Gray day, I woke up very abruptly this morning because my cat Pi used my forehead as a launch pad to the trailer bedroom window to see a little bird that was dining on bugs in the bushes out back. Kept Pi and Snoopy totally absorbed in trying to get through the window for more than two hours! I have a goodly sized scratch to show for it. So lucky she didn’t get my eye!
Marie researched the bird on the internet and found out it is a Chestnut-sided Warbler.
There’s more progress at the property today. The driveway’s done, gravel in the home site. The Septic tank was delivered and the power pole was set in place.
I guess the one thing that is a bit sad about building a house anywhere, is that the site has to be disrupted from its previous, green status. When asked about changing out gardens while working at the City of Nanaimo, I used to say, “You’ve got to break an egg to to make an Omlett” Big egg, big Omlett. The one good thing about this site is that the disruptiion doesn’t take up the majority of the land, as it does in smaller lots. It’s still nearly an acre by my estimation, but we still have nearly 16 acres undisturbed (that we will disturb in other ways as things progress)
This photo shows the size of the machine, and some of the disruption on the site… ah well.. we still have LOTS of blueberries left on the land!
The other day, we set up our mailbox on the road side, and sure enough, the next day we already got junk mail in it!
Hahaha! Love this pic with the mailbox – you can almost see my fancy boots! Great you got this blog set up now 🙂
I especially envy your picture with the mailbox! A lushous green place all of your own. Wow!!!
Hi Mike,
We enjoyed reading your blog.
Wish you all the best!
Roland & inge