Well
we have some catching up to do. Let's start with the most exciting
thing that has happened since the last time I wrote.
We
got a new heli pad, which arrived just the other day. It all happened
pretty fast which isn't usually the way things happen here for us.
The email said that a tug called the “Gulf Prince” would be
making an appearance in 2 – 3 weeks with the heli pad in tow.
Great, I thought a chance to maybe get some fresh produce and some
eggs. Ours being over 8 months old now are pretty high floaters.
Within the day the time frame changed to “their on their way and
should be there sometime between 10 am and noon tomorrow.”
Ohhhh...there
goes the BLT, Caesar salad, stir-fry, chef's salad, cheese omelet,
coleslaw, crisp apples and juicy oranges.
The
weather was co-operating, a pale blue sky with a smattering of pillow
like clouds mirrored in the flat calm bay. Mike made radio contact
around 11:30 giving them our lat and long so they could find us. If
you haven't been here before it can be a bit confusing with all the
little islands and bays. The whole episode only lasted about an hour
from the time they arrived, maneuvered the helipad into place,
chatted for 15 minutes and left.
We
secured the 40 X 40 concrete and foam pad with 1'' line and lots of
bumpers, doubled checked everything than headed back up to the lodge
with a doz eggs!!! Thank you Paddy and James......omelets tomorrow!
Backtracking
a bit here.... the last weeks of March brought some cold weather and
a fresh layer of snow on the distance hills.
It
also brought to close another year, as marked by my birthday.
These
days if you want to see the wildlife all you have to do is look out
on the back deck. We quite enjoy the company although I don't think
the 'princess' does so much.
The
cooler was sitting here when we first arrived back in August so why
is it still sitting here? One day we noticed the cat
refreshing herself from the small pools of water on the lid after a
nighttime rain. We always have a dish of water plus food in the
basement but on further observations gleaned that a raccoon was the
one partaking of the lion's share. Moving the fiddles to just outside
the back patio doors meant that princess now had a better chance of
eating whenever she felt peckish. The water she never touched,
obviously perfering to stand and drink, so the cooler remains.
How Rude!
The
amount of baking this year is way below what I have pulled from the
oven in previous years butt the end result is showing in the
comfortable fit
of
certain jeans, yet every now and again one must be rewarded. Being a
person who could truly live on bread alone this recipe for 'Peppery
White Cheddar Biscuits' fit the bill.
We're still experiencing some rather frosty mornings, even in late April.
For
the past 8 months this is the spectacular view I wake up to each
morning as I lift my head off the pillow.
How
lucky am I.
Till
next time,
Heather
& Mike
