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Happy Mother's Day - It's been a long time... I am trying to catch up with everything.

House still not ready - This is the rear view of the house with the sun room - we will be in the woodland area and marina will be about 100 yards away. There should be walking trails all through and they are trying to leave as many trees up as they can... lots of little flowers there today when we visited - Daffodils, Dogwood and Trilliums everywhere - so pretty! It is coming along. The insulation will be going in this week and they are getting the drywall done inside and siding up on outside. It is an energy efficient home and after twenty years of lugging firewood to heat the house we will be happy to have gas and a quick switch to turn on the heat. This will be good when it is done.

A sister got married - Congratulations Kath & Dave, we are so happy for you both!! Here is a fun photo of them... Aren't they gorgeous?? So nice to have another brother-in-law and very pleased for both of you.

A favourite uncle just passed away - my Dad's younger brother died too soon ... a very kind, generous man who had a great sense of humor and was always very supportive and loving. It has been a tough week but the "Celebration of Life" was beautiful and honest and so many people came - it was overwhelming... and so many wonderful stories. Very touching but very difficult for everyone as this was such a shock. Jim will be missed terribly. He was one of the good guys and made a big difference in the lives of a lot of folks.

Our youngest daughter just turned 19 yesterday and we are very proud of her. She has grown up to be a beautiful smart funny active young lady - She is doing great - here is a photo of her and my son ... this is one of my very favourite photos (taken a couple of years ago).

We are still living in a temporary place waiting for the new house. Lots of delays due to environmental concerns, spawning seasons, nesting times etc. It is coming along nicely though and we have met a lot of wonderful people where we are now - we are right on the beach now and the sunsets are beautiful.

Alice is loving the beach, chasing the geese and swimming. Have done a lot of knitting to get through a very difficult winter.

Have made two Girasoles (one with Araucania Aysen aran weight yarn - very soft- in pink purple colours


and another in Luxury sock weight yarn (cashmere/merino) made by Diane at Creatively Dyed who dyes awesome colours and does an amazing job with the dyed yarns





- and another Forest Canopy shawl, some socks and working on another Girasole, more socks and an Ishbel. Very happy with the yarns I'm using and lots of fun colours to brighten up a dreary winter.


It is Mother's Day today and I am finally posting back on the blog. Too many things have happened. We are also still on very slow internet. So it takes half an hour to add a photo. And hours just to post to the blog.

We made it through the winter... and still busy with typing but walking Alice each day is our favourite thing and we are enjoying this new lifestyle. Happy Mother's Day to all of you.