RED DOORS

I hated to think of naked looking doors all winter,
so I consulted my paint man to see if I could still paint.

He said it was okay as long as the temperature was at least 10 degrees,
but that I had to paint the doors gray before I could paint red.

So I watched the weather with a thermometer outside the door.
All seemed to go well until I opened the side door in the morning.
The gray paint had slid down the door.
It hadn't dried and then rained!

Front door

Side door
Not too much harm done except that the side door isn't finished yet (note the masking tape),
because I had to give some of the gray another coat.

It will look even better when the black shutters arrive and are installed!

THREE WISHES!

#1. TO SLEEP OVERNIGHT AT THE NEW HOUSE!

our old bed with a place to hang clothes on the posts!
We left Moncton at a few minutes after 7 AM to be at the farm to meet the man who was installing the air exchanger. We, once again, tied mattress and box spring to the top of the van. Guess who helped bring it up from the basement! :) We went through some very foggy patches on the way.
AND our neighbors arrived just when we were ready to carry the mattress and box spring into the house, so all I had to do was hold the door open.
GREAT TIMING, Dale and Tina!

This is dawn on Friday from the guest bedroom window.
We are in the guest bedroom with our old poster bed.

#2. TO TAKE A SHOWER AT THE FARM FOR THE 1st TIME EVER!
A SHOWER!
A HOT WATER SHOWER!
IMAGINE!

This is the medicine cabinet from my friend, Mary Brown's house.

#3. TO MAKE AND EAT BREAKFAST AT THE NEW HOUSE!

I'm afraid things were in a bit of a kerfuffle at the time,
but we did make scrambled eggs, English muffins, coffee and tea!

This is how the eating area looks now.
You will notice Lisi in her rightful place between the door and the window
(just like in the old house, except that the door and window were reversed.)

This is the old breadbox that Sara painted for me.
Even tho we like old stuff, somehow it looked a little tacky for a new house.
So I painted it...trying to copy Sara's work.

It looks cleaner and not too, too bad, eh Sara?
I didn't give you a real close-up look.

The desk we bought at an auction last summer for $25.
It is now in our new living room.
We found out that our neighbor, Dale, went to the school house where the desk used to live.
Small world!

Prince Edward Island Travelogue

At the beginning of October, Paul's brother, Dave, and his wife, Maxine, came for a visit. We had a WONDERFUL time with them. I wanted a pic of the four of us "not standing in a line," but guess what we have here... At least we have a pic!

Maxine had never been here before. Here are the newly-weds, married in 2008.

We stayed over night at Kindred Spirits in Cavendish. It is a lovely place! Great breakfast too! Other than our overnight in PEI, they were along for the ride. And what a busy ride it was:
Seniors' Conference in Fredericton, Bible Study right after PEI, running around town with me while Paul studied and prepared, and prayer meeting. Then Dave and Maxine took a trip to Nova Scotia for 2 1/2 days while we prepared for the weekend. They came back for the usual busy Sunday with our annual Thanksgiving meal at the church and afternoon testimony service.

These next pics are of Kensington, PEI with it's neat train station where Lucy Maud Montgomery boarded the train.

House for sale in Kensington

PEI church

Silverbush
This is a Lucy Maud Montgomery site which I just discovered last June.
She was married here and it was the home of her aunt and uncle.
She thought of this as a very happy place, in her rather sad life.
I don't think her marriage contributed much to her happiness.

I couldn't get anyone interested in going in.
Maxine knew very little about LMM and Anne so we had to introduce her to the DVDs.
After she went home, Dave bought her the continuing stories but said he was not interested in watching them. This is from the guy we cheered when Gilbert and Anne finally got together.
At any rate, I think we made an Anne fan of Maxine!

Seen in Charlottetown

We visited some nice gift shops.
I know they frown upon photos of their wares, but
well...we took this one!

Near Brackley Beach

Brackley Beach

I was the only one who could not get near the water without sticking my toes in!
The next pics are of North Rustico,
a PEI favorite of ours.

Lots of pics,

just in case you are hankering for a trip to PEI!