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Still Chaos, But Getting There Slowly – 88/365

My friend Heiko asked how the renovations were getting on and if it was less chaotic. As you can see, it is still pretty chaotic. I am still able to cook meals and bake my bread (as long as I am cleared out of the kitchen along with all evidence of cooking) when the workmen arrive) but it is a bit of a struggle at times. At this stage it felt as if we were living in a cabin in the woods, with bare wood walls and no insulation, no lighting and pretty much a shell. The really trying part will be when I don't have a sink for a period of time lasting, I hope, not much more than a week. 

Here you see the electrician, Dan unravelling yet more wire to poke through holes in preparation for connecting up lighting. Soon after this, when the workmen left, Steven cleared up all the mess and vacuumed the floor. Blue ball games started and supper was soon on the stove. By now (this was taken on Tuesday, 3 days ago) there is insulation in the walls you see (as of yesterday) and gyprock over the top of that.

+Heiko Mahr – there's the answer to your question, my friend! On days when I was not able to take photographs anywhere else, I have been documenting all of the work to be able to look back on it… and laugh?

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Heading North – 87/365

There was a time when the flocks of geese flying North in the spring, or South in the fall would blacken the skies. Now we have geese that hang around all year and they fly in much smaller flocks. They fly around and it looks as though they are leaving but they settle down on the tidal areas of the dykelands and manage somehow to eke out an existence through the winter months. Cold doesn't bother them. They breed in much colder climes than these I believe. But in the spring and in the fall they are much noisier and the sound of even quite small flocks winging their way overhead is enough to make you run out to watch as they arrow across the sky above. 

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Waiting for the Spring Floods to Subside

Waiting for the spring floods to subside- Ellie Kennard 2014
Waiting for the spring floods to subside- Ellie Kennard 2014

Original Post: Waiting for the Spring Floods to Subside – 86/365 – April 11, 2014

We did manage to get out for a walk around the wetland habitat nearby last Sunday afternoon, in the hopes of catching sight of some spring nest building or other activity. Instead, we found the ice still in the middle of the water, only the shores having open areas. On top of this late melt, there have been heavy rains and the paths and inland woods areas were either flooded or still snow covered. These mallard seemed pretty fed up, in what should have been the floor of the forest at the edges of the wetlands. He seems to be on the water, where she has one foot on the rock, balancing neatly, while the other is tucked under her.

Joni in Paper Camera – 85/365

It's so hard to get out and take any photographs with so much destruction, rebuilding and in the meantime chaos happening around me. The one who seems to b completely unfazed by the work is Joni. Of course she is happy as long as she can find bits of things to chew and play with. Here I just had my phone and my Paper Camera app, so decided to play with it. For my friends on #SketchguruSaturday – the fun curators +paula contreras  +Christina Lihani  +Amanda Wyckoff No, it's not art. But it's different. And experimenting can lead to great things. (I'm not a fan of phone photos usually.)

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