Trilobite

A load of limestone boulders was dropped off at the house, and some sand was pushed into place for the front walk. The deck is nearing completion. Here are some daytime photos of the new fence.

The house is looking almost finished. The wood floors are done, the staircase has been varnished, the french door is in, the fireplace has all the attachments attached, and the kitchen cabinets are finished. The toilets are even working.

One of the workers broke a flower pot and he promised to buy Gisele a new one!

So, it looks like Rheni’s book is going to be published in a couple of months (Yay, Rheni!). I had some fun seeing what Google has to say about it.

It seems to be already for sale online all over the world. Barnes & Noble has even sold a few copies, judging from the “people who bought this book also bought…” list.

Somebody named Joanne Handley has put the book in her CV. She is an artist, apparently from Australia. I guess Rheni must have included some of her work in the book.

Unfortunately, amazon.ca lists Rheni Tauchid and Rhani Tauchid as co-authors. I submitted a correction and if they fix it, it will supposedly be within the next 5 days.

The wood flooring is being installed. It has brown paper underneath it. The basement, laundry room, and kitchen sinks are installed too. Note the new tiles on the kitchen walls. The master bathroom now has a shower door and a tub. The fence has been completed, and work on the deck has begun.

Celine went to the house today and found her parents and Uncle Don digging deep holes along the fence. Uncle Don had brought over his circular saw and a really big drill and they were putting in fence posts for the new fence. (Notice Gisele’s plants in the basement.) They had also cut down another tree to make room for the shed when it is moved. Banjo enjoyed the chance to play in the yard with one of his old toys.

More photos: Tiles in the front entrance. Trim, window sills, and doors. Bay window. Kitchen island and sinks. Ceiling fan. Bathroom sinks and frame for the tub.

House photos: porch lights, preparations for the master bath, door hinges, new banister.

October 24:
We attended an “event geocache” today. The event was to rent a boat and search for a bunch of traditional geocaches in the Thousand Islands. It was lots of fun. [on the deck, in the cabin, osprey nest, found one!, another osprey nest, stopping to refuel]

Our favourite island was Mermaid Island, which we thought was very pretty. It is quite close to shore and there is supposed to be deep water swimming there (no weeds to grab your feet!), so we thought we might like to rent a canoe in the summer and return for a picnic.

Celine was very excited to visit all these beautiful places and when everybody else was busy looking at the plastic toys in the caches she would go off exploring the islands. [whaleback, orange lichen, wooden bridge]

One of the other geocachers who came to the event brought me some army field rations to try. I think it is traditional to bring small presents to hand out at these events, and he was responding to a question I had asked in the mailing list about a meal nicknamed “The Lung.” He didn’t bring that one though. (Whew!) Celine thought the meal was a bit spooky.

October 30:
Celine, Christine, and I went for a hike to see the fall colours. [leaning, raindrops].

October 31:
The Rideau Trail Association opened a new trail and somebody promptly hid a new geocache on it, so Celine and I went out to see. [leaves, rocks, juniper, cliff top, stylish hair-do].

Celine bought some squash from the infamous gourd stall in Prince Edward County. We used the orange one for a soup and the blue one for a pie. I really like squash.

Took a quick picture of Redan on my way to work to get a daytime view of front finished roofing.

I should be doing homework right now, but I needed a break. I still haven’t gotten used to the workload of being a third year university student. I’ll manage to slog through it somehow, though. Hopefully I’ll get more used to the routine before next term starts.

October 9: Peter and Gina came up for Thanksgiving. We drove to Prince Edward County and visited The Grange vineyard. We tasted what they had to offer and walked around a bit on the grounds, which were pretty. They had picked a lot of grapes the night before and were crushing them with some fancy grape-crushing equipment. Not as romantic as stomping on them barefoot in a barrel, but I guess I wouldn’t want to drink foot wine anyway.

October 10: Christine cooked Thanksgiving dinner by herself this year. It was very good. She made an especially nice chocolate torte for dessert. We spent the evening hanging out and talking, and we watched a couple episodes of Trailer Park Boys. Peter liked Doug’s MoMo wheels from Italy. Celine and I had fun trying to take pictures of each other’s cameras as the flashes were going off.

October 16: I moved to a new floor in the residence. A couple of hooligans had moved in next to me on the 14th floor and I realized that I was staying on a floor where smoking is permitted. Now I’m on the 16th floor.

October 23: Christine, Celine, and I went to Lemoine Point to walk around and enjoy the fall colours. We also picked up the GeoPoker container and moved it to RMC. We had never been to this part of the campus before and we enjoyed the view and the local history. I should come back here some time when the museum is open.

House Developments:
1) Outside: Garage stairs to side door; Aluminum siding – roof completed;
2) Inside: linoleum floor in kitchen; Remaining roll of linoleum for laundry room; Preparation of laundry flooring; Close up of Staircase; Stairway to basement painted; Assembly of kitchen island parts; Tiles for entrance way.

House Developments:
1) Outside: Daytime pictures of soffit on roof around the house; Entrance doorbell.
2) Inside: Garage stairs; Doors brought upstairs (put in office); Guest bathroom tiles; tile close up; Cut tiles for vents; Outlet for stove?