Trailer cocoon

With the weather being so nice this week Brian took on getting the LARGE tarp onto the trailer.  It is a monstrous tarp but because it is if fully covers the trailer.  Not sure if it will survive the winter but will at least protect it from the south sun all winter.  Might be cheaper than replacing vents and covers, we shall see!! 

Therese

Canned tomatoes

 The last of the tomatoes!  I canned four pints from the box and there are a few green ones left.  We have eaten all the others raw in sandwiches, salsa, etc.  It has been really nice to have fresh tomatoes!!  Therese

Gladiola bulbs

I picked my gladiola bulbs almost a month ago because we were getting freezing overnight temperatures and left them in the garage in a cardboard box to cure.  The leaves were still green when I dug them up so having left them for this amount of time has let the foliage dry up.  So this morning I cut the foliage off, removed the old corms, roots and dirt and have placed them in this cardboard box in the front garage.  They will be nice and cool in there and yet this close to the house they will not freeze.  Because they are just below the recycle bin I will also be able to keep an eye on them in case they start to rot or mould.  Looking forward to putting them back in the ground in the spring.        Therese

New pads for the trailer

Brian has been working on platforms for the trailer for the last week or so.  He picked up an odd plywood structure on our Trash to Treasure walkabout, stripped it of its flooring and then cut it up to make up pad for putting under the legs of the trailer.  They are 3/4" fir plywood layers held together with long deck screws and fiberglassed to be waterproof.  He added a 3/4" layer of rubber matting on the bottom to give them traction.  With them finished he hooked up the trailer yesterday and moved it over, added his new chocks to the wheels and used the new pads when he was setting it up.  We will be tarping it later this week.  Therese

A pumpkin showed up on the front step!!!!!!!!

While we were in the back yard cleaning the trailer a pumpkin showed up on the front step!!!!!!!  It was too cool!!! It was dropped off by our real estate agent.  What a very unique way to stay connected to your clients!!  So for now, with the nice weather we will leave it on the step - makes the front entrance feel like fall!!!!!!!!!!!



Therese

Our little trailer is clean and stocked!!!!!

 The weather has been excellent so we took advantage of the warm day and cleaned up the inside of our little trailer!!  We touched every surface and there are a couple we will have to revisit when the water is running.  We had previously removed everything from the inside and washed it all.  Once it was in the house we amalgamated all we had available for the trailer - a few items we collected, a couple of boxes from Mom when they moved and all that the previous owners left.  We kept what we needed and will pass on to the second hand store anything that someone else can use.  There was very little that had to be thrown out.  So today I have returned everything to the trailer and it is pretty well ready for the spring.  We are so happy with it!!!!!!!!  Love the skylight!!!

Therese

Memorial service for Papa John

We attended the memorial service for Papa John - Gord's Dad.  It was a small crowd but the service was excellent.  A very human and warm feeling from the Reverand.  The food was good and there was plenty.  We took time to visit afterwards and then headed home.  Most everyone else was headed to Duggan's which was Papa John's favorite.   Always good to catch up with family.     Therese

Trailer is home!!

Our trailer has been winterized and is back home!!!!  We still need to go through it and take out anything that needs to be brought in and it will be ready for the winter.  Therese

Another puzzle!

Brian has been making puzzles!!  This is the last one which Sylvia brought for Brian went she visited last week.  It is a really different than the landscapes he usually does.  He enjoyed the process and it was fairly time consuming just because of the amount of red in it.  Therese

Thanksgiving with family

 Suzanne and the kids were here on Saturday to celebrate Thanksgiving!!!!!!  The weather was very nice considering we have had snow off and on for the last month.  She brought turkey for lunch along with some brusssel sprouts and I provided salads and buns!!  It was great to be together.  We took a walk around the neighbourhood after lunch to check out what was out for Trash to Treasure.  Everyone puts out their "trash" - things they no longer want or need at the curb for FREE and anyone can come by and pick up what they will "Treasure".  Whatever is leftover at the end of the week the city picks up and disposes of.  We picked up a few useful items - movies, puzzles, tool rack, foamy and a unit created with 3/4" fir plywood which Brian is going to use to make pads for the trailer.  The trailer has been in to be winterized because that was too short a learning curve for us to really be confident that we had done it correctly to protect our investment. 

It had an inspection as well and a few items needed replacing and some sealing done on the roof.  We will be picking it up sometime this week. 
Kale is really enjoying Legos and created this plane from the books we have in our Lego bin which dates back to when our kids were working with Lego!!

Therese