Mr Bill's Adventures

Mr Bill has been busy at camp. Poor Mr. Bill. Mr Hand is not playing nice.

Went to Utica today to find a sink.
Okay, we found a sink and counter. It’ll work. It's actully a very nice sink. My goal for having the kitchen usable, the burn piles the contractor left cleaned up and hauled away and the garage floor graveled and all the stuff off the driveway and put away was today. We didn’t make any of them. Not only that but the septic and water guys seem to have us just waiting around. I think I’ll cancel. If I can’t start to make some of this back or at least get some tax advantage to all of this I don’t need to spend anything on it.
The family have started arriving, the Trouts from near Albany and the Sloans from Oklahoma arrived this afternoon and evening. It's supposed to be time for having a vacation, not just working and we're not done with anything.

What's new in the Woods

Wow, it’s been a few days since I’ve checked in. The watercolor class with Sondra Freckleton and Sally Baker was phenomenal. It is the best class I have ever taken! I have not finished my painting yet. Here is a picture of the still life set up.Here is how far I have gotten on my painting.

The kitchen is progressing. It is now too late to get my garnet granite countertop so I am designing a cement counter with inset tiles of garnet tile and whatnot. Hmmmm, thinking about murals and airbrush techniques for the refrigerator and wall paint… Someone stop me. I almost found a sink yesterday. If it wasn’t an undermount I would have brought it home. We also had a load of driveway gravel delivered to fix the floor of the garage. We filled in some mushy places in the driveway with the extra.
It’s been raining. I’ve done a little antiquing, knitting, cooking, reading, gathering interesting branches and such. My son made himself a copper wrist cuff and baked bread today.
My daughter and I visited Old Forge Hardware and found Mr. Bill. We decided it would be fun to surprise people with Mr. Bill in precarious situations. My son was in on it after we got him the first time. This is what Mr. Bill did today.



We have a visitor a lot these days. Don’t tell, we’ve been giving him popcorn. Paul has named him Gerald.

Good Luck Friday

Friday the 13th… I've always felt they are lucky for me, while Saturday the 14th was unlucky. I always conduct myself with care on the day after a Friday the 13th.
The woods are cool today. Requiring a jacket in the morning and evening, but comfortable the rest of the day.
This morning Paul found this little cute orange salamander.
The kitchen is still in progress. Lots of drywall and green board in, the sink repositioned.
We did laundry. Or should I say my daughter did (waited for and finished) the laundry
I went to see about having a chair reupholstered. After I settled on what I wanted the lady asked how long I’d be at camp. When I answered she said she didn’t think she would able to do it in time since she already had a waiting list. I guess I should have asked that first instead of driving the chair all the way to Old Forge three times, calling several times trying to reach her, going to see her, and deciding on a fabric.
In town I found some Rubbermaid storage boxes. Went to the Knitting circle at Old Forge Hardware, but only stayed an hour since my daughter was still at the Laundromat. Found some sale yarns. One of which I needed to go with some I bought last year to make a shell. I wish they had had just one more ball. I need to plan things better next week so I can sit down and knit.
I did get a little info about the entrelac project I started. I kept starting the right leaning rectangles and I just couldn’t remember how to pick up the stitches right. After all I had done the same project before with no problem. I came back and was able to work on it without ripping it out any more.

Bought some raffle tickets for a cool bear quilt benefiting a local church. Friday the 13th is my lucky day...suppose I'll win?
Kids went out in the kayaks and swam at the island. They had a hard time getting back against the wind.
After dinner Justin got here. He ate, then went out in his kayak with the kids again. Alex got thrown into the lake. He’s not a happy camper right now. My daughter had better watch out. He’s not accepting her apology.