TIME IS DRAGGING ON

The fish flies are still here, but lessening every day.  By the weekend we should be able to clean up any tell tale signs of them that are lingering.  I hope. 

The weather has been warm but certainly not really sunny, which is what you would expect at this time of year.  It's not raining anymore like it did all weekend, but constant clouds.  Which makes it very muggy.  Yuck.

We are very restless.  Time is really dragging for us.  It has been a whole month since we listed our Condo for sale.  Quite a few showings but no offer yet.  I thought it would be easier with us living out here on the boat, but the process is just as, all consuming.  



It's constantly on your mind.  We feel like we have thrown our life up into the air and we are waiting to see where and how the pieces will land.  We are going to have to find some distractions.  


I GUESS, THIS TOO WILL PASS


(We have always lived our life with the Motto; "If it's meant to be, it will happen.  If it doesn't happen, then it wasn't meant to be". ) 

YUCK! THE FISH FLIES ARE BACK.

I saw some tell tale signs of them in the last couple of days, so we knew they were coming, but this morning we awoke to a full bloom of fish flies.  

I opened the door this morning and there they were.  All over everything. 

Each of these adults that we see everywhere, will last about 24 hours(some species females only last 5 minutes).  But the full flush can last up to a week.  And as quickly as they came, they will be gone.  

Meanwhile the gulls are having a feeding frenzie.  

But of course the gulls can create their own set of problems.  When they get startled and take off enmasse. 

Just one more of the joys of living with mother nature. 

BUT THIS TOO WILL PASS.  

WE HAD A GREAT CANADA DAY

We had my niece Bonnie and her Beau Brad and my daughter Tracy Elizabeth on board the boat to celebrate Canada Day together.  

We went for a nice long cruise south on Lake Winnipeg, to the mouth of the Red River, then we meandered along "South Beach" and back to the harbour.  

Sea-Enna, was absolutely fascinated by Brad fishing off the back of the boat.  She had not seen that before.  "He kept throwing that thing in the water, then bringing it back????" We shared a wonderful  Roast Beef dinner and partied hardy for the rest of the evening.  

And the next day we hung out in the harbour and had a Canada Day Weinny Roast and visited the day away.  

ALL IN ALL A GOOD WEEKEND AND A GOOD VISIT.  

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

We started our Canada Day long weekend last night at Cousin Patti's place in Matlock.  

We had a little fair-well get together, as Patti is heading back to England tomorrow.  Bon Voyage and we'll see you again next year.  

And this morning we dug out the Canada Flags and decorated the boat.  That's one thing about going down to Texas every year, The Americans sure show you how to "Fly your flags and be patriotic".  We Canadians can certainly learn a few things from them about being proud of our country.  

So, I always go a little overboard on Canada Day.  

Now we are waiting for our guests to arrive, then it's on with the celebration!

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HOUSE OUT AT THE LAKE

We are looking to the future and are thinking, if we get to the point that we can no longer maintain and live on the boat, and our health will no longer allow us to travel to Texas every year, what then?  We have discussed it, and we know we do not want to spend all Summer, or all Winter for that matter in our small condo in downtown Winnipeg.  So, we have put the condo on the market (Know of anyone looking for a nice little downtown condo near U of W and Red River campus?  Call Jeff Arnason 204-333-2736)  and we are looking for a place in Winnipeg Beach and surrounding areas.   

I don't want to be in the beach without being east of #9 highway, hopefully within walking distance of the lake.  We definitely do not want lake front, having once owned river property at one point and dealing with all the erosion issues that entails.  We also want a place that has the potential of being turned into a year round, full time home.  

We have already found this one place that we really like.  It is an older, very small, (only an 800 sq.ft.) house in Winnipeg Beach.  With this move we will gain a porch, a garage and an extra small bedroom/den that I can have my computer in.  And of course we will gain a nice big yard for our Sea-Enna.  

But as with most of everything we have ever done, there is going to be work involved. The house is very small, but it's a solid little house on a good  foundation.  But it was built in 1955 so, the bathroom and kitchen need to be gutted and totally updated.  New fixtures, cupboards and appliances, etc.  It also needs a deck and patio doors off the dining room onto that deck.  So, this will be our project for the next few years.  But first, our condo has to sell, or this plan is not moving forward.  So we are waiting for that to happen. 




WE ARE LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY

I THINK I'M BACK ON LINE

I have some tenuous internet access.  Dan checked and solved the problem of the missing “airport” and connected it back up today.   It’s not quite as good as I had it last year, but that could be my laptop.  I’ll have to check that all out.  Meanwhile I will try to get a blog done.  

We arrived in the harbour 12 days ago and it has been as expected.  Sublime, relaxing and very enjoyable.  I spent my usual first 2 days of boating, cleaning the hangar dust and grime off and out of the boat. 

It is spring and the harbour is full of goose families.  This year we have about 7 breeding pairs with lots of goslings everywhere.  Right now they are the adorable yellow little babies that everyone envisions.  In no time at all, we will not be able to tell the goslings from their parents as they grow so fast.  Soon they will be what I call the walking eating pooping machines that leave a mess everywhere they go.  But, we have all learned to put up with this every spring (It is part of living with nature.) by mid-summer this will all be a memory.   

Meanwhile our Marina changed hands over the winter while we were down in Texas.  The new owners seem to be very nice and very accommodating.  We now have daily access to the “Full Service” Club House restaurant, which is very convenient. 

The weather has NOT been great, so we haven’t been out cruising and swimming off of the boat yet this year, but we have still had our adventures.  Today our Sea-Enna found a dead rotting carp laying along the shore of the harbour and decided to roll in it.  OMG!   What a stench!.  Dan was sooo angry, with her, he just tied her to the picnic table and left her there until he calmed down.  She knew she was in trouble, (I don’t think she knew what for, she thought she smelled fine!).  But when Dan calmed down, she was hosed down, he then shampooed her and left her tied to the picnic table to drip dry.  Dan of course, then had to have a shower, himself.  She looked so forlorn.  Dan finally calmed down enough to dry her off and let her back on the boat.  She settled in under the galley table trying to stay out of the way and out of trouble.  Later in the afternoon she followed me into the pilot house and started to climb up onto the pilot house couch and I gave her a firm “NO’ and she slinked back under the galley table.  I then got back to my internet problems and after a while I suddenly realized she was not under my feet.  I went straight to the pilot house couch, but she wasn’t there as expected.  A quick look down into the captains quarters and there she was, a smelly wet dog, right in the middle of our bed.  And I just finished washing that quilt yesterday.  She didn’t look guilty or anything.  She just looked up at me curiously, wagging her tail, after all I had not said she couldn’t go on the bed. 

So ends the adventures aboard the Thunderbird for today.  I just hope the internet holds up and I can continue to blog for the rest of the summer.  

I HOPE TO BE BACK AT YOU SOON   

NO NEW POSTS

I will not be making any posts to my Blog until I find a solution to my lack of internet access at the Marina.  

I have to come up with a new cell phone to create a hot spot for myself or a Roger's stick or something.  I'm still looking into what will be the best permanent solution for me.  I will do a blog as soon as I solve this.  

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.