale Garage

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Darlene & Ken

May 19, 2014 Insulating work continues on the house, but with a couple of days of nice weather, Ken decided to divert his attention to the yard. The garden is ready for planting. It’s not planted yet, as I thought … Continue reading →

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Clearing Solar Panels and Hooking Up Boiler

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Darlene & Ken

November 23/24, 2013 Clearing the Solar Panels and Hooking up the Boiler Ken is back from El Salvador and Hanna is super happy about that. He has to be back in the city for his travel group presentations on Monday … Continue reading →

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Pet Sitting

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Darlene & Ken

November 13 to 22, 2013 Ken was off to El Salvador on a site inspection (he has a tour group going there in February so he is viewing the resort, setting up golfing and tours) so we had a couple … Continue reading →

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Windows and Solar Panels

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Darlene & Ken

November 9, 10, 11 and 12, 2013 Old man Winter is knocking on the door. So far the weather has not been too bad considering its well into November. I drove out Friday from the city through rain, then freezing … Continue reading →

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Purlins

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Darlene & Ken

October 26, 2013 Still no roof. This week Ken pecked away at the east side roof. Saturday morning was cold and windy but we finished the east side so it is now ready for tin. We went through all the … Continue reading →

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Roof

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Darlene & Ken

October 20, 2013 Day two of our roofing weekend. We woke up to find an inch of snow blanketing everything. So before work could really start we had bang the snow off the rafters then sweep and shovel. Damn, there … Continue reading →

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Trusses

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Darlene & Ken

October 19, 2013 Winter is just around the corner. We got some snow Friday night. Not a lot, but enough to temporarily stop the harvesting and the truss machine was able to arrive Saturday morning. So the snow was a … Continue reading →

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