It is Wednesday. I haven’t posted for a few days. We had things to do, guests to entertain, jobs to work at and I had hurt my back to the level of not being able to function for most of that time. You’d think that was the beginning of a complaint, but it isn’t. I have enjoyed everything but the pain for the last four days.

Firstly, we had Sally’s sister, Mary, and a friend and they were exceptionally good guests. Many people are good company (especially our friends and family) but not everyone is a good guest. Being a guest is hard work. Being a great guest is a talent. I won’t bore you with what constitutes greatness over good but suffice to say, I have a bottle of Glenlivet here as a reminder of their time with us. And all the dishes are very, very clean to boot!

It was good. Very good.

I also had a friend come to visit in his new boat. He anchored in our bay. Paul has Canadian Shores. Google it! 85 feet of high seas aluminum commercial fish boat complete with all the doo-dahs and toys of a charter boat. Makes a guy drool just looking at it! CS is for charter but the boat is a real work boat as well. It can and does ply the high seas and, when they catch tuna and halibut, it is a real working vessel.

This ain’t no panty-waist, bright-work, fancy yacht we’re talking about! This is really macho!! People who ‘sign on’ for a ride, get a real adventure if the season is on. And, if a thrill is not what you wanted, there is plenty of boat and activity in the summer on the inside passages for anybody. At around $500 a day – all in – it is a bargain.

Speaking of bargains: my community work is done. We finished today. Bunkhouse project, phase one, is done. And I am glad. I have to get on with my own chores and right now I have to do it slowly and carefully for awhile until the back feels good enough to abuse again.