We had another great summer on Wellesley Island in 2019.  We were blessed to have several good friends join us for a few days including the Barones, the Bakers, the Marschiloks, and Alan Callaghan.  It was a great time with all of them and a chance to catch up.  Simultaneously, we had the 3rd edition of G2 (Grandma/Grandpa) Camp.  In addition to the 5 “grands” and Pete from previous years,…

It was 13°F this morning of January 17th, 2018 in our RV in Dallas, Texas. We managed to avoid both freezing to death and frozen water pipes.  Although it took a trip to Lowes yesterday to get some materials for insulation, it was not an imposition – we saw a good movie and the Cabernet was still at the proper temperature last night.  In some respects the past 24 hours…

The summer of 2017 was weird.  For more than 30 years we’ve been looked forward to spending the entire summer at our place on Wellesley Island in the 1000 Islands.  Our first shot at it was great but it didn’t play out exactly as we envisioned. First, upon arrival, we found that the long-feared St. Lawrence River flooding had arrived.  The entire male extended family pitched in to sandbag the…