Linda’s Blog
Progress on Meadow Drive…..
The new custom home that we are building on Meadow Drive is coming along nicely. With the framing complete except for the interior back framing and with the Rhino Roofing underlayment installed, the roofers are ready to start the laminate shingles installation...
November Rain…..
November on the west coast is usually when we need to pull out our boots & umbrellas and start using them as we venture outdoors. I find that during the first rains in October we seem to hunker in the house, bemoaning the loss of our Indian Summer but by November...
Visual pleasures of Fall…..
As much as we are not so happy about the weather patterns beginning to change in the Fall, there is so much goodness to this season! Even with our Canadian Thanksgiving behind us, we still have the desire to have our homes & gardens embellished with Fall...
Adjusting to Fall…..
Here on the west coast we have been so enjoying a fabulous Indian Summer, it is sunnier & drier right now than we ever remember it being so late into the Fall, it is record breaking in fact. Just yesterday morning though we woke up to grey overcast skies, there...
New custom home on Meadow Drive…..
The last 2 months have been busy on Meadow Drive with another new custom home we are building for clients ~ changing the peaceful quiet to the sound of large trucks, and buzzing of saws & of nails being hit, letting you know something new is going on. There are...
Salish Sea House…..
The Salish Sea House was completed in June ~ ready for the very happy homeowners to fully move into ~ to spend their first summer in their new dream home! The pride and high level of workmanship that was shown by all that worked to create their home was very...
Hydrangea season on the West Coast…..
When the hydrangeas are in bloom here on the west coast we can be pretty certain that the weather is at its finest. It is the season we west coasters long for all year, and through the winter, remember with great fondness. With summer bbq's to host and to attend,...
Slack tide…..
It is understandable that a scuba diver looks to a slack tide as one of the best times to plan for their dive in the essentially unstresssed waters, providing them a calmer environment in which to enjoy their pleasurable activity. Image source...
Early summer ~ weather & blooms…..
Our early summer has been taking forever to properly present itself, with far more cold, cloudy and rainy days than lovely sun filled ones! The flowers haven't seem to mind quite so much as we have and the same can be said for the trees, shrubs & the WEEDS! Even...
Eagles having a snack…..
While at our cabin on Hornby Island a couple of weeks ago, we had quite an experience watching several eagles eat on the rocks below us. The way in which it all took place was absolutely amazing to watch, the order of things in their world was very evident. It all...