My major contributions were a bit of groundskeeping (removing a leaf pile from our property, adding it to a bigger leaf pile across the road) and a lot of painting (bright new colour scheme in the big bedroom).
Look, we live in the sticks...ha ha ha.
Watched an old cottage being busted up...I now have a very vivid impression of the term "teardown".
But it's a part of lakeside history here on the bay, as the oldest portion of it used to be an ice house--for storing ice cut from the lake in wintertime. Here's the pile of rubble a the end of the first day of demolition.
The place was rarely used, in terrible condition, and the docks need much repair. It has sold twice, for increasingly insane amounts of money twice in the past 2 years. We expect to see a new 3-bedroom house appear on this site someday--that's the local rumour.
So hot and humid yesterday, it was nice to cool off with a refreshing swim at dusk. And a refreshing dose of hard cider, very nice after a day of brush removal and painting on a warm, thick day!
Grey and drizzly and rainy all afternoon...more rain expected in the coming days (including a visitation from Hurricane Ophelia, according to the weatherman.)
