Hello Master Cabinet/Finishing Carpenter, et al! What great work all around! Congratulations on such a fine job. Not sure about wood as that piece was bought when Chloë worked at Urban Barn and many of those pieces were imported from Thailand, so it is probably a hardwood from thereabouts. At any rate, I'm more than pleased that it has provided so much pleasure. Spice rack looks terrific, as well. Now that Lady Dar has seen more of your precision cabinetry she would like to hire you to renovate "her" kitchen! [More anon!]
We signed the sale papers for the loft this past Saturday, Chloë must be out on October 20th and she put in a bid, (accepted), on a condo in a new development, Sendero Canyon, about 10 minutes southeast of us, in the hills, to be ready for April/May 2018. She will be living with us until then! Furthermore she has been offered a job with a property management company. Firm has offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, Toronto and Penticton, just down Ellis from us! She would be based here in town and might have to drive to Kelowna once a week or so. Hard to believe that all the pieces have fallen into place so quickly!
Anyway, some of the reasons for my "enforced" hiatus! Furthermore, it has been a very busy time, this past week. Must away as we are off to ride the KVR, west side of Skaha to OK Falls and back. It was about 9:15 am by the time we had a bite of breakfast, [Big Al, munching on his cereal, Colleen still abed, Lady Dar, messaging in our bedrooom and Duke, playing soccer on the living room rug], and were suited/lubed up. We took off down Ellis to hit Lakeshore as we were going to ride down the bike path paralleling The Channel. Very pleasant morning with few runners, dog walkers and other riders out. Al really enjoyed the KVR, most of it right next to the lake and we chatted amicably, all the way to OK Falls. Through Kaleden, I pointed out the abandoned concrete shell of the hotel there, now a most pleasant, vine-covered, landscaped park. Once into the park in OK Falls, Big Molly said he'd rather return on the KVR as opposed to Eastside, (My preference, Dear Reader!), so we did just that and I was glad, in fact, that we did as one sees the landscape from a slightly different perspective and, as a consequence, one witnesses some lovely vistas. Once on 97 we headed for Skaha Lake Park and then made our way up South Main to connect with Government and then back to Burns Street. Map and Stats for ride:
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Once we'd showered and changed we were ready to wine taste! Lady Dar had packed a picnic lunch and we were planning to head south to taste around OK Falls and then Oliver, Black Sage Road and environs, hoping to stop in at Dubh Glas Distillery, in Gallagher Lake, for a snort or two of malt! As it turned out we enjoyed our picnic at Pentâge and by the time we'd finished tasting at Painted Rock gang had had enough so we headed home to change into our swimming togs, collect our beach gear and head to Lady Dar's "private beach" near the Art Gallery. Spent a glorious couple of hours there, the wonderful water sobering all of us, readying ourselves for more hootch once back home while we prepared dinner.
Will reply regarding dates of your next visit, Chilliwack pick-up, tools required for vast array of projects, etc., once we've had a chance to look at calendar. Your dates seem fine but I need to "argue" with Lady Dar about what she has in mind! Cheers, Il Conduttore/Patrizzio! PS: Just heard, from Sir Andrew, that Captain Haddock died this past Friday. Pics: Beach Babes with Lifeguard! Roasting toes!
Patrick, Do you have Richard Martin's phone number in North Vancouver? Mike Hi Michaelo! I don't have his number in my address book but, as you can see, I've included him in reply, so trust he will reply. All to best to my favourite Digitale! Cheers, Patrizzio!
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Sara Jane McGillivray Phippen, Field and J.Price. Brick makers.
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